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Alliance system
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A group of nations and or people that worked together to achieve a goal
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Annexation
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To incorporate into an existing political unit such as a country, city, or state
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Armistice
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A cease-fire or truce
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Assimilation
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Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture
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Attrition
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Natural decline in the number of people working in an organization
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Bonanza farm
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Farm controlled by large companies, managed by professionals and raising massive quantities of single crash crops.
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Communism
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Official ideaolgy of the soviet union, complete government ownership of land and property, lack of individual rights
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Espionage
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Act of spying, use of spies by the government or a company
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Exodusters
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African americans who migrated to the west after the civil war.
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Great migration
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African americans who moved to the north from the south
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Imperialism
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Stronger nation to attempt to create an empire by dominating weaker nations
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Jingoism
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A feeling of strong national pride and desire for an aggressive foreign policy
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Militarism
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Aggressively building up a nations armed forces in preperation for war. Military more authority over government and foreign policy.
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Mobilization
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Readying troops for war
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Monroe doctrine
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Declaration by President Monroe that US opposed efforts by any outside power to control a nation in the west hemisphere
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