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Student Guide to Effective Writing

Your ability to write well will increase if you have an opportunity for practice in several subject areas,
not just in Communication Arts. In fact, good writing should be a part of all aspects of the curriculum
because clear, effective written communication is important in all areas of your adult life - academic,
vocational, and personal.

The Modern Language Association’s (MLA) Handbook for Writers of Research Papers,presently
accepted as the standard by many colleges and universities throughout the coun- try, served as the
model for these instructions. Some courses may require variations of this document. In such instances,
students should follow their instructor’sdirections.

Expectations in Writing Skills

Not every assignment will include all the expectations listed below. This will be determined by teachers
based on the kind of assignment and goals of the course.

Content Development
• Clarity or coherence of ideas
• Logical arrangement of ideas
• Sources used are documented (see Plagiarism & Style for Reference)
• Explains and supports with appropriate and concrete reasons, examples, details, facts, and

quotations
• Purpose/focus/thesis statement is maintained throughout paper
• Plagiarism - possible plagiarism (see statement on Plagiarism)

Organization
• Introductory paragraph - including clear purpose/focus/thesis statement
• Paragraphs - topic sentence or purpose is clearly stated and focus is maintained
• Effective transition - provides links between parts or signals movement from one point to

another
• Conclusion - appropriately summarizes main points with writer’s insight

Mechanics of Expression
• See Warriner’s English Grammar and Composition
• Sentence structure - avoids awkward sentences, sentence fragments, run-on sentences
• Correct or precise work choice
• Spelling
• Punctuation
• Capitalization
• Verb tense - avoids wrong tense or tense shift

Total Effect
Style - sentences are varied in structure, well developed and rich in detail Format/correct
documentation - see Guidelines for Presenting a Paper Neatness/Presentation - including
carefully hand written in ink or typed papers

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Expanding

1. a(b+c)=ab+ac 5. (a+b)(c+d)=ac+ad+bc-+bd 9. a3+b3=(a+b)(a2- ab+b2)
2. (a+b)2=a2+2ab+b2 6. (a+b)3=a3+3a2b+3ab2+b3 10. a3b-ab=ab(a+1)(a-1)
3. (a-b)2=a2-2ab+b2 7. (a-b)3=a3-3a2b+ab2-b3 11. a2-b3=(a-b)(a2+ab+b2)
4. (a+b)(a+c)=a2+ac+ab+bc 8. a2-b2=(a+b)(a-b)

Laws of Exponents 3. aras/ap=ar+s-p 5. (ab)r=arbr 7. a0=1 (a≠0)
4. (ar)s=ars 6. (a/b)r=ar/br (b≠0) 8. a-r=1/ar (a≠0)
1. aras=ar+s
2. ar/as=ar-s

(if r and s are positive integers)

Logarithms

1. Log (xy)=Log x+Log y 4. Logax=n x=an (Log to the base a)
5. Ln x=n x=en (Natural Log)
2. Log X'=r Log x
x=10n (Common log)
3. Log x=n 6. Log (x/y)=Log x-Log y

(e ≈ 2.71828183)

Quadratic Formula thesolutioncan bederived usingthe
quadratic formula
When given a quadratic equation
inthe form: -b±�b2-4ac
x= 2a
ax2+bx+C=0

Mathematical Symbols > greater than circle
< less than ⌒ arc of circle
+ plus
- minus ≥ greater than or equal to square
± plus or minus
x multiplied by ≤ less than or er.iual to rectangle
÷ divided by
= equal to ∞ infinity parallelogram
≠ not equal to
≈ nearly equal to : is to (ratio) triangle
√� square root of x
�√x nth root of x : : is (proportion) ∠ angle
% percentage π pi (≈3.14159) ∟ right angle
∑ sum of ∴ therefore ⊥ perpendicular
∵ because ∥ parallel

lxl absolute value of x ° degrees

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Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of using someone else’s words or ideas as if they were one’s own. It is
even plagiarism to change a few words and give no credit to the author. It is a serious offense,
and, while you should be gathering ideas from other sources, those sources must be given
credit in accordance with the following guidelines.

• If the exact words of an author are used, whether they are sentences or just phrases,
quotation marks must be used and the source documented.

• If an original idea of an author is used, even if it is not copied word for word, that idea
must be documented.

