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76 Cards in this Set
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Open Door Policy
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let countries trade with China
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Chinese Revolution
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emperor abdicates, Sun Yat sen establishes a republic and democracy
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Tz'u-his (Cixi)
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emperess aunt that ruled on behalf of someone else, like a dictator
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Sun Yat-sen
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influenced China with Western ideas, thought that there should be a democracy, led a revolution but failed
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Forming a Republic
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last Qing emperor gave up power, end of dynasties China formed a republic
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Nationalist
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a person who advocates political independence for a country
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Chiang Kai-shek
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leader of the armies
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Communist Movement
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Mao's revolution against Chiang's dictatorship in China. Remember that they fought until Japan invaded. After the Japanese were driven out, the communists got most of the credit for "saving" China, so Mao's communists gained control.
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Long March/Civil War
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communists escaped the purge
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Five Year Plans
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plans of what will happen in five years, back because if there is a natural disaster, then people will starve
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Great Leap Forward
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put farmers in factories
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Cultural Revolution
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made everything that artists, etc. did had to be in favor of the communists
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Mao Zedong
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leader of the long march; became emperor
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Korea and Manchuria
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Manchuria fought over along time by Russia and Japan, had a war, and Japan got control of the railway
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Russo-Japanese war
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Japan invaded Russia, w/o declaring war, destroyed Russia's fleet, President Roosevelt to help
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Treaty of Portsmouth
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Russia got all these countries, and Japan was recongized as a dominant country and got the Manchuria railway
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Moderization Problems
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went from agricultural to industry, grow of population and food supply
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Infrastructure
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had to grow factories and resources because of the emperor
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Hirohito
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military emperor during WWII,
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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made war illegal
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Manchuria and Mukden
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Japan needed an excuse to invade, so they bombed the railway near Mukden, blamed it on the Chinese and had a reason to go into there, and actually took over
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Ocsachi Hamaguchi
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Prime minister of Japan shot; infrastructure thought that they should get resources peacefully and the military shot them
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Fascism
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Mussolini was a fascist and his nation invaded Europe
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Hailie Selassie
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incharge of Ethiopia until Italy invaded and went to the League of Nations, but they did nothing
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Mussolini
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Italy's economy was doing badly, so he invaded Ethiopia
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Spanish Civil War and German, Italian Involvement
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Guernica being bombed, Franco and Fascist party went against socialist government to try to put themselves in power, Hitler plus Italy got involved because Hitler wanted to test out weapons, Italy want Guernica to be bombed.
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Falange Party
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Frano's fascist party
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Guernica
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city that was totaly bombed by Germany, Picasso made a painting about it
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International Bridgades
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the European countries that helped the Loyaltists out
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Pablo Picasso
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made a painting about the struggles in Guernica
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Austria
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Nazi party in Austria, Hitler wanted them in the cabinet, chancellor said no, hitler used force, chancellor resigned, Austria became part of the third Reich
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Czechslovakia
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took over them after Sudetenland, defenseless without them
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Sudetenland
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Germans lived there wanted to be connected with Germany, Czech said no, Nazi groups formed Hitler took it over
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Appeasement
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when a country trys to keep the peace by agreeing with the aggressor
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Munich Confrence
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accepted terms that Sudetenland was part of Germany, France and Britian scared and werent prepared for war
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Neville Chamberlain
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Britian prime minister, wanted to appese hitler rather than go to war with him
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Edouard Daladier
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French Premier, wanted to appese hitler rather than go to war with him
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Poland
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airforce attacked Poland, began the war
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Danzig
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first port and city Germany captured in Poland
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Non aggression pact
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signed by Hitler and Stalin, said that they would not go to war with each other, Stalin did this to gain time and Hitler did this to get Soviet Union out of way, didnt mean it
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Stalin
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were to help France and Britian in the war
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Phony War
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the attitude of the war in Europe
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Blitzkrieg
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so fast that they didnt think it was a war
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Dunkerque
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Hitler allowed the people in Britian to evacuate, bad idea on Hitler's part because it gave them hope that they were going to survive
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Magniot Line
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bad attempt to keep Germany out
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Fall of France
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Germany took over France
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Vichy France
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the German goverment in France
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Phillipe Petain
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leader of Vichy France
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Resistance Movement
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the movement in Southern France to free France
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Charles de Gaulle
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the leader of the Resistance movement
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Battle of Britian
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Germany bombed Britian, Britian used radar to find the German ships
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Luftwaffe
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Germany airforce
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Winston Churchill
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British Prime minister, said that the british were going to win
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RAF
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the British air force
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U.S involvement
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U.S had isolationists that wanted to stay out of the war until Pearl Harbor happened and then we had to get into the war
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Neutrality Act
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said that U.S was neurtral and we couldnt send war equipment to warring nations
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Isolationism
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the idea that the U.S should stay out of the worlds affairs
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Herbert Hoover
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isolationist, in speech said we should stay out because, soliders and civilians were going to be killed, said that Britian wasnt going to win and we werent going to win if we intervene, and that at the end, we will be in better shape to help Britian out
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Atlantic Charter
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agreement that we would cooperate during the war with our allies
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Charles Lindenburg
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isolationist, said that we wont win anyway
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Auschwitz
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a major death concentration camp
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Genocide
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when one race tries to kill another race
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Resisting the Holocaust
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some Jews resisted by going into hiding
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Anne Frank
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her and her family went into hiding for two years and was eventually discoved
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Important Offences
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26 rep. went to D.C and promised to use all resources to defeat the axis and to follow the atlantic charter
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Battle of Stalingrad
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fight between the Soviets and Germans, Germans surrendered
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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general for the U.S, put troops in North Africa
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War at Sea and Air
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the battle of Midway, America and Britain had attacks against Germany Allies bombed almost every German city, and gained strength in Atlantic. German submarines sunk many Allied ships, destroyers and armed ships led troops and supply ships from U.S
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Battle of Midway
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went to Guadalcanal and Japan lost
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Island Hopping
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where you bomb some cities and capture the rest
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Victory in Europe
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V-E day
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D-Day
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forces landed of Normandy's coast drove Germany back
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Victory of Japan
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V-J day
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Yalta and Potsdam
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Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met in Yalta, talked about how they were going to divide Germany up, Harry Truman, Clemett Attlee met and planned an unconditional surrender of Japan
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V-J Day
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Japan unconditionaly surrendered because America used two atomic bombs that killed about 10 million people
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Bataan Death March
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forced prisoners to walk up 55 miles and then killed them
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