a series of laws enacted by paralament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonist for the Boston Tea Party
Olive branch Petition
patriot
an american colonist who sided with the rebels in the american revolution
loyalist
an american colonist who supported the british in american revolution
mercenary
a professional soldier hired to fight for a foregin country
privateer
a privately owned ship that has the governments permissionduring wartime to attack enemy ships
guerrillas
a soldier who weakens the enemy with surprise raid and hit and run attacks
boston tea party
the dumping of 342 chests of tea into the boston harbor by the colonist in 1973 to protest the tea act
battle of lexington
battles of saratoga
a series of conflicts between british soldiers and the continental army in 1777 that proved to be a turning point in the revolutionary war
battle of york town
benedict arnold
trador
fort sumter
a federal fort located in the harbor of charleston south carolina the southern attack on fort sumter marked the beginning of the civil war
robert e lee
border state
a slave state that bordered states in which slavery was illegal
anaconda plan
blockade
when armed forces prevent the transportations of goods or perople into or out of an area
cavalry
soliders on horse back
minie ball
a bullet with a hollow base
ironclad
a warship coverd with iron
ulysses s grant
first battle of bull run
an 1861 battle of the civil war in whcih the south schocked the north with a victory
seven days battles
an 1862 civil war battle in which th confederravy forced the union to reateat beffore it could capture the southern capital of richmond
battle of antietam
a cicil war battle in 1862 in which 2500 men were killed or wounded
emancipation proclamation
an exective oreder issued by abraham lincoln on jan 1 1863 freeubg tg skaves ub all regions in rebellion against the union
54th massachusetts
copperhead
abraham lincolns main political opponents they favored peace wtih the south
conscription
a law that required men to serve in the militarty or be drafted
greenback
paper currency issued by the federal governmetn during the civil war
clara barton
battle of gettysburg
an 1863 battle in the civil war in which the union defeated the conderacy ending hopesfor a condederate victory in the north
siege of vicksburg
an 1863 union victory in the civil war that enabled the union to control the entire mississippi river
william sherman
appomattox court house
the virginia town where robert e lee surrendred to ulysses s grant in 1865 ending the civil war
thirteenth amendment
john wilkes booth
killed lincoln
trench warfare
a kind of warfare during ww1 in which troo[s huddled iat the bottom of trenches and fired artillery and machine guns at each other
u-boat
woodrow wilson
zimmermann telegraph
a message sent in 1917 bt the german foreign minister to the german ambassador in mexico proposing a german- mexican alliacnve and promisiong to help mexico regain texas new mexico and arisona if the united states entered ww1
john perching
convoy system
a heavy guard of destroyers tha tescorts merchant ships during wartime
armistice
an end to fighting
propaganda
an opinon expresses for the purpose of influencing the actions of others
espionage act
pased in 1917 thislaw set heavy fines and long prison terms for antiwar activeitiesand fro encouraging draft resisters
sediton act
a 1918 law that made it illegal to critcize war it set heavy fines and long prison terms frot thouse who engaged in anti war acticities
reparations
red scare
fear of communisim
speculation
buying and selling of a stock in the hope of making a quick profit
black tuseday
stock market crashed
bounus army
ww1 vets not gettin there money
fireside chat
fdr on the radio
new deal
fdr's new plan to help rid the depression
hundered days
fdr passing more bills that hover did in term
FDR
president
elanor roosevlet
worked for civil right FDR"s wife and eyes and ears
social security
a law passed in 1935 that requires workers and employers to make payments tino a fund from which they draw pension after they retired
wagner act
pwa
dust bowl
series of wind storms
deflict spendng
spending borrowed money from other countries to make more money
john steinbeck
tennessee valley authority
fascism
a political philosophy that advocateds a strong centralixed nationalistic government headed by a powerful dictator
adolf hitler
dictator tried to take over european countries
nazi party
hitlers soliders
axis
germany itlay and their allies during ww2
appeasement
the grantingof concessions to a hostile power in oreder to keep the peace
lend lease act
law that allwoed the united states to ship arms and supplies without immediate payment to nation fighting the axis powers
d day
united states invasion into normandy france and joing the war
yalta conference
in 1945franklin fooselvel winston chuchill and joseph stalin discussed plans fot the end of ww2 and the futrue of europe
island hopping
united states slowly invading japinesse owned islands and taking them over
manhattan project
the top sectet program set up in 1942 to bulid an atomic bomb
rationing
to distribute a fixed amount of a certain time
rosie the riveter
an image of a strong woman hard at work at an arms factory during ww2