• If information is found in at least three sources, it is considered common knowledge
(e.g. Washington was the first President of the United States.) And need not be
documented as long as the original wording is paraphrased, not used exactly as printed.

Plagiarism is a problem for two reasons. First, it makes the teachers task of evaluating your
creativity much more difficult since it is often impossible to differentiate between your own
writing and that of the sources. Also, plagiarism is essentially theft - the stealing of someone
else’s intellectual property. Consequently, if evidence of substantial, presumably intended
plagiarism exists, a penalty will be imposed at the teacher’s discretion and may range
from a reduction in grade to no credit given for the paper. You should be prepared to prove
that your paper is properly documented by providing notes, note cards, books, articles or
other materials that would verify the authenticity of documentation.

Definitions

The following definitions are terms you may encounter during your research. Although you
may not use them all, you should become familiar with their purpose.
Annotated Bibliography: a list of bibliographic entries that contains descriptive or evaluative
comments on each source; for example:

Thompson, Stitch. The Folktale. New York: Dyden,
1946. A comprehensive survey of the most popular
folktales, including their histories and their uses in literary works.

Bibliography: a list of sources on a subject; term no longer recommended; replaced by Works
Cited and/or Works Consulted.
Ibid: a Latin abbreviation meaning “in the same place”; used in footnotes when references to
the same work follow each other without any intervening reference, the abbreviation “ibid.”
is used to repeat as much of the preceding reference as is appropriate for the new entry; no
longer recommended.
In Text Citation: same as parenthetical documentation; a way to indicate exactly what you
have used from each source and exactly where in that work you found the material. Text
citation appears in a brief parenthetical acknowledgment in your paper wherever you
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op. cit: a Latin abbreviation meaning “in the work cited”; used in footnotes referring to
previously cited works given in full form; no longer recommended.
Parenthetical Documentation: an indication in your document that explains exactly where you
found the material for your paper; for example:

Ancient writers attributed the invention of the
monochord to Pythagoras in the sixth century BC
(Marcuse 1970).
Primary Sources: original works of a writer found in novels, speeches, eyewitness accounts,
letters, autobiographies, interviews.
Secondary Sources: works about a subject or person including books and articles about a
novel, about a speech or document, or about a scientific finding, etc.
Tertiary Sources: include all textbooks, encyclopedias, almanacs, and other reference works;
sources which “quote the quotes.”
Thesis Statement: a single sentence that formulates both the topic and the point of view of
the researcher toward that topic; provides a way of making sure you know where you are
heading and that you remain on the right track as you plan and write.
Works Cited: a list of all works cited in the text; works cited include not only books and
articles but also films, recordings, television programs, and other nonprint sources.
Works Consulted: a list of all sources consulted located at the end of the paper; not limited
to works cited in the paper.

Guidelines for Presenting a Paper

Use standard 8 1/2 x 11” white unlined paper for typed or word processed documents. Use
white, lined composition paper and a blue or black pen for handwritten documents.
Final Thesis / Outline - See sample thesis / outline form.
Margins - Leave a margin of one inch at the top, bottom, left and right except on the first page.
Indent paragraphs five spaces.
Heading and Title - A research paper does not need a title page, Instead, beginning one inch
from top of the first page and flush with the left margin, type your name, your instructor’s
name, the course title, and the date on separate lines, double-spacing between the lines. Dou-
ble-space again and center the title. Double-space also between the lines of the title, the
quadruple-space between the title and the first line of the text.
Do not underline your title or put it in quotation marks or type it all in capital letters. You should,
however, capitalize the first letter of all words except conjunctions, propositions, and articles.
Though title pages are not included in the MLA guidelines, some teachers prefer that a title
page be used. If a title page is required, center the title in the upper half of the page. Drop down
to the lower half of the page and center the following information: name, your instructor’s
name, the course title, and date on separat1e2l8ines, double-spaced.

Page Numbers - Number all pages consecutively throughout the manuscript in the upper
right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top. Do not use the abbreviation “p.” before a page
number or add a period, a hyphen, or any other mark or symbol. On all pages, type your last
name before each page number.
Body of the Paper - Use only one side of the paper. Double space leaving one blank line
between paragraphs. Use 10 or 12 characters per inch.
Documentation - Adequately document your paper. See Style for Documentation for the
procedure.
Works Cited - Check for accuracy and correct form, including punctuation. See Style for
Works Cited.
1. The words Works Cited are centered on the page two inches down from the top with

a triple space between the heading and the entries.
2. The first line of each entry begins at the left hand margin. Subsequent lines are

indented five spaces.
3. You should single space within an entry, and you must double space between entries.
4. Entries are listed in alphabetical order according to author.

