History Vocab

Policy

a definite course or method of action selected from among alternatives and in light of given conditions to guide and determine present and future decisions.

Reconstruction

the time period in the United States after the Civil War during which there were legal, social, and political challenges of the abolition of slavery and reintegration of the former Confederate States of America.

citizenship

being a member of a particular country and having the rights, obligations, and responsibilities that come with it.

abolitionist

a person who wants to end slavery.

Radical Republican

a political faction within the Republican Party after the Civil War with goals that included the immediate, complete, and permanent eradication of slavery in the United States.

Black codes

laws passed by southern states immediately after the Civil War for controlling African Americans and limiting their rights.

Revolution

a changeover in use or preference especially in technology

Reform

removal or correction of errors or of an abuse or a wrong.

industrial

of or related to industry (manufacturing activity)

Labor Union

groups of workers who band together to achieve better pay, safer working conditions, and other benefits.

Monopoly

the complete control of an industry or the market of service or product

League of Nations

President Woodrow Wilson's plan proposed after World War I for a general assembly of countries that would stabilize relations among countries and help preserve peace.

trench warfare

a battle strategy that uses a system of ditches to give soldiers a protected place from which to fire during battle.

Zimmermann Note

secret German telegram sent to the German ambassador in Mexico laying out a plan to ally with Mexico.

Selective Service Act

required all men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for the draft.

assembly line

a method of manufacturing in which the work passes from one worker to another, each of whom has a specific, specialized task.

fundamentalism

a movement that promoted the idea that every word of the Bible was the literal truth.

prejudice

an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics.

nativism

an ideology favoring people born in one's own country over more recent immigrants.