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honors history vocab on the spanish/american war

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imperialism   policy or practice of extending the domination of one country over another  
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isolationism   policy of avoiding involvements with other nations  
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puppet regime   government controlled by an outside power  
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eugenics   theory that holds that certain racial groups are superior because of inherited characteristics  
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new manifest destiny   beleif in the destiny of the US to stretch beyond the oceans  
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reciprocity   mutual lowering ny nations of tafiff barriers; recognition by one of two countries of validity of privileges granted by the other  
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arbitration   use of a neutral third party to suggest a solution to negotiations  
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scorched-earth policy   policy of widespread destruction (followed by cubans in spanish-american war)  
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jingoes   persons of extreme chauvanism or nationalism who beleive in a warlike foreign policy  
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neutralize   to make ineffective  
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neutrality   refusal to take sides  
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yellow journalism   newspaper reporting that emphasizes the sensational  
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Social Darwinism   theory that social progress is based on the human struggle for survival  
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Lassiez-faire   doctrine that an economy should be run without government interference  
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anti-imperialist   against imperialism  
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anarchist   one who advocates the overthrow of all government restraints in favor of complete freedom  
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default   failure to pay debt  
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receivership   arrangement by which a receiver administers the property of another person  
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dollar diplomacy   foreign policy of william howard taft involving the promotion of american business and banking thorought the world  
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missionary diplomacy   foreign policy designed to help other countries  
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cooling-off treaties   treaties that require parties to an international dispute to refrain from war while waiting for the report of an investigating comittee (used by president wilson)  
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consortium   international business association  
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reactionary   political reaction  
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sphere of influence   areas under the indiract control of an outside power  
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executive agreement   agreement between the president and a foreign power not requiring by order of the president  
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indemnity   payment for damages  
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pacifism   opposed to war or violence as a means of settling a dispute  
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conscientious objector   person who refuses to bear arms or serve in the military because of religious or moral principles  
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hyphenated americans   americans tied by birth or ancestry to another country  
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preparedness   military readyness for war  
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militarism   policy of maintaining strong armed forces and being ready to use them  
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triple alliance   germany, austria-hungary, and italy  
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entente cordiale   cordial understanding  
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triple entente   france, great britian, and russia  
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u-boat   submarine  
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sussex pledge   germany promised not to sink anymore merchant ships without first warning the ship and giving the passenegers an opportunuty to abandon ship  
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selective service act   draft  
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doughboys   nuckname for american troops during world war 1  
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armistice   truce  
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war material   weapons and equipment not expectes to be used up or destroyed  
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hooverize   to put american citizens in the mood to sacrifice. for example governmant forbid the use of grain to manufactre liquor  
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victory gardens   garden for raising one's own vegeatbles, especially during wartime  
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liberty bonds   a special type of war bond that was sold in the US to support the allied ccause the WW1 and later in WW2 it could be redeemed for the original value plus interest  
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"four minute men"   volunteers who gave breief speeches whreever they could get an audience-- movie theatres, churches, etc.  
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espionage act   an act that provided a heavy fine and up to 20 years in prison for anyone who aided the enemy, interfered with the draft, encourged disloyalty, or refused to serve in the armed forces  
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sedtiton act   an act that added a crime to write, print, piblish, or say anything nagative about the government etc.  
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convoy technique   system by which merchant ships traveled in a pack surrounded by a small number of armed vessels  
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trench warfare   method of warfare used ub world war 1 in which lines of opposing soldiers fired at eachother from ditches  
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fourteen points   the basic 14 principles outlined by president wilson as a goal for postwar europe and a way to avoid future wars  
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big four   leaders of the US, great britian, france, and italy  
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covenant   formal and binding agreement between 2 or more parties  
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deported   expelled from a country  
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