Style for Documentation

In writing your research paper you must document everything that you borrow - not only direct
quotations and paraphrases, but also information and ideas. You must indicate the source of
any borrowed materials that readers might otherwise mistake for your own. The most practical
way to document sources is to insert a brief parenthetical acknowledgment in the text
wherever you incorporate another’s words, facts, or ideas. For example:
In the 1820 census 917 slaves were counted in Illinois, holdovers from the early French
settlers (Jensen 4).
The parenthetical reference indicated that the information comes from page 4 of a book by
Jensen which is included in the alphabetically arranged bibliography that follows the text. For
example:
Jensen, Richard A. Illinois: A Bicentennial History. New York: W.W. Norton and Company,
Inc., 1978.
If more that one work by the same author appears in the bibliography, then a title or shortened
version of the title is needed as well as the author’s name. If the work is anonymous, the title or
shortened version of it must be used. For example:
The Pre-Emption House is pictured by Schrader as the center of activity in Naperville on market
days (Landmarks 7).

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This style for documentation of sources is based on the MLA Handbook of Writers of
Research Papers published by the Modern Language Association of America (1988 edition).
It is a style used by many of the colleges and universities that our students will attend and is
becoming more widely used than footnotes or endnotes.

Use of Quotations
Quote from a reliable text. Whenever possible, go to the original source rather than to some-
one else’s quotation of it. Try to avoid excessive quotation. Remember that your job is to say,
explain, argue, or prove something, not to string together ideas and words of other writers.
If you quote, do so accurately, reproducing exactly the spelling, capitalization, and
punctuation of the original.

Direct - A direct quotation that is longer than four lines is double spaced and indented ten
(10) spaces from the left-hand margin only. For only one paragraph, there is no additional
indentation to indicate the beginning of the paragraph. More than one paragraph requires an
additional three (3) space indentation to indicate the beginning of the paragraph.

During future rescues, a "pilot" at a hangar in
Namche Bazaar, 17 miles from Everest Base Camp,
would sit in a cockpit simulator using images from
the Wasp’s 16 infrared and high-def cameras to fly
via remote control, while onboard computers
constantly adjusted for turbulence. As the
helicopter approached the climber, it would extend a
proboscis with another camera, a microphone and
speaker and a Kevlar rope with a harness.

(Lustgarten 32)

The above is a direct quotation, longer than four lines; therefore, the documentation comes
after the period. Direct quotations less than four lines within the context of a paragraph
include the documentation before the period but after the quotation mark.

Dorothea Brooke responds to her sister, “What a
wonderful little almanac you are, Celia!” (7).

To make a quotation fit a sentence in which it is quoted, however, you may alter its initial
capitalization and terminal punctuation.

Commas and periods that directly follow quotations go inside the closing quotation marks,
but a parenthetical reference should intervene between the quotation and the required
punctuation. Thus, if the quotation ends with a period, the period appears after the reference.
For example:

N. Scott Momaday’s House Made of Dawn begins with an image: “Abel was running” (7).

If a quotation ending with a question mark or an exclamation point concludes your sentence
and requires a parenthetical reference, retain the original punctuation within the quotation
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For example:

Dorothea Brooke responds to her sister, “What a wonderful little almanac you are, Celia!” (7).
In your paper:

1. Enclose quotations in quotation marks.

2. Enclose quotations within quotations in single quotation marks.

3. Indicate omissions from within a quotation by using an ellipsis (...). If the omission occurs
between two quoted sentences, us a period and ellipsis. Ellipses are seldom necessary
before or after a quotation.

4. If you need to insert a clarifying word or phrase in a quotation, enclose it in square brackets,
as in this example:

“The difficulty, as Thomas shows, is that ‘Hawthorne’s distinction [between novel and
romance] carries with it political and social implications.’”

Paraphrase
Credit must be given to original ideas even if these ideas are not copied word for word (See
this section on Plagiarism). Documentation for a paraphrase comes before the period.

