Unit 3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions PDF

nativism: favoring the interests of American-born people over immigrants. isolationism: opposing American involvement in foreign affairs. communism: a system of government that has one political party which controls ownership of all property. nationalism: fanatical love for one’s country. milita...

nativism: favoring the interests of American-born people over immigrants. isolationism: opposing American involvement in foreign affairs. communism: a system of government that has one political party which controls ownership of all property. nationalism: fanatical love for one’s country. militarism: the building up of armed forces in preparation for war. anarchist: a person who opposes all forms of government. Prohibition: the period during the 1920s when the manufacturing and sale of alcohol was forbidden. speakeasy: a secret place where alcohol was sold and drank during Prohibition. bootlegger: a person who smuggled alcohol into the U.S. during Prohibition. fundamentalism: a religious movement that believed the stories of the Bible were literally true. flapper: free-thinking young women who embraced liberal attitudes during the 1920s. installment plan: paying for an item a little at a time, instead of all at once. quota system: a policy that set limits on how many immigrants are allowed into a country each year. trench warfare: military operations in which each side attacks from fortified ditches. xenophobia: an unreasoned fear of things or people seen as foreign or strange. propaganda: biased information designed to influence public opinion. reparations: payment made by a losing nation to a winning nation after the end of a war. war guilt clause: provision in the Treaty of Versailles in which Germany was forced to apologize for starting World War I. Sacco and Vanzetti: Italian immigrants who were falsely tried, convicted, and executed for murder during the 1920s. Espionage/Sedition Acts: laws that imposed harsh penalties on people speaking against U.S. involvement in World War I. Scopes trial: a case in which a biology teacher was arrested for teaching evolution. Teapot Dome Scandal: occurred when the government secretly leased public land to private companies in exchange for a bribe. Central Powers: World War I alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. Zimmerman note: a message from Germany to Mexico promising U.S. territory to Mexico if it helped fight World War I. Lusitania: a British passenger ship that was sunk by Germany in 1915. Selective Service Act: a law that required men to register for military service. Harlem Renaissance: a growth of black art, music, and culture in the 1920s. Great Migration: the large scale movement of blacks from the South to the North in the early 20th century. Allies: World War I alliance of England, France, Russia, and the United States. Fourteen Points: President Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace following World War I. League of Nations: an organization created in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace. Treaty of Versailles: the agreement that ended World War I. Kellogg-Briand Pact: an agreement in 1928 among 15 nations, in which each country promised not to make war with other nations. “no man’s land”: the area in between trenches during WWI that was filled with dangerous objects like barbed wire. consumerism: the purchasing of material goods in ever greater amounts. Washington Naval Conference: an agreement between the U.S., England, and Japan to limit the number of navy warships each country could have. Rosewood Massacre: an incident in the Florida panhandle in 1923 where a mob of white men burned an all-black town to the ground, killing many people. 18th Amendment: banned the manufacturing and sale of alcohol. Palmer Raids: a series of arrests of over 6,000 immigrants and suspected Communists by the U.S. attorney general. Fordney-McCumber Tariff: a tax on European imports. It was designed to help American businesses by making foreign goods expensive, encouraging Americans to buy U.S. goods. Red Scare: a fear of the growth and spread of Communism in the U.S. Committee of Public Information: a government agency that used propaganda to gain money and support for World War I.