SS Vocab + ID's
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- Neutral
- Not belonging to either side or team
- Tariff
- a tax, enforced by the government, on foreign goods
- No Man's Land
- The rough landscape marked with artillery fire between two country's trenches
- Political Bosses
- Leaders of political machines that bribed citizens in order to receive votes
- Skyscrapers
- Tall, steel-frame buildings
- Panama Canal
- A canal, or a thin waterway, that was constructed by T.R.
- Conscription
- Forced military service
- Arbitration
- A settlement imposed by an outside party
- Meat Inspection Act
- An act that required federal inspection of meat and the regulation of standard meat packing plants
- Trenches
- Deep holes dug as barriers for protection (usually dug in a network)
- Stock
- An ownership or share in a company
- Contraband
- Prohibited materials
- Joseph Pulitzer
- A news writer that owned the New York World
- Square Deal
- Roosevelt's reform programs
- Nationalism
- A feeling of pride in one's homeland (nation)
- Josiah-Strong
- A religious supporter of Anglo-Saxonism
- Chain Stores
- A group of similar or identical stores owned by the same company
- John Dewey
- A commodore that captured and won over the Philippines by using guerrilla warfare
- Army Nursing Corps
- A corps consisting of the only women to 'serve' in the war and the only women sent overseas in the war
- Central Powers
- The Triple Alliance plus Germany, Austria, and Hungary
- Graft
- A form of gaining profit through a dishonest way
- San Juan Heights
- A group of hills overlooking the main road to Santiago/Hills captured by Rough Riders
- Holding Company
- A company that controls and links different companies together (does not produce anything)
- 15th Amendment
- An amendment made by the government that allowed people from different races,colors, and ethnicities to vote
- William Randolph Hearst
- A news writer that owned the New York Journal
- Sussex pledge
- The promise (made by Germany) not to sink any more merchant ships without warning
- Literacy Test
- A test in which people who voted had to be able to read and understand the U.S. Constitution
- Balkans
- A region in southeastern Europe
- Fridge Car
- Made by Gustavus Swift-allowed meats and eggs to stay fresh and last longer while being transported
- Victory Gardens
- Gardens that grew vegetables and other useful foods for soldiers in World War I
- Sugarcane
- A plant that is used to make sugar
- Self Determination
- The idea that people who belong to a nation should have their own country and government
- Big Stick Policy
- A policy used by T.R. that was made to improve world peace
- Franz Ferdinand
- The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne; the archduke
- Lynchings
- Execution without proper permission
- Pure Food and Drug Act
- An act that prohibited the sale, manufacture, or shipment of falsely labeled food or drugs
- Segregation
- The separation of races
- Protectorate
- A country that is led by its local leader because the imperial power thought it would protect the country from rebellions
- Suffrage
- The right to vote
- Alliance
- An agreement; two countries supporting each other
- Pools
- An organized way to keep prices at a certain level
- Laissez-faire
- the idea that citizens should be independent from their government's control, except when the government is protecting businesses
- Entrepreneur
- a business man that believes in being private from the government's control and wants to make his own profit, no matter what the risk
- Grandfather Clause
- A rule that allowed any man who had an ancestor on the voting rolls (had voted before) to vote
- Guerrilla Warfare
- Unexpected attacks led by unofficial military groups
- 19th Amendment
- An amendment that allowed women to vote
- Operating Costs
- Payments that need to be payed because a company is operating (shipping, electricity, etc.))
- Propoganda
- Information designed to influence an opinion
- Stockholders
- A group of people that make up a corporation by sharing ownership in a certain company
- Poll Tax
- A tax that one must pay in order to be able to do something; in this case, vote
- Triple Entente
- A friendly understanding between Britain, Russia, and France
- Selective Service
- Required all men between 21 and 30 to register for the draft
- Plessy vs. Ferguson
- A supreme court case in which a law was passed that stated "Equal accommodations, not equal access
- Poison Gas
- A gas that was used to cross enemy lines; its effects were suffocation, vomiting, and blindness
- Imperialism
- Economic domination of a strong country over a weaker one
- A.G. Bell
- 1874-man who thought of the telephone/AT&T
- Monopoly
- The complete control of a market or industry by a company
- Boss Tweed
- Corrupt leader of Tammany Hall; political boss
- GNP
- the amount of goods or services one country produces
- Fixed Costs
- Payments made by a company no matter if it's operating at the time or not (taxes, loans, mortgages, etc.)