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Chapter 10 Vocabulary
Honors American History
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History
9th Grade
11/12/2012

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Annex
Definition
Append or add as an extra or subordinate part
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Imperialism
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A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
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Corollary
Definition
A proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved
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Diplomacy
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The profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad
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Territorial Integrity
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Territorial integrity is the principle under international law that nation-states should not attempt to promote secessionist movements or to promote border changes in other nation-states
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Self-Determination
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self-government: government of a political unit by its own people
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Coup
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A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government
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Alliance
Definition
A union or association formed for mutual benefit, esp. between countries or organizations
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Neutrality
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nonparticipation in a dispute or war
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Dog Fight
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A dogfight, or dog fight, is a form of aerial combat between fighter aircraft
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Emigrate
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Leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another
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Mobilization
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act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops
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Conscription
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Compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the military
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Doughboys
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A US infantryman, esp. one in World War I
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Propoganda
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  1. Information, esp. of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
  2. The dissemination of such information as a political strategy
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Bolshevism
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Soviet communism
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irreconcilable
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So different from each other that they are incompatible.
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Reservationist
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 The act of reserving; a keeping back or withholding
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