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Expansionism is defined as a policy to increase a country's size by expanding its territory, while imperialism can be defined as a policy of extending a country 's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
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A document for the United states that declares God gave us life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. -
the motto proposed for the first Great Seal of the United States by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson -
the nations first constitution that states what we should do as "We the people" to have the nation that we want. -
the first 10 amendments of the U.S constitution -
a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives like money and political jobs,that is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity -
a type of building shared by multiple dwellings, typically with flats or apartments on each floor and with shared entrance stairway access, on the British Isles notably common in Scotland.
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a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants.
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"the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." He was a geo-stategist and historian and know for the Influence of Sea Power Upon History. -
provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land -
the theory that human groups and races are subject to the same laws of natural selection as Charles Darwin perceived in plants and animals in nature. -
the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation -
reformist social movement that's goal was to bring the rich and the poor of society together in both physical proximity and social interconnection.
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a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, and declared himself Provisional President of Africa -
any of a group of American writers identified with pre-World War I reform and exposé writing
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first president of the Republic of Hawaii and first governor of the Territory of Hawaii
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was a period of armed conflict between Spain and the United States. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence
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An American industrialist who revolutionized factory production with his assembly-line methods -
He was considered one of the most successful combat generals in U.S history and the first officer assigned to the Tank Corps in WWI, where he helped lead the Allies to victory in the invasion of Sicily, and was instrumental to the liberation of Germany from the Nazis -
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Assassination
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a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II and the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and oversaw the U.S. military's policy-making in the Korean War -
Germany introduced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic, The German invasion of Belgium, American loans, The reintroduction of unrestricted submarine warfare,The Zimmerman telegram. -
“Roaring 20s" or "Jazz Age." It was a decade of prosperity and dissipation, and of jazz bands, bootleggers, raccoon coats, bathtub gin, flappers, flagpole sitters, bootleggers, and marathon dancers -
Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming, as well as two locations in California, to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. The leases were the subject of a seminal investigation by Senator Thomas J. Walsh.
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an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist who achieved world fame by making the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris.
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an American general who commanded the Southwest Pacific in World War II and oversaw the successful Allied occupation of postwar Japan leading the United Nations forces in the Korean War.
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An executive order called the Mexican Farm Labor Program. This series of diplomatic accords between Mexico and the United States permitted millions of Mexican men to work legally in the United States on short-term labor contracts. -
He was a commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II and one of the navy's foremost administrators and strategists, he commanded all land and sea forces in the central Pacific area. -
served as the 34th president of the United States and during World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, and achieved the five-star rank of General of the Army.
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the official motto of the United States and of the U.S. state of Florida and took replace of "E Pluribus unum"
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