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vocabulary ch26+27
vocabulary for 1900-1920 Durant's class
| terms | definitions |
|---|---|
| progressive movement | a political reform effort in the early 1900's that focused on improving American life |
| Social Darwinism | the idea that only the stronges survive and the wealthy deserve to be rich because they are the fittest |
| regulation | the enforcement of laws that control conduct or practices |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| expansionists | people who wanted the power of American to expand around the world |
| imperialism | the policy of extending a nation's power by gaining political and economic control over other countries |
| yellow jounalism | the practice of exaggerating news stories |
| nationalism | devotion to a national or ethnic identity |
| militarism | a policy of glorifying military power and military ideas |
| reparations | debts imposed on a defeated nation to pay for the harm done during a war |