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39 Cards in this Set
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isolationism
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withdrawal from world affairs, in the 1920's and 1930's.
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disarmament
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reducing size of a country's military
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Emily Greene Balch
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leader of woman's movement which played an important role in these peace efforts
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Washington Conference
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A meeting in D.C. that focused on naval disarmament and Pacific security
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Charles Evans Hughs
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U.S. secretary of state that set up the Washington Conference
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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A treaty that outlawed war but allowed countries to go to war in self-defence
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Adolf Hitler
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Had survived a poison gas attack during the war and remained convinced politicians, not the German army, were responsible for Germany losing the war.
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Emiliano Chamorro
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General who overthrew the government, sparking a bitter civil war.
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Henry Stimson
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a long time public officials, to negotiate an end to the civil war.
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Adolfo Diaz
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Chamorro's successor
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Anastasio
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ordered Sandino's assassination
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Lazaro Cardenas
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Mexico's president
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nationalize
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assert government control over, country's oil industry
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Josephus Daniels
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argued for a compromise between the Mexican government and oil companies
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caudillos
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took power in many Latin American counties
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Benito Mussolini
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Founded the Fascist Party in 1921
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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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color of their uniform
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Joseph Stalin
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organized assassins
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Brownshirts
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Nazi color uniform
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anti-Semitism
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hatred of Jews
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Francisco Franco
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Him and his army tried to overthrow the government
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Popular Front
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an international alliance of organization united against fascism
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Axis Powers
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Germany and Italy formed and military alliance
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Munich Conference
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Giving Germany control of Sudetenland.
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appeasement
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giving demands in an attempt to avoid larger conflict.
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Winston Churchill
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politician from Great Britain
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nonaggression pact
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Hitler agreed not to attack other people
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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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was on March 1941
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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 of 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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Augusto Sandino
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general who opposed Chamorro
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Emiliano Chamorro
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overthrew the government
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Henry Stimson
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tried negotiate an end to the civil war
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Anastasio Somoza
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ordered Sandino's Assassination
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