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Modern History Key definitions
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- 1Pacifistsa person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable.
- 2Social ReformersA social reformer is anyone who advocates for reform of a certain area of society. E.g. Abolitionists
- 3NeutralityThe state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement.
- 4RMS LusitaniaRMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner. The ship was sunk on by a German U-boat 18 km off the southern coast of Ireland. The sinking presaged the United States declaration of war on Germany (1917).
- 5Liberty Savings bondsA Liberty bond (or liberty loan) was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the allied cause in World War I.
- 6Americanisation programsA variety of programs and campaigns aimed at turning foreigners into "Americans".
- 7AssimilatedThe process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation, or the state of being so adapted: For example, assimilation of immigrants into American life
- 8The Espionage Act 1917The Espionage Act of 1917 is a United States federal law passed in 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I. It penalized disloyalty, giving false reports, or otherwise interfering with the war effort
- 9The Sedition Act of 1918The Sedition Act of 1918 made it a federal offense to use disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the Constitution, the government, the American uniform, or the US flag.
- 10International Workers of the World (IWW) / WobbliesThe Industrial Workers of the World, members of which are commonly termed "Wobblies", is an international labour union that was founded in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States
- 11SuffrageThe woman suffrage movement was a movement aimed at winning women's right to vote.
- 12ProhibitionProhibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933.
- 1319th Amendment (1920)Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote.
- 14The Women's Christian Temperance UnionThe Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was among the first organizations of women devoted to social reform.
- 15Great MigrationThe Great Migration (Great Northward Migration, or the Black Migration) was the movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970.
- 16The influenza pandemicThe 1918 influenza pandemic (colloquially known as Spanish flu) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus.
- 17Fourteen pointsThe Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a 1918, speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson.
- 18Paris Peace ConferenceThe Paris Peace Conference (Versailles Peace Conference) was the meeting of the victorious Allied Powers following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers.
- 19League of NationsThe League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
- 20Republican Henry Cabot LodgeHenry Cabot Lodge was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts.
- 21Isolationisma policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
- 22Sovereigntysupreme power or authority.
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- Flashcards with the key definitions of historic terms, needed for the course
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- Kristy Poulton · mar 2019
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