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15 Cards in this Set
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NATIONALISM
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A people's pride in its country.
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NEUTRAL
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Not choosing sides.
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ARMISTICE
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An agreement to end fighting.
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STOCK
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Shares of ownership in a company.
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REPARATIONS
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Payments for losses suffered during a war.
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MARGIN
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Borrowed money used to buy stock.
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DEPRESSION
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Economic downturn when things go very bad.
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BREAD LINE
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Lines of people waiting for a free meal.
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DICTATORSHIP
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This is when leaders hold complete authority over the people they rule.
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ULTIMATUM
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A last chance to surrender immediately. (What Truman issued to the Japanese before bombing.)
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HOLOCAUST
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The mass murder of the Jews and others by the Nazis. About six million Jews were murdered in concentration camps.
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COLD WAR
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A time when great tensions divided the US and the Soviet Union because they were two of the world's most powerful nations. No fighting took place.
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FREE WORLD
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Non-Communist Nations
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SEGREGATION
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The separation of whites and African-Americans.
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MULTINATIONAL STATE
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A nation with many different ethnic groups.
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