On Saturday, Oct. 27, 1962, at the height of the
Cuban missile crisis, Nikita Khrushchev’s
personal assistant and a Central Committee
colleague moved their families out of Moscow,
expecting an American nuclear strike on their
capital. At the same time in Washington, on a
beautiful fall evening, as I left President
Kennedy’s office to return to the Pentagon, I
thought I might never live to see another
Saturday night. (McNamara 47)

The above passage is paraphrased below, but credit must still be given to the original author.

During the final hours of the Cuban missile crisis,
leaders of both the United States and Russia thought
that a nuclear war was entirely possible (McNamara 47)

1. Single-volume book or article

“Illinois,” says Richard Jensen, “was the fastest growing territory in the world in the middle
nineteenth century” (32).

Jensen argues that Illinois between 1830 and 1860 was the fastest growing place in the
world (32).

The rapid settlement of Illinois between 1830 and 1860 made it the fastest growing area in
the world (Jensen 32).

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2. Several pages from one work
Jensen explains that the modernizes held four interrelated and deeply held values (34-44).
3. Whole work
Jensen explains the history of Illinois in terms of conflict between traditionalists and
modernizes.
4. Two or more works by the same author(s)
Jensen concludes that “Illinois had become a microcosm of the United States” (Illinois 32).
By 1870 society in Illinois had become a microcosm of the United States (Jensen, Illinois 32).
5. Multi-volume work
On the frontier many settlers were lukewarm towards education because making a living came
first (Burley 2:329).
6 More than one work in a single parenthetical reference
Authors agree that Joseph Naper came to Chicago on the vessel, the Telegraph (Fraser 200;
Townsley 15).
7. Work by a corporate author (commission, committee, government agency, etc.)
The Commission on the Humanities has concluded that “the humanities are inescapably
bound to literacy” (69).
8. Work with no author
According to a recent article in Time, cancer is increasing because people are living longer
(“Risks of Cancer” 43).
9. Indirect sources (Whenever you can, take material from the original source, not a
secondhand one. Sometimes, however, the original is not available and the only source is an
in- direct one.).
Lincoln wrote in August 1864, “It seems exceedingly probable that this administration will not
be re-elected” (qtd. In Morison 693).
10. Literary works
The reader gains insight into Dr. Reefy’s philosophy of life when he talks about love, God,
and prayer. “You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life” (Ander-
son 221). Later Dr. Reefy says, “I had come to the time in my life when prayer became
necessary, and so I invented gods and prayed to them” (222).

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11. Poetry
One or two lines of verse
If you quote a single line of verse, or part of a line, that does not require special emphasis,
put it in quotation marks within your text. You may also incorporate two or three lines in this
way, using a slash with a space on each side (/) to separate them. (In the following examples,
note that verse plays are cited by division and line rather than by page numbers; Julius Cae-
sar 5.5.74, for instance, refers to act 5, scene 5, line 74 of the play.)
In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Antony says of Brutus: “This was the noblest Roman of them
all” (5.5.74).
“Friends, Romans, countrymen,” begins Antony’s famous speech, “lend me your ears; / I
come to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (3.2.80-81).
Three or more lines of verse
Verse quotations of more than three lines should begin on a new line. Unless the quotation
involves unusual spacing, indent each line ten spaces from the left margin and single-space
between lines, adding no quotation marks that do not appear in the original. Brief parenthetical
references for verse quotations set off from the text appear two spaces after the quotation
(as in quotations of prose); parenthetical references that will not fit comfortably on the same
line as the last line of the quotation should begin a new line.
Elizabeth Bishop’s “In the Waiting Room” is rich in evocative detail:
It was winter. It got dark
early. The waiting room
was full of grown-up people,
arctics and overcoats,
lamps and magazines. (6-10)

Style For Works Cited

Every work referred to in your paper should be listed in a section that is headed WORKS
CITED and begins a new page after the body of your paper. WORKS CITED is the more ap-
propriate title than Bibliography since papers often draw from non-print sources. Sources
should not be arranged by categories (e.g. books, articles, etc.) In the WORKS CITED, but
arranged alphabetically by the authors’ last names or by title if the work is anonymous.

