Semester 1 Vocab

National foreign policy that avoids engagement with other countries

Conduct or speech that encourages people to rebel against the authority of a state/government

A political ideology that favors the nation above all else, limits individual rights, and uses violence to instill order

A style of newspaper writing that is not completely based on facts but based on speculation in order to sell more papers 

Premier of the Soviet Union during World War II

Negotiating tactic by labor union workers to stop working until demands are met

increase of buying of goods and services that are beyond necessary needs

June 6th, 1944. The day that the Allies invaded Nazi controlled France

Towns built during the Great Depression by unemployed people, that encompassed the poverty of the Great Depression

Dust storms across the midwest and southwest due drought, high winds and poor agriculture practices

Economic failure from 1929-1939 due to the stock market crash, bank failure & unemployment that lead to severe poverty

An African American intellectual and cultural revival that revolved around art, music, and education

Economic system that is based on free market trade, profit and competition that includes private ownership of goods

Self restraint from drinking alcohol

Railroad that spans the entire continent east to west

All Goods/services that exist in a given market at a given time

 Businesses collude together to create a monopoly in a market

Growth of cities both in population and area

Fascist leader of Germany during World War II

Government policy about how the country interacts with other countries and handles international issues

Alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan during WWII

Someone selling illegal goods, alcohol during prohibition

Giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep peace

“Lightning War” - German method of warfare during WWII that emphasized speed, mobility and concentration of forces

A late 19th century political movement that focuses on the good of the common people, workers and farmers against elites

Passage way through Panama that connects that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to increase trade

President of the United States during World War II

Women in the roaring 20’s that started new fashion trends and tried to changed traditional social norms

Government policy about things happening within the country

Reformed minded investigative journalists who expose evil and corruption in society

African Americans moving from the south to the north for jobs and to escape the Jim Crow South

The right to vote

An organization of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests

 Era between Reconstruction the Civil Rights Movement, characterized by segregation, discrimination, and racial violence

Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII

The court case that established "Separate but equal"

Extending a country's power to other nations through diplomacy and military force

1945 meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin to plan the final stages of the war and the post-war world

level of desire for consumers to purchase a given good in a given market at a given time

Certain people and cultures are believed to be better or “more fit” than others 

Tax on imported goods 

 a network of shares and stock exchanges where traders and investors buy and sell shares of publicly traded companies

Public killing without any due process

An illegal, secretive bar 

The outlawing of alcohol manufacturing, sale, and consumption

Government policies that brought economic relief and created jobs to try to bring America out of the Great Depression

When a single business owns or controls an entire market- no competition

Fascist leader of Italy during WWII

Having great pride, loyalty and devotion to a nation

Alliance between the US, France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union during WWII

Development of industries (businesses, factories etc…) in a given place

the wealth and resources of a country, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.

Becoming better and more equal in society towards a goal through government intervention

Agricultural system that replaces slavery. Workers get a “share” of the crop owned by white landowners