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selective service act

act passed by congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service

propoganda

advertisments for the war

john d rockefeller

big business tyccon of oil

emancipation porclamation

decree by president lincoln that freed enslaved ppl living in the confederate states

monopoly

exclusive control by one company over an entire industry

U-boat

german submarines

militarism

glorification of the military

conferderate

government of 11 southern staes seceded from US

franz ferdinand

heir thron of austria hungary who was killed

laissez faire

lenient as in the absence of governmnet control over private business

fourteen points

list of terms for resolving world war one and future wars outlined by american president woodrow wilson

nationalism

loyalty and devtion to ones nation

carpetbagger

neagtive term for northerner who moved to the south after the civil war

union

northern states used to refer to the feerdal government of the usa supportered by 20 free states 5 border states

patent

offical rights given by the government to an inventor for eclusive right to develop use and sell an invention for a set period of time

espionage act

passed by congress in 1917 enacting severe pealities for anyone engaged in disloyal or treanable activites

entrepreneur

person who invest money in a product or business w/ goal of making a profit

imperialism

political and miltary econmic domination or strong nations over weaker territories

schenk v. the US

produced pamphlet against the draft accused of treason freedom of speech / press/ religion going against goverment because it may "cause a cleatr and present danger

reconstruction

program implemented by federal govermnet between 1865- 1877

alliances

pursading america to enter the war

cornelius vanderbilt

railroad industry got his start in the steamboat business

suffrage

right to vote

gilded age

term coined by mark twain to describe past recontruction era which was charaterized by prosperity

urbanization

to expand cities and increase in the number of ppl

scalawag

white men who had been locked out of pre civil war politics by there wealthier neighbors

secede

withdraw formally from a memebership in a group or organization

league of nations

world organization established after world war one to promote peaceful cooperation between countries

muckraker

writer who uncovers an expoes misconduct poltics or business (roosevlt gave them teh name

abolition movement

19th century movement that sought an end to slavery

quakers

sought an inner light to understand the bible didnt have clegy against slavery hepled in the underground railroad

andrew carnegie

steel tycoon

ulyssess s. grant

supported winfiled scott in mexican american war

Robert e lee

surendered to grant military leader and civil war figure commanded confedrate army

protective tariff

tax on imported goods making the price high enough to portect domestic goods from foreign competition


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