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1
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To take possession of a territory of country

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Annex

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A narrow Strip of land connecting two larger areas

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Isthmus

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3
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A violent rebellion against a government or political authority

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Insurrection

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A policy similar to imperialism,
focuses on increasing a country’s territory

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Expansionism

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A policy of exerting economic, political, or military control over weaker nations

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Imperialism

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6
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A country that is partly governed by a more powerful country

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Protectorate

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7
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An American proposal that aimed to establish equal access to ports among countries trading with China in 1900

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Open Door Policy

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8
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A voiding entanglements in foreign countries

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Isolationism

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9
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The granting of the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote

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Enfranchisement

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10
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A preliminary election in which voters choose the party candidates to run in a later election for public office

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Direct Primary

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A procedure by which citizens can propose new laws to be voted on by the public or by the legislature

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Initiative

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12
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A person who supports women’s rights to vote

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Suffragist

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13
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A period from 1890 to 1920 that sought to correct many social economic, and political inequalities and injustices in the U.S

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Progressive Era

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14
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A type of Warfare in which long ditches dug deep in the ground provided protection for soldiers

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Trench Warfare

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15
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The Germans plan to take control of France

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Schlieffen Plan

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16
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A strong belief in one’s own country and its superiority to others

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Nationalism

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17
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Agreements of mutual support

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Alliance

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The belief that a government must create a strong military and be prepared to use it to achieve the country’s goals

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Militarism

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19
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individual rights protected by law from government interference

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Civil liberties

20
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A formal announcement made by a country’s leader of the intention to wage war

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Declaration of war

21
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A board that oversaw manufacturing in the U.S during WWI

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War Industries Board

22
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A government bond sold to individuals to help support U.S involvement in WWI

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Liberty Bond

23
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A person who refuses to fight in a war for religious reasons

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Conscientious objector

24
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An individual who made, transported, or supplied alcohol illegally to saloons or “Speakeasies” where city dwellers congregated in the evening

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Bootlegger

25
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An economic system in which private individuals or groups own the resources and produce goods for a profit

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Capitalism

26
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Period in 1919-1920 when federal governments targeted suspected communists, anarchists

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Rec Scare

27
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The belief that some races were superior to others and that breeding should be controlled so that populations of superior races increase

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Eugenics

28
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An illegal drinking club where people secretly gathered in the evenings during prohibition

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Speakeasy

29
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A style of music originally among African Americans musicians that contains lively rhythms, sounds from a variety of instruments and improvisation

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Jazz

30
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A group of citizens that has elected, or is entitled to elect, a representative to the government

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Constituency

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A modern artistic and literary style, featuring a hard, realistic tone and a tendency to reject or avoid artistic and literacy practices of the past

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Modernism

32
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Young women in the 1900s who embraced a freer style of dress and the use of cosmetics

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Flapper

33
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A movement headed by Marcus Garvey that encouraged African Americans to leave the U.S. and return to Africa

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Back-To- African Movement

34
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A movement in the early 1900s that sought to unify people of African descent

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Pan-Africanism

35
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A cultural movement that originated in Harlem in the 1990s and promoted African- Americans writers, artists, and musicians

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Harlem Renaissance

36
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An index of the stock of leading companies, tracked daily and used as a measure of general stock market trends

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Dow Jones Industrial Average

37
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The total goods and services produced by the nation plus the income earned by its citizens

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Gross National Product

38
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Worldwide economic downturn in the 1930s, market by poverty and high unemployment

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Great Depression

39
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Money borrowed from a bank in order to pay for an investment, such as stocks

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Margin

40
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Taking on a business rick, such as buying stocks on margin even though there is no guarantee that they will increase in value

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Speculation

41
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The thousands of veterans, determined to collect promised cash bonuses early, who came to Washington during the summer of 1932 to listen to congress debate the bonus proposal

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Bonus Army

42
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A political movement based on extreme nationalism, militarism, and racism promoting the superiority of a particular people over all others

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Fascism

43
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Makeshift villages for the homeless Americans, usually at the edge of a city with shelters, made of cardboard, scrap metal, or whatever wad cheap and available

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Hooverville

44
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Court orders that demand or forbid certain actions

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Injunction

45
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to take on the financial responsibility- including the risks of a set of assets

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Underwrite

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