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39 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 the size of a country's military
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Emily Greene Balch
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Leader of the women's movement. Active member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
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Washington Conference
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An international conference in Washington, D.C. that focused on naval disarmament and Pacific security.
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Charles Evans Hughes
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U.S. Secretary of State. Organized the Washington Conference
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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The treaty that outlawed war "as an instrument of national policy" but allowed countries to go to war in self-defense.
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Adolf Hitler
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German who plotted to overthrow the German government.
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nationalize
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To assert government control over
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cuadillos
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Military leaders who used force to maintain order
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Emiliano Charmorro
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Overthrew the government in Nicaragua, sparking a bitter civil war
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Henry Stimson
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A long-time public official who negotiated a peace treaty in Nicaragua
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Augusto Cesar Sandino
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A general who opposed Charmorro and who refused to accept Stimson's proposal.
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Adolfo Diaz
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Chamorro's successor. Wanted to rid Nicaragua of the Americans and wanted to allow ordinary Nicaraguans to control their country's land and wealth.
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Anastasio Somoza
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The commander of the U.S.-trained National Guard. Ordered Sandino's assassination.
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Lazaro Cardenas
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Mexico's president.
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Good Neighbor policy
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Roosevelt's policy of mutual respect toward Latin America.
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Josephus Daniels
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U.S. ambassador to Mexico. Argued for a compromise between the Mexican government and the oil companies.
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totalitarian state
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A country where the government has complete control
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anti-Semitism
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Hatred of Jews
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Benito Mussolini
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Founder of the Fascist Party in 1921
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Fascist Party
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Believe that a military-dominated government should control all aspects of society.
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Blackshirts
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Mussolini's army of followers. Name for the color of their uniforms.
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Joseph Stalin
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Leader of the Soviet Union.
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Nazi Party
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Adolf Hitler's National Socialist Party.
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Brownshirts
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Nazi storm troopers. Named for the color of their uniforms.
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Kristallnacht
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November 9, 1938. The night that Nazi thugs nurned down synagogues and destroyed Jewish businesses. Also known as "the night of broken glass"
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Fransisco Franco
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Deader of the reformers in Spain
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Popular Front
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An international alliance of organizations united against fascism.
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appeasement
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Giving in to demands in an attempt to avoid a larger conflict.
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nonaggression pact
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A pact between Hitler and Stalin in which they agreed not to attack each other.
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Axis Powers
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Germany and Italy's military alliance.
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Munich Conference
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Place where the four European leaders met to sign a pact giving Germany control of Sudetenland.
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Winston Churchill
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British politicians that feared that appeasement would encourage Hitler to seize additional territory.
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Allied Powers
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The alliance originally between Britain and France that declared war on Germany.
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Lend-Lease Act
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Act that appropriated $7 billion for ships, planes, tanks, and other supplies to non-Axis countries.
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Blitzkrieg
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The "lightning war" against Poland.
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Maginot Line
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A line of defenses along the French border wither Germany.
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Atlantic Charter
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A joint pledge to not pursue territorial. Agreed between Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.
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Hideki Tojo
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Prime minister of Japan that committed his nation to expansion as part of the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere.
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