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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 size of a country's military
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Emily Balch
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played important role in peace efforts. Received Nobel Peace Prize.
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Washington Conference
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an international conference in Washington, D.C., that focused on naval disarmament amd pacific security
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Charles Hughes
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U.S. secretary of state that organized washington conference
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Adolf Hitler
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ww1 veteran who tried to overthrow German government in 1923
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nationalize
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To assert government control over a business.
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caudillos
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Military leaders who used force to maintain order
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Emiliano Chamorro
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Overthrew the Nicaraguan government in 1925 sparking a civil war.
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Henry Stimson
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Sent by Coolidge to negotiate an end to the civil war
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Augusto Sandino
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A general who opposed Chamorro
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Adolfo Diaz
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Chamorros successor
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Anastasio Samoza
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ordered Sandino's assassination
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Good neighbor policy
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Roosevelt's foreign policy to improve relations with Latin America.
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Lazaro Cardenas
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Began to take government control over Mexico's oil industry.
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Josephus Daniels
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argued for 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 towards a particular group
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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 that a military-dominated government should control all aspects of society.
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Blackshirts
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Mussolini's army (who's uniforms were black)
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Jospeh Stalin
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Emerged as the Soviet Union's leader.
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Nazi Party
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Hitler's political party
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Brownshirts
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Nazi Storm Troopers
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Kristallnacht
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The night of broken glass
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Francisco Franco
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Leader of conservative military men who felt threatened by reform.
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Popular Front
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an international alliance of organizations untied 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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Where two countrys agree not to attack each other
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Axis powers
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Alliance of Germany, Italy, and later Japan.
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Munich Conference
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Four European leaders met here and they signed a pact giving Germany the Sudetenland
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Winston Churchill
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Became Prime minister of Britain
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Allied Powers
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Britain and France joined together and later the U.S.
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Lend-Lease Act
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It gave 7 billion dollars for military purposes to non-axis powers.
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Blitzkrieg
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Lightning War
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Maginot Line
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a 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 prime minister of Japan
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Kellog-Briand Pact
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A treaty that outlawed war "as an instrument of national policy" but allowed countries to go to war in self-defence.
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