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korea | a former country in E Asia, now divided into two separate countries, North Korea and South Korea. Korea occupied the peninsula between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: an isolated vassal of Manchu China for three |
vietnam | A country of southeast Asia in eastern Indochina on the South China Sea. It comprises the historical regions of Tonkin, Annam, and Cochin China |
cold war | often Cold War A state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war, especially that which existed between the United States and Soviet Union following World War |
nationalism | Devotion to the interests or culture of one's nation. |
militarism | Glorification of the ideals of a professional military class |
communism | A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members. |
nazism | the German form of fascism, especially that of the National Socialist (German: Nazionalsozialist) Workers’ party under Adolf Hitler |
pearl harbor | An inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the southern coast of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. |
d-day | The unnamed day on which an operation or offensive is to be launched. |
vj day | August 15 is the official V-J Day for the UK while the official US commemoration is September 2.[1] The name, V-J Day, had been selected by the Allies after they named V-E Day for the victory in Europe |
prohibition | also known as Dry Law, refers to a sumptuary law in a given jurisdiction which prohibits alcohol. |
boot legger | The act or process of expanding: the new nation's expansion westward. |
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poiny express | A system of rapid mail transportation by relays of horses that operated from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in 1860-1861. |
stage coach | A four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle formerly used to transport mail and passengers over a regular route |
mountainmen | |
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experiment | |
experimental |