Chapter 9 Vocabulary: A New Role for America

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Chapter 9 VocabularyA New Role for America
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Lesson 1 Vocabulary

• Imperialism
• Yellow journalism
• Isthmus

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Imperialism

• Definition
• The building of empires by adding colonies

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Yellow Journalism

• Definition
• A kind of writing that exaggerates news to
  shock and attract readers

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Isthmus

• Definition
• A narrow strip of land that links two larger
  pieces of land. It has water on both sides.

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Lesson 2 Vocabulary

• Nationalism
• Militarism
• Alliance
• Trench warfare

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Nationalism

• DefinitionDevotion to ones country

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Militarism

• Definition
• The building of a strong military to frighten or
  defeat other countries

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Alliance

• Definition
• An agreement nations make to support and defend
  each other

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Trench Warfare

• Definition
• A way of fighting in which soldiers fought from
  long narrow ditches, or trenches

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Lesson 3 Vocabulary

• Rations
• Propaganda
• Isolationism
• Armistice

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Rations

• Definition
• The limits on the amount of goods civilians can
  have

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Propaganda

• Definition
• Information that is used to shape peoples
  thinking

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Isolationism

• Definition
• The belief that the United States should stay
  out of world events

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Armistice

• Definition
• An agreement to stop fighting