vocab deffinitions

reparations

• Payment for current government services.
• Compensation for historical injustices.
• payment for damages caused during a war

• A form of tax on wealthy individuals.

nationalism

• Nationalism promotes global unity and cooperation.
• Nationalism is solely about economic policies.
• a strong sense of devotion to one's country; feeling of intense loyalty to a country or group

• Nationalism disregards cultural identity and heritage.

imperialism

• laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America

• to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office

• the policy of extending a nation’s rule over other territories and countries

• seizing people against their will and forcing them to serve in the military or other public service

Alliance system

• alliance system is a system in which countries agree to defend each other or to advance common causes

• The alliance system was a military strategy used in World War I.
• The alliance system was a trade agreement between European nations.
• The alliance system was a political ideology promoting nationalism.

Mobilization

• Mobilization is the gathering of resources and troops in preparation for war

• Mobilization involves the training of military personnel for peacekeeping missions.
• Mobilization is the act of recruiting civilians for non-military roles.
• Mobilization refers to the process of disbanding military forces.

Armistice

• A treaty that establishes permanent peace.
• A temporary ceasefire for negotiations.
• A declaration of war against another country.
• A formal agreement to stop fighting between warring parties.

Militarism

• Militarism is the idea of using diplomacy instead of military action.
• Militarism advocates for the reduction of military spending and forces.
• militarism is the celebration of military ideals, and a rapid buildup of military power

• Militarism is the belief in disbanding armed forces to promote peace.

expansionism

• the decree issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on January 1, 1863

• of or relating to national, tribal, racial, religious, language, or cultural background

• the practice of spreading a nation’s territorial or economic control beyond its borders

• a person who starts a new business, introduces a new product, or improves a management technique

isolationism

• a group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together under one general government

• economic activity taking place between two or more states

• a narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land

• the belief that a nation should stay out of the affairs of other nations