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* This entry is a subpage of [[SAT Reading section techniques, strategies & approaches]] | * This entry is a subpage of [[SAT Reading section techniques, strategies & approaches]] | ||
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* '''disenfranchised''' | * '''disenfranchised''' | ||
** = not having the vote (franchise) | ** = not having the vote (franchise) | ||
* dissent | |||
** = disagreement, usually regarding official policy | |||
* '''domestic''' | * '''domestic''' | ||
** in politics/ economics = the homeland, or "home" politics, economy, etc. | ** in politics/ economics = the homeland, or "home" politics, economy, etc. | ||
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** supported U.S. colonies against British suppression of colonial dissent | ** supported U.S. colonies against British suppression of colonial dissent | ||
*** articulated theory of "salutary neglect" which argued that direct British control of the American colonies was undesirable, whereas when British policies towards the colonies were hands-off, it constituted "salutary" or healthy, neglect | *** articulated theory of "salutary neglect" which argued that direct British control of the American colonies was undesirable, whereas when British policies towards the colonies were hands-off, it constituted "salutary" or healthy, neglect | ||
* '''Frederick | * '''Frederick Douglass''', 1818-1895 | ||
** born in slavery, escaped slavery and became nation's prominent abolitionist and civil rights advocate | ** born in slavery, escaped slavery and became nation's prominent abolitionist and civil rights advocate | ||
* '''Stephen Douglas''', 1813-1861 | * '''Stephen Douglas''', 1813-1861 | ||
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* '''John Stuart Mill''', 1806-1873 | * '''John Stuart Mill''', 1806-1873 | ||
** British politician, philosopher; supported women's suffrage; proponent of utilitarianism (the idea of maximal "utility" to create maximum benefit) | ** British politician, philosopher; supported women's suffrage; proponent of utilitarianism (the idea of maximal "utility" to create maximum benefit) | ||
* '''Thomas Paine''' | |||
** radical, pro-revolution | |||
** wrote "Common Sense" | |||
* '''Elizabeth Cady Stanton''', 1815-1902 | * '''Elizabeth Cady Stanton''', 1815-1902 | ||
** women's suffrage; organizer of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention | ** women's suffrage; organizer of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention | ||