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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Neutrality | Not supporting either side in a conflict |
| Impress | To affect deeply or strongly in mind or feelings; influence in opinion |
| Yellow Journalism | Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration |
| Nationalism | Patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts. |
| Imperialism | A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. |
| Isolationism | A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interest of other groups |
| Appeasement | Conceding to aggression by a warlike nation |
| Collective Security | The cooperation of several countries in an alliance to strengthen the security of each |
| Balance of Power | A situation in which nations of the world have roughly equal power |
| Containment | The action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence |
| The Domino Theory | If one country and region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow |
| The Roosevelt Corollary | The United States will intervene in conflicts between the European countries in the Latin American countries to enforce legitimate claims of European powers |
| League of Nations | Intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris peace conference that ended the first world war |
| Fourteen Points | A statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I |
| Open Door Policy | Principles initiated by the United States in 1899 and 1900 for the protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China and in support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity |
| Arms Race | A competition between nations for superiority in the development in accumulation of weapons |
| Balance of Terror | The distribution of nuclear arms among nations such that no nation will initiate an attack for fear of retaliation |
| Detente | the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries |
| Weapons of mass destruction | A chemical, biological or radioactive weapon capable of causing widespread death and destruction |
| Star Wars | sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system used to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet union |
| Posterity | Future generations |
| Cide | Kill |
| Naught | Nothing |
| Apostrophe |
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