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16 Cards in this Set
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Great Purge |
The name of Stalin's rule, used to become leader of Russia. |
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command economy |
Government makes all the economic decisions. |
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appeasement |
making decisions to avoid war etc |
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Munich Conference |
Gave Hitler Czechoslovakia in exchange for him not invading other countries. |
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In what order did the axis powers fall? |
Italy, Romania, Bulgaria,Germany, Japan |
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Stalingrad |
Crushing defeat for Germany, Hitler tried to take down the Soviets. Turning point in war. |
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Battle of El Alamein |
Britain won a battle vs Germany,
led to Germany's invasion. |
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Iron Curtain |
Isolated eastern Europe from the rest of the world. |
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Nuremberg Laws |
Racist laws against Jews |
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Nuremberg Trials |
Trials for "crimes against humanity" used for people related to the Holocaust |
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Yalta Conference |
Meeting between the big three countries. |
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Truman Doctrine |
Truman's policy to aid any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology |
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Marshall Plan |
United states plan for the reconstruction of Europe |
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Great leap forward |
an attempt to make China more industrialized very quickly, ended up failing. |
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Glasnost |
Policy of openness, increased opportunities for speech in Soviet Union |
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Perestroika |
Policy of Economic reconstruction in USSR |
