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progressive era
american history
Term | Definition |
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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 |