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37 Cards in this Set
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isolationism
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withdrawal from world affairs
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disarmament
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reducing size of a country's military
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emily grene balch
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active member in the womans iternational conferance
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washington conference
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international conference in washington DC, that focaused on naval disarmament and pacific security
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charles evans hughs
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served as a justice on the supreme court from 1910 to 1916
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kellog brian pact
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outlawed war as an instrument of national policy, but allowed countries to go to war in self defence
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adolf hitler
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killed jews
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emiliano chamorro
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overthrew the governmentm sparking a bitter civil war.
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henry stimson
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a long time public official
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augusto cesar sandino
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a general who opposed chamorro, sefused to accept stimsons proposal
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adolfo diaz
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chamorro's successor
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anastasio somoza
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ordered sandinos assassination
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good neighbor policy
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mutual respect toward Latin America
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lazaro cardenas
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mexicos president
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nationalize
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assert government control over
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josephus danielles
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argued for a compromise between the mexican government
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caudillos
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military leaders who used force to maintain order
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benito mussolini
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founded the fascist party
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fascist party
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believed a military dominated governemnt should controll all aspects of society
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joseph stalin
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emerged as the nations leader
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totalitarian state
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a counrty where the government has complete controll
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nazi party
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won nearly 40% of the vote in elections
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brownshirts
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nazi storm troopers
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anti- semitism
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hatred of jews
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kristallnacht
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night of the broken glass
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francisco franco
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a general
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popular front
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international alliance of organizations united against fascism
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munich conferance
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signed a pact giving germany control of the sudetenland
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appeasement
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GIVING IN TO DEMANDS IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID LARGER CONFLICT
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winston churchill
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politician of great britian
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nanaggression pact
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hitler and stalin agreed not to attack eachother
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allied powers
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declared war on germany
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lend lease act
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appropriated $7 billion for ships
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blitzkreig
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lighting war
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maginot line
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line of defenses along the french border with germany.
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atlantic charter
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a joint pledge to not pursue territorial expansion
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hideki tojo
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became minister of japan
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