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Unit 1 progressive
American History
Term | Definition |
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Diplomacy | Activity or skill managing international relationships |
Monroe Doctrine | Created by James Monroe a document for opposing European colonialism in 1823 |
Panama Canal | canal created by Teddy Roosevelt Built 1904-1914 |
The society of Harmonious Fist | Secret Chinese organization |
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 object |
Irrevocable | Can't take back |
Molten | Liquid steel |
Rogue | Doing your own thing |
Tenement | Living quarters |
Unscrupulous | Not honest |
Veritable | Authentic |
neutrality act | banned munitions exports to belligerents and restricted American travel on belligerent ships |
Blitzkrieg | an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory |
Maginot | line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France |
Luftwaffe | generic German term for an air force. It was also the official name for the Nazi air force |
Holocaust | A series of killing many and many of Jews for really no reason |
lend- lease act | U.S. government could lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed |
Embargo | an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country |
December 7th 1941 | Bombing of pearl harbor |