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Unit 1 Progressive
american history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Diplomacy | activity or skill managing international relationships |
| Monroe Doctrine | Created by James Monroe, A document opposing colonialism 1823. |
| Panama Canal | canal created by Teddy Roosevelt. built 1904-1914 |
| The society of Harmonious Fists | Secret Chinese organization "boxers" |
| Open Door Policy | All countries able to trade with china. gave away land for trade. supported by Roosevelt |
| Audacious | Being bold |
| Filament | Long thin fiber like object |
| Irrevocable | Something that cant take back or cant undo. |
| Molten | Very hot metal, steel. |
| Rogue | Doing your own thing |
| Tenement | living quarters. |
| Unscrupulous | Not honest. |
| Veritable | Intensifies the word or meaning of a phrase. used to verify authenticity |
| Advocate | Someone who publicly supports or a certain cause or policy. |
| Neutrality Act 1935 to 1937 | banned weapons sales to Spain. It did however allow countries to purchase weapons for cash if they could carry them on their own ships. |
| Blitzkrieg | an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory. |
| Maginot Line | a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by a resurgent Germany and compel them into a long battle of attrition. |
| Luftwaffe | generic German term for an air force. It was also the official name for the Nazi air force founded in 1935. |
| Holocaust | destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war. |
| Lend-Lease Act | the matériel and services supplied by the U.S. to its allies during World War II under an act of Congress (Lend-Lease Act) passed in 1941: such aid was to be repaid in kind after the war. |
| Embargo | an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country. |
| December 7th 19141 | the bombing of pearl harbor. |