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History Vocab
Mid-Term Exam Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Liberty Bond | A single Liberty loan bond |
| Imperialism | The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies |
| Nationalism | Spirit or aspirations common to the whole of a nation |
| Alliance | The act of allying or state of being allied |
| Militarism | A strong military spirit or policy |
| Versailles Treaty | One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I |
| League of Nations | An international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles |
| Fourteen Points | A statement of the war aims of the Allies, made by President Wilson on January 8, 1918 |
| Assembly Line | An arrangement of machines, tools, and workers in which a product is assembled by having each perform a specific, successive operation on an incomplete unit as it passes by in a series of stages organized in a direct line |
| Harlem Renaissance | A renewal and flourishing of black literal and musical culture during the years after World War I in the Harlem section of New York City |
| Flapper | Something broad and flat used for striking or for making a noise by striking |
| Prohibition | The act of prohibiting |
| Installment Plan | A system for paying for an item in fixed amounts at specified intervals |
| 18th Amendment | An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1918, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages for consumption |
| 21st Amendment | An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1933, providing for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, which had outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages |
| Hooverville | A collection of huts and shacks, as at the edge of a city, housing the unemployed during the 1930s |