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progressive era
american history
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| diplomacy | activity or skill of managing international relations |
| Monroe doctrine | created by James Monroe - document opposing European colonialism (1823) |
| panama canal | waterway that connects Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean adn used for trading 1904-1914 |
| the society of harmonious fists | secret Chinese organization that led an uprising in china "boxers" |
| open door policy | deals with trade policy's with china |
| audacious | showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks |
| filament | a slender threadlike object or fiber, in a light bulb |
| irrevocable | cant take back |
| molten | very hot steel |
| rouge | going off by yourself |
| tenement | room that would hold people and be very dirty |
| unscrupulous | not honest or fair |
| veritable | used as an intensifier, authentic |