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14 Cards in this Set
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Russian Revolution of 1917 |
Russia became the worlds first communist state |
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Joseph Stalin |
seized power and established a brutal totalitarian dictatorship |
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Benito Mussolini |
Rose to power as the fascist party seized power |
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Adolf hitler |
Was determined to achieve German domination throughout Europe |
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Collective security |
Peaceful nations would band together to stop aggressors |
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Neutrality acts of 1935-1937 |
Prohibited Americans from traveling on the ships of nations at war |
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Cash and Carry |
Americans could sell non military goods to Britian or other nations |
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Quarantine speech |
Rossevelt told the nation that them and peaceful nations should isolate aggressive countries. |
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Flying tigers |
We're to fly in supplies and fight Japanese pilots |
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Destroyer for bases agreement |
Congress increased spending on the army and navy and passed a peacetime draft |
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Lend lease act |
To sell lease or lend war materials to any country |
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Winston Churchill |
British prime minister |
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Atlantic charter |
Freedom of the sea and to the war |
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United Nations |
A bunch of nations together. |
