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vocabulary cpt6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Yellow journalism | false or exaggerated reporting |
| Spanish-American War | war between United States and Spain |
| Rough Riders | volunteer soilders led by Theadore Roosevelt |
| Buffalo soilders | A nickname for african american soilders |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas |
| trust | large companies with the power to drive out competition in an industry |
| Progressives | reformers who worked to stop unfair businesses |
| Muckracker | writer or journalist of the early 1900s who uncovered shameful conditions in business |
| Blue Laws | laws introduced by progressives in the early 1900s to solve social problems |
| World War 1 | war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the central & allied powers |
| nationalism | love of country & the desire of ones country free from the ccontrol of another |
| alliance | agreement among nations to defend one another |
| isolationism | policy in which a nation prefers to remain neutral & let other countries handle thier own affairs |