Glossary

Red Scare

refers to the widespread fear of communism in the United States that occurred in the 1920s (in response to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917) and in the 1950s (in response to the Cold War)

remedies

Legal methods of enforcing or correcting a contract.

Repealed

To revoke or annul a law or act of congress.

Revolutionary War

Also known as the American Revolution, a conflict between Great Britain and their American colonies over independence.

Riveter

a common wartime job; a person whose job it is to fasten things with metal pins called “rivets”

Robert James Harlan

a civil rights activist and politician. Robert was born enslaved and raised by the Harlan family. He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1886.

Scrutiny

critical examination or close watch

Second Bank of the United States

The national bank of America that held the nation’s deposits and made its payments. It was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and chartered from 1816-1836.

Secretary of State

The head of the State Department, responsible for foreign affairs.

Sediment

Soil moved by water.