vocab für themen
lingua france
language for the whole world
(de)colonization
einnehmen (land/stadt)
coping mechanism
create way to cope with sth. good or bad
ally
a person who helps and supports sb.
federal
connected with the government
fraud
scam
retribution
paying the same weight for the crime you've committed
deterrence
incapacitation
Making sb. unable to do another crime
rehabilitation
providing tools and opportunities to get into society again
restitution
preventing crime by giving financial punishment
immediate gratification
immediate satisfaction
truism
claim so obvious it doesn't need to be mentioned
hunch
unproven idea that is only supported by their intuition
aborted
canceled
determine
bestimmen
establish
gründen
circumventing
avoid
amendment
section added to law to change it
senate
pass or defeat federal legislation
supermajority
Needing a specific amount of support to Imbe fulfilled
federalism
dividing powers with regional governmen
bill of rights
First ten amendments to the United States constitution
gerrymandering
establishing a political advantage by manipulating electoral district boundaries
disfranchisement
to take away the right to vote
prosperity
wohlstand
to leverage
to use sth. you have to get sth. new/better
fundamentalism
The belief that everything in their religion is true example: bible
to enrich sth.
etwas bereichern
unfathomable
unerklärlich
imbue
durchdringen (emotional)
Apt
passend
yoked
Bring
accusation
anschuldigung
emerging markets
schwellenländer
relocate
verlegen
sincere
ehrlich
implication
auswirkung
subsidize sth./sb.
jmd./etw. finanziell unterstützen
mutual respect
gegenseitiger respect
concise
knapp/kurz
observation
beobachtung
measure
maßnahme
first moon landing
neil armstrong 1969
american war of independence
13 American colonies vs GB 1775-1783 taxes
Westward movement
18th-19th century US settlers expanded to the west
American civil war
1861-1865 north states (union) vs south states-> north won-> no more slavery
settlement of jamestown virginia
First settlement of English people in America 1607
boston tea party
American threw GB tea in the harbor as a protest against taxes
declaration of independence
1776 free from British rules→ equal rights/ free choice to vote
vietnam war
1955-1975 north + soviet union (communists) vs south + US-> north won
Great depression
1929-1930 huge market crash-> unemployment, poverty, business failures
civil right era
1950s-1960s movement against segregation of voting/civil rights Martin Luther King Jr
Cold war
US vs Soviet Union-> US won-> dissolution of Soviet union