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| word | definiton |
|---|---|
| annex | to take possession of a territory or country |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas |
| insurrection | a violient rebellion against a government or political authority |
| expansionism | a policy or practice increasing a countries territory |
| imperialism | a policy or practice of exerting control over weaker nations or territories |
| suffragist | a person who supports women's rights to vote |
| conscription | a requirement to enlist for service in a country's armed forces |
| recall | a proceeding by which citizens can vote to remove an elected public official from office |
| direct primary | a preliminary election in which voters choose the party candidates to run in a later election for public office |
| Progressive Era | a period from about 1890 to 1920 that sought to correct many social, economic, and political inequalities and injustices in the United States |
| syndicate | a group of criminals who control organized criminal activities |
| conservation | the management and protection of natural resources |
| trustbuster | a person who seeks to break up business trusts, or monopolies, especially a federal official who enforces antitrust laws |
| merger | the act of incorporating two or more businesses into one |
| social security | a government program that provides income to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed |
| trench warfare | a type of warfare in which long ditches dug deep in ground provided protection for soldiers |
| neutrality | the refusal to take sides or become involved in a conflict |
| nationalism | a strong sense of loyalty to one's country and belief in its superiority |
| front | a battle lines between armies |
| militarism | the belief that a government must create a strong military and be prepared to use it to achieve the country's goals |
| civil liberties | individual rights protected by law from government interference |
| sedition | the criminal act of trying to persuade individuals to undermine the government |
| War Industries Board | a board that over saw manufacturing in the United States during WW1 |
| Dissent | disagreement with the government's official opinion |
| conscientious objector | a person who refuses to fight in a war for religious reasons |
| League of Nations | President Woodrow Wilson's plan proposed after WW1 for a general assembly of countries that would stabilize relations among countries and help preserve peace |
| sovereignty | freedom from external control |
| armistice | an agreement between opposing sides in a conflict to stop fighting |
| Fourteen Points | President Woodrow Wilson's proposed program for peace at the end of WW1 |
| Treaty of Versailles | the treaty that brought WW1 to a close |
| bootlegger | an individual who made, transported, or supplied alcohol illegally to saloons or "speakeasies" where city dwellers congregated in the evenings |
| capitalism | an economic system in which private individuals or groups own the resources and produce goods for a profit |
| Red Scare | a period in 1919 and 1920 when the federal government targeted suspected communists, anarchists and radicals |
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