Social studies

ACT vocabulary · English · Unit 4

• abolition n.: the official ending of a law, system, or practice
• amendment n.: a change or addition to a law or document
• assimilation n.: the process of becoming part of another culture or group
• colonial adj., n.: relating to a colony or foreign rule
• federalism n.: a system sharing power between national and state government
• immigration n.: Moving to another country to live there
• industrialization n.: the development of factories and large-scale manufacturing
• monopoly n.: exclusive control of a market, product, or service
• reform n., v.: To improve a system by changing it
• segregation n.: the enforced separation of groups, especially by race
• sovereignty n.: a country's independent power to govern itself
• tariff n.: a tax on imports or a list of service charges