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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 the countries military
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Emily Greene Balch
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played important roles in in peace efforts.
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Washington conference
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focuses on naval disarmament and pacific security
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Organized the Washington conference.
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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outlawed war and