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Sp./Amer. War Vocab
honors history vocab on the spanish/american war
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| imperialism | policy or practice of extending the domination of one country over another |
| isolationism | policy of avoiding involvements with other nations |
| puppet regime | government controlled by an outside power |
| eugenics | theory that holds that certain racial groups are superior because of inherited characteristics |
| new manifest destiny | beleif in the destiny of the US to stretch beyond the oceans |
| reciprocity | mutual lowering ny nations of tafiff barriers; recognition by one of two countries of validity of privileges granted by the other |
| arbitration | use of a neutral third party to suggest a solution to negotiations |
| scorched-earth policy | policy of widespread destruction (followed by cubans in spanish-american war) |
| jingoes | persons of extreme chauvanism or nationalism who beleive in a warlike foreign policy |
| neutralize | to make ineffective |
| neutrality | refusal to take sides |
| yellow journalism | newspaper reporting that emphasizes the sensational |
| Social Darwinism | theory that social progress is based on the human struggle for survival |
| Lassiez-faire | doctrine that an economy should be run without government interference |
| anti-imperialist | against imperialism |
| anarchist | one who advocates the overthrow of all government restraints in favor of complete freedom |
| default | failure to pay debt |
| receivership | arrangement by which a receiver administers the property of another person |
| dollar diplomacy | foreign policy of william howard taft involving the promotion of american business and banking thorought the world |
| missionary diplomacy | foreign policy designed to help other countries |
| cooling-off treaties | treaties that require parties to an international dispute to refrain from war while waiting for the report of an investigating comittee (used by president wilson) |
| consortium | international business association |
| reactionary | political reaction |
| sphere of influence | areas under the indiract control of an outside power |
| executive agreement | agreement between the president and a foreign power not requiring by order of the president |
| indemnity | payment for damages |
| pacifism | opposed to war or violence as a means of settling a dispute |
| conscientious objector | person who refuses to bear arms or serve in the military because of religious or moral principles |
| hyphenated americans | americans tied by birth or ancestry to another country |
| preparedness | military readyness for war |
| militarism | policy of maintaining strong armed forces and being ready to use them |
| triple alliance | germany, austria-hungary, and italy |
| entente cordiale | cordial understanding |
| triple entente | france, great britian, and russia |
| u-boat | submarine |
| sussex pledge | germany promised not to sink anymore merchant ships without first warning the ship and giving the passenegers an opportunuty to abandon ship |
| selective service act | draft |
| doughboys | nuckname for american troops during world war 1 |
| armistice | truce |
| war material | weapons and equipment not expectes to be used up or destroyed |
| hooverize | to put american citizens in the mood to sacrifice. for example governmant forbid the use of grain to manufactre liquor |
| victory gardens | garden for raising one's own vegeatbles, especially during wartime |
| liberty bonds | a special type of war bond that was sold in the US to support the allied ccause the WW1 and later in WW2 it could be redeemed for the original value plus interest |
| "four minute men" | volunteers who gave breief speeches whreever they could get an audience-- movie theatres, churches, etc. |
| espionage act | an act that provided a heavy fine and up to 20 years in prison for anyone who aided the enemy, interfered with the draft, encourged disloyalty, or refused to serve in the armed forces |
| sedtiton act | an act that added a crime to write, print, piblish, or say anything nagative about the government etc. |
| convoy technique | system by which merchant ships traveled in a pack surrounded by a small number of armed vessels |
| trench warfare | method of warfare used ub world war 1 in which lines of opposing soldiers fired at eachother from ditches |
| fourteen points | the basic 14 principles outlined by president wilson as a goal for postwar europe and a way to avoid future wars |
| big four | leaders of the US, great britian, france, and italy |
| covenant | formal and binding agreement between 2 or more parties |
| deported | expelled from a country |
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