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Unit 5 Lesson 14
Foreign Affairs in the Young Nation
Term | Definition |
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Monroe Doctrine | President James Monroe's declaration in 1823 that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization |
liberated | to free |
neutrality | a policy of not choosing sides in a dispute or war between other countries |
isolationism | a policy of avoiding political or military agreements with other countries |
embargo | a government order that forbids trade with another country |
blockade | a closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out |
cease | to stop doing something |
pursue | to follow, as in a goal or purpose |
signify | to mean or represent |