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Unit 2
US History vocab and important people
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | A policy extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force |
| Expansionism | A nation's practice or policy of territorial or economic growth |
| Annex | to take possession of an area of land or a country and add it to a larger area, usually by force |
| Corollary | A proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved - An addition |
| Self-determination | The process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own alliances and government |
| Coup | A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government |
| Alliance | A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations |
| Neutrality | the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict or disagreement |
| Radical | representing or supporting an extreme section of a political party |
| Anarchism | belief in abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion |
| Prohibition | The action of forbidding something, especially by law |
| Red Scare | A time in history when a group or government promoted a fear of communism that spread widely through the population |
| Suffrage | the right to vote in political elections |
| Internationalism | the principle of cooperation among nations, for the promotion of their common good |
| Disarmament | the reduction or withdrawal of military forces and weapons |
| Capital | wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization |
| Corporations | a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law |
| Oligopoly | The market condition that exists when there are a few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors |
| Welfare Capitalism | is capitalism that is concerned with the social welfare of the worker, and includes such policies as social security, universal healthcare, collective bargaining, and industrial safety codes |
| Fordism | A manufacturing philosophy that aims to achieve higher productivity by standardizing the output, using conveyor assembly lines, and breaking the work into small deskilled tasks |
| Scientific management | Also called Taylorism, is a theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows. It's main objective is improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity |
| White-collar worker | A descriptive term for office workers, who use a minimum of physical exertion, as opposed to blue-collar laborers. Managerial, clerical, and sales jobs are common white-collar occupations. |
| Standard of Living | The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community |
| Materialism | A tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as or more important than spiritual values |
| Mass media | Any means of communication, as televisions or newspapers, which reach very large numbers of people. |
| President James Monroe | 5th president of the U.S. who created the foundations of the U.S. foreign policy |
| President James K. Polk | Embraced Manifest Destiny; extended the U.S. to the Pacific Ocean |
| Commodore Perry | U.S. Navy commander that forced Japan to open its ports to trade with the U.S. |
| Secretary of State William Seward | brokered the deal to buy Alaska from Russia |
| Queen Liliuokalani | The last ruler of Hawaii |
| President McKinley | President during Spanish-American War, denies Philippines their freedom |
| President Teddy Roosevelt | First progressive president, gained the U.S. the Panama Canal |
| President Woodrow Wilson | 3rd progressive president, sends U.S. troops to invade Mexico. President during WW1. |
| Pancho Villa | Mexican bandit and revolutionary that attacked the U.S. |
| General Blackjack Pershing | Led U.S. troops in Mexico and overall leader of U.S. troops during WW1 |
| Gavrilo Princip | Started WW1 by assassinating Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand |
| A. Mitchell Palmer | Started a "Red Scare" in the 1920s, arrested many in unconstitutional communist raids |
| Marcus Garvey | Started the "Back to Africa" movement in the 1920s |
| Warren G. Harding | President during the 20s, lost control of the most corrupt administration in the history of the U.S. |
| Calvin Coolidge | Republican president that tied the Republican party to the rich and big business |
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