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Antisemitism: prejudice and/or hatred of jews.
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Big Stick: Teddy Roosevelt's use of military power for diplomatic reasons and foreign policy
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Capitalism: an economic system based on private ownership of capital
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Cold War: This period of time following World War II is where the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as superpowers and faced off in an arms race that lasted nearly 50 years.
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Communism: a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership
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Containment: First proposed by George Kennan in 1947; became the strategy of the US thru out the Cold War; Kennan argued that firm US resistance to USSR expansion would eventually compel Moscow to adopt more peaceful policies
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Détente: relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China
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Dollar Diplomacy: Term used to describe the efforts of the US to further its foreign policy through use of economic power by gaurenteeing loans to foreign countries
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Domino Theory: the political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control
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ERA: Equal Rights Amendment (1972); designed to give women equal treatment under the law; fell 3 vote short of being adopted
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Fascism: A system of government characterized by strict social and economic control and a strong, centralized government usually headed by a dictator. First found in Italy by Mussolini.
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Impeachment: a formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public official
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Isolationism: a belief that the US should stay out of entanglements w/ other Nations; widespread after Spanish-American war & later influenced US foreign policy
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Missionary Diplomacy: Woodrow Wilson's idea of the United States' moral responsibility to deny recognition to any Latin American government that was viewed as hostile to American interests.
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Monopoly: The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service; Horizontal & Vertical Integration - Horizontal integration is a monopoly trying to control all of one type of business (Rockefeller). Vertical integration is trying to control all production from raw material to finished product (Carnegie).
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Muckrakers: journalists who wrote about corruption in business and politics in order to bring about reform.
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Yellow journalism: Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers.
