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15 Cards in this Set
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Benito Mussolini |
convinced that his country needed a strong leader |
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fascism |
a kind of aggressive nationalism |
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Vladimir Lenin |
Bolshevik party leader |
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Joseph Stalin |
had become the new soviet dictator |
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Adolf Hitler |
was a fervent anticommunist and an admirer of Mussolini |
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internationalism |
the idea that trade between nations creates prosperity and helps to prevent war. |
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appeasement |
the policy of giving concessions in exchange for peace |
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blitkrieg |
used large numbers of massed tanks to break through and rapidly encircle enemy positions |
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Winston Churchill |
replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister |
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Holocaust |
catastrophe that killed jews |
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concentration camp |
detention centers for jews |
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extermination camps |
camps that executed Jews in gas chambers |
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Lend-Lease Act |
U.S. would be able to lend or lease arms to any country |
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Atlantic Charter |
it committed two leaders to a postwar world of democracy, non-aggression, free trade, economic advancement, and freedom of the seas |
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strategic materials |
materials important for fighting a war |
