secede
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