Begin the list on a new page and number each page, continuing the page numbers of the text.
Type the page number in the upper right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top, and center
the title Works Cited one inch from the top of the page. Double-space between the title and
the first entry. Begin each entry flush with the left margin, and if it runs more than ne line, in-
dent the subsequent line or lines five spaces from the left margin. Double-space the entire list,
both between and within entries. In, general alphabetize entries in the list of Works Cited by
the author’s last name.

Notes: If you cannot provide an element of the citation, just omit it and continue with the rest
of the citation.
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BOOKS
A typical entry for a book includes the following information, spaced and punctuated as indicated:
Author’s last name, first name, Book Title. City of publication: Publisher, year of publication.

1. One author

Bird, Caroline. The two-Paycheck Marriage: How Women at Work are Changing Life in America.
New York: Rawson Publishing, 1979.

Fry, Northrup. Anatomy of Criticism. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1975.

2. Two or more authors

Cutlip, Scott M., and Allen H. Center. Effective Public Relations. 5th ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:
Prentice-Hall, 1978.

Coffey, Chuck, et al. Heating and Cooling in Public Schools. DeKalb, IL: NorthernIllinois University,
1984. (Note: appropriate for more than 3authors)

3. No author listed

The New Book of Popular Science. New York: Grolier Inc., 1990.

4. Edited collection or anthology

Kinney, Arthur F., Kenneth W. Kuiper, and Lynn Bloom, eds. Symposium. Boston:Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1969.

5. Translation

Hesse, Herman. Beneath the Wheel. Trans. Michael Roloff. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
1968.

6. Essay in a book that is a collection

Gent, Margaret. “To Flinch from Modern Varnish: The Appeal of the Past to the Victorian
Imagination.” In Victorian Poetry. Ed., Malcolm Bradbury and David Palmer. London: George
Allen Publishers, 1972.

7. Corporate Author

Commission on the Humanities. The Humanities in American Life. Berkley, CA: University of California,
1980.

8. A Work in more than one volume
Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, vol. 3, pp. 223.

9. Pamphlet

Whenever possible, treat a pamphlet like a book, with or without an author. Include as much in-
formation as can be located from the source.

League of Women Voters of the United States. Choosing the President. Publication No.301.
Washington, D.C., 1994.
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ARTICLES
1. Anonymous article
“Risks of Cancer.” Time, 2 February 1980, pp. 43-44.
2. Encyclopedia article
Moore, Walter B. “Fort Worth.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 1996, Vol.7, pp.

360-361.
“Navigation Acts.” Encyclopedia Americana. 1995, Vol. 11, pp. 768-769.
3. Magazine article
Nabokov, Vladimir. “A Forgotten Poet.” Atlantic, 25 October 1984, pp. 60-65.
Clark, Matt, Sharon Begley, and Mary Hager. “The Miracles of Spliced Genes.” Newsweek, 17

March 198, pp. 62-71.
4. Newspaper article
Brody, Jane. “Multiple Cancers Termed on Increase.” New York Times, 10 October 1990, sec.

1, p. 37.
Editorial. Chicago Sun-Times, 11 June 1993, p. 12.
5. Newsbank article
Smith, Adam. “Pollution Really Stinks.” Detroit [Michigan] News, 7 October 1989.

NewsBank, Air Pollution, 1989, fiche 58, grid E3-5.
6. SIRS article
Ehrlich, Paul R. and Anne H. Ehrlich. “The Population Explosion.” The Amicus Journal. (Vol. 12,

No. 1, Winter 1990): 22-23. Rpt In Population, Vol. 5. Ed. Eleanor Goldstein. Boca Raton, FL:
Social Issues Resources Series, 1991, Art. 1.

AUDIO-VISUAL AND ELECTRONIC SOURCES
1. Motion picture or videocassette
It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. RKO, 1946. 129 min.
Alzheimer’s Disease. Videocassette. Prod. Hospital Satellite Network. American Journalof

Nursing, 1985. 28 min.
The Empire Strikes Back. Videocassette. Twentieth-Century Fox,1980.

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2. CD-ROM Products
“Whales” Mammals: a multimedia encyclopedia. National Geographic Society, 1990. CD- ROM.
“Rhode Island.” Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia. Microsoft Corporation, 1995. CD-ROM.
3. Television and radio programs
The First Americans. Narr. Hugh Downs. Writ. and prod. Craig Fisher. NBC NewsSpecial.

KNBC, Los Angeles. 21 March 1988.
4. Internet (World Wide Web)
In general follow the following guideline:
Author [if known]. “Title.” Last date updated or revised [if known]. <URL> (date accessed). Johnson,
Joseph. “Ebola in Zaire.” <http://www.csu.edu/bio/ebola/zaire.html> (20 April 1996).
5. Other online sources
“Foreign Weather: European Cities.” Accu-Data. Online. Dow Jones News Retrieval. 20 August

1995.
“Middle Ages.” Academic American Encyclopedia. Online. Prodigy. 30 March 1996.
OTHER
1. Personal Interview
Quinn, Karen. Personal Interview. Naperville, IL, 6 June 1998.
2. Letter
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Letter, 15 February 1978.

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Notes

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Fundamental Social Studies Vocabulary

Affirmative action Embargo Naturalization
Neutrality
Alien Embassy Nuclear/Traditional family
Nullification
Allies Empire Oligarchy
Pardon
Ambassador/Foreign diplomat Enlightenment Parliament
Party identification
Anarchist Entrepreneur Patronage/spoils system
Political ideology
Annex Environmentalism Political party
Politics
Anti-Semitism Equality Popular culture
Popular sovereignty
Appeasement European Union Precedent/stare decisis
Primary election
Appellate jurisdiction Evidence Proletariat
Proliferation
Assimilation Executive branch Propaganda
Protectorate
Autocracy Factors of production Protestant
Racism
Balance of power Fascism Radical
Ratification
Bicameral legislature Federalism/Federal system Realpolitik
Reason
Bill of Rights Feudalism Recession
Referendum
Blockade Fiscal policy Reformation
Regulation
Bourgeoisie Fundamental rights Religious toleration
Renaissance
Brief Fundamentalism Reparations
Republic (republicanism)
Bureaucracy/Civil service Gender discrimination Revolution
Rights
Business cycle General election Secession
Sectionalism
Caliph/Caliphate Genocide/Ethnic cleansing

Canon law Geopolitics

Capital punishment/Death penalty globalism

Capitalism Graft/political corruption

Carpetbagger Great Depression

Cash crop Gross Domestic Product

Checks and balances Guerilla

Citizen Habeas corpus

Civic virtue Hierarchy

Civil disobedience Historiography

Civil rights Holocaust

Civil War Human rights

Civilization Imperialism

Claim Income tax

Clan/tribalism indirect democracy

Clergy Industrial revolution

Coalition Inflation

Cold War Institution

Colonization Insurgent
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Fundamental Social Studies Vocabulary

Colony International governmental agencies (IGO’s) Secular

Common law Iron Curtain Self-determination

Communism/Command economy Isolationism Sensational journalism

Concentration camp/Internment Jihad Separation of power

confederation Jim Crow laws/Apartheid/Segregation social contract theory

Conscription/draft Joint stock companies Social Darwinism

Conservation Judicial activism Social welfare

Conservative Judicial restraint Socialism

Constitution Judicial review Society

Constitutionalism Judiciary Soviet

Consumerism laissez-faire Speculation

Containment League of Nations Sphere of influence

Corporation Legislative Branch Standard of living

Coup d’état Libel State

Credit Liberal State of nature

Crusade Liberalism Strike

Culture Liberty Suffrage

de facto segregation Lobbying Tariff

de jure segregation Machine politics Terrorism

Debt peonage/sharecropping/tenant farming majority rule The New Deal

Declaration of Independence Manifest destiny Theocracy

Deficit spending Martial law Total war

Democracy Mass culture Totalitarianism

Depression Matriarchal/Patriarchal Treaty of Versailles

Deregulate Mercantilism Truman Doctrine

Détente Migration Tyrant

Developed nation Militarism Unicameral

Developing nation Monarchy Unilateralism

Diaspora Monetary policy United Nations

Dictator Money/currency/specie Urbanization

Direct democracy Monopoly Vernacular

Divine right Nation Veto

Division of labor/specialization Nationalism Westernization

Domino theory Nativism Writ Habeas Corpus

Due process NATO

Electorate Natural Law

Emancipation Natural Rights

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RENO HIGH SCHOOL SONG

With the goal before you,
Red and the Blue,

Now all together,smash
them and go through.
RAH! RAH!RAH!

Against the men from Reno
fight must they show.
Three cheers for Reno-
the Red and theBlue.
RAH! RAH!RAH!