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54 Cards in this Set
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National Convention
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When people gathered together and created the constitution of the first French republic government
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Third Estate
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Commoners in France
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Girondists
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A group of Jacobins from Gironde
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Italian man who became the emperor of France
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Simon Bolivar
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A wealthy military leader who led the fight for freedom in the northern part of south America
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Thomas Edison
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The scientist who invented the light bulb
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Nationalism
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The desire of people for self rule
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Liberalism
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Political philosophy based on the ideas of the enlightenment
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Monroe Doctrine
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James Monroe’s statement that led American actions toward Latin America in the future
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Republic of Liberia
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The country of Liberia with a republic government
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Triple Entente
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The alliance of Britain, France Russia
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William McKinley
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The American President who sent the Maine battleship to protect Americans who lived in Cuba
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Triple Alliance
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
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Imperialism
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A relationship between countries where one country directly rules the government of another
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Armistice
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A cease-fire
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Zionists
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Jewish nationalists
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Sun Yat-Sen
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President of the Republic of China
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Lusitania
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The ship that was sunk by German submarines
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Suez Canal
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The canal that led from the Mediterranean sea to the Nile river
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Intifada
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Latin American word that means uprising
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Yasir Arafat
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Leader of the new Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
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Apartheid
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The unfair separation of races
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Yasir Arafat
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Leader of the new Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
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Holocaust
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A period of time when German Nazis murdered thousands of Jews
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Apartheid
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The unfair separation of races
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Tehran Conference
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When Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill met in Tehran
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Holocaust
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A period of time when German Nazis murdered thousands of Jews
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Mein Kampf
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Hitler’s book called My Life
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Tehran Conference
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When Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill met in Tehran
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Mao Zedong
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Leader of the Chinese communists
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Mein Kampf
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Hitler’s book called My Life
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Ho Chi Minh
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Formed the Vietminh to drive the Japanese out of Indonesia
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Mao Zedong
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Leader of the Chinese communists
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Auschwitz
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A German death camp in Poland
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Ho Chi Minh
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Formed the Vietminh to drive the Japanese out of Indonesia
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Hiroshima
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The Japanese city that the Americans bombed with and atomic bomb
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Auschwitz
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A German death camp in Poland
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New Deal
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FDR’s plan to help people suffering form the great depression
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Hiroshima
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The Japanese city that the Americans bombed with and atomic bomb
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New Deal
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FDR’s plan to help people suffering form the great depression
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Appeasement
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The idea that if you meat another government’s demands, you can avoid war
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Inflation
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When money loses value and prices rise
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Great Depression
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When there was much inflation and people lost jobs and money
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Totalitarian State
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When the government has complete control over it’s country
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D-Day
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When American troops invaded occupied France
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Truman Doctrine
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When President Truman promised to give aide to the Turks and the Greeks
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Mohandas Gandhi
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He opposed British rule of India using non violent civil disobedience
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Nelson Mandela
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The leader of the ANC and the first president of the new south Africa
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Desmond Tutu
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The man who worked with Mohandas Gandhi to change South African government
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Saddam Hussein
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The dictator of Iraq
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Ruhollah Khomeini
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The most powerful clergyman of Iran who lived in exile
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Fidel Castro
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The man who overthrew the Cuban government and took over Cuba
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Lazaro Cardenas
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The man who gave land to landless peasants in Mexico
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Juan Peron
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The military leader who took over Argentina
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