AP US History vocabulary list: Difference between revisions

===== '''HAPPy''' or '''HIPP''' =====

<ul><li>{{#tip-text:aristocracy| built on primogeniture, which passes "titles" -- social, economic and political ranks granted by a king -- to the first born son; the end of primogeniture dissolved the ability to pass on large estates to a single child (75% under the English custom) and spread inherited wealth across all male, and, eventually, female, children}}</ul</li>  

<ul><li>{{#tip-text:companionate marriage| marriage by choice and not family arrangement; marks dramatic change based upon the "democratic" principle of equality and pursuit of happiness; the idea that marriage is a choice also led to a growing acceptance of divorce within legal and social norms (a long process)}}</ul</li>  

<ul><li>{{#tip-text:democratic society| reflects the idea that all men are born equal (originally, white males) and so social choices and reputations are based not upon one's birth but one's personal reputation}}</ul</li>  

<ul><li>{{#tip-text:demographic transition| the early Republic experienced dramatic decreases in the overall birthrate due to westward migration by young men, economic and market growth which reduced the need for large families}}</ul</li>  

<ul><li>{{#tip-text:sentimentalism| movement of early 1800s that emphasized personal happiness over social obligations and roles}}</ul</li>  

<ul><li>{{#tip-text:primogeniture| practice of inheritance of an estate (or, in Europe, of a Royal title) to the first born son; primogeniture meant that daughters and 2nd + sons did not receive an inheritance, or as much as the first born son, and had to pursue their own fortunes}}</ul</li>