Unit 3 Vocab Terms US History

Isolationism

A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs.

Collective Security

A security arrangement that is political, regional, or global, in which each state in the system accepts that the security of one is the concern of all, and therefore commits to a collective response to threats.

Internationalism

A national policy of actively trading with foreign countries to foster peace and prosperity.

Imperialism

The actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over a smaller or weaker nation.

Monroe Doctrine

The Monroe Doctrine is a United States foreign policy position opposing European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It states any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is considered a hostile act against the US.

Lusitania

A British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I.

Woodrow Wilson

He was an American politician who served as the 28th US president from 1913 to 1921. He narrowly won re-election in the 1916 presidential election boasting how he kept the nation out of wars in Europe and Mexico.

Emma Goldman

She was a Russian-born anarchist, political activist, and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.

Mobilization

The act of assembling and readying military troops and supplies for war.

Victory Gardens

A garden planted by civilians during the war to raise vegetables for home use, leaving more of other foods for the troops.

Army Nurse Corps

It was formally established by Congress in 1901. The ANC is the nursing service for the US Army and provides nursing staff in support of the Department of Defense medical plans.

Clear and Present Danger

Is a doctrine adopted by the US Supreme Court to determine under what circumstances limits can be placed on First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, or assembly.

Bolshevik Revolution

This was a period of political and social change in Russia, starting in 1917. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government, also known as the Russian Revolution.

League of Nations

Was the first worldwide intergovernmental organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on Jan. 10th, 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War.

Nationalism

Loyalty and devotion to a nation.

Propaganda

The spreading of ideas about an institution or individual for the purpose of influencing opinion.

Espionage

Spying, especially to gain government secrets.

Draft

A system used for choosing people from a population to serve in the military.

Armistice

A temporary agreement to end fighting.

Reparations

The payment by the losing country in a war to the winner for the damages caused by the war.

Red Scare

A form of moral panic provoked by fear of the rise (supposed or real) of communist ideologies, occurring immediately after World War I.

Communism

A sociopolitical idea, the goal of which is centered around the ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.

Palmer Raids

A series of raids to capture and arrest suspected socialists, especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States.

Great Migration

It was the movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1910 and 1970.

Treaty of Versailles

A peace treaty signed on June 28, 1919, that ended World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers, which required Germany to surrender 10 percent of its prewar territory in Europe and all of its overseas possessions.