terms to know
bias
Angel Island
processing area on the West Coast for people immigrating from Asia
militarism
rapidly building up a strong military to intimidate other countries.
Pan Slavism
belief that the Slavic people of Eastern Europe should have their own nation
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corroboration
ability to compare information provided by two separate sources and find similarities between them
Triangle Shirt Waist Factory
draws attention to unsafe working conditions in factories
love for one’s country
What is the difference between a primary and secondary source
Primary sources can be described as those sources that are closest to the origin of the information. They contain raw information and thus, must be interpreted by researchers. Secondary sources are closely related to primary sources and often interpret them.
plagiarism
presenting someone else's work or ideas as your own (with or without their consent)
Compulsory Laws
laws ensuring children don’t work too much b/c they have to go to school
Imperialism
one nation forcefully imposition its rule/authority over other previously independent nations
xenophobia
fear of outsiders (often immigrants)
Rugrats
The Jungle
a book by Upton Sinclair telling the world how gross the meatpacking world is
intense form of patriotism: exaggerate own country’s virtues, distrust outsiders, value culture and ethnicity to an extreme, limit immigration, put down other countries, overvalue military, etc.
armament
building up of military supplies
Trans Siberian railroad created a route between what two continents
Europe and Asia
One Tree Hill
Young Turks
group of reformers who wanted to bring change to the Ottoman Empire/become very nationalistic…
Havana, ooh na-na
Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh na-na
Pan Germanism
the belief that all German speaking people should be united in a single empire (which meant taking over neighboring country's lands if they had German speaking people)
What was the first country to let women vote?
Finland
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