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Chapter 20 Section 3

Description

vocabulary words used in textbook ch 20 sect 3

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Subject

History

Level

8th Grade

Created

01/24/2010

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Term

isthmus

Definition

narrow strip of land joining two larger areas of land

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corollary

Definition

a locial extension of a doctrine or proposition

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dollar diplomacy

Definition

policy based on the idea that economic ties were the best way to expand American influence

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William C. Gorgas

Definition

american expert on tropical diseases, took up the problem. wiped out yellow fever and reduced malaria and panama

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Francisco Villa

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mexican rebel nicknamed pancho. his rebels crossed into new mexico, raided and burned town of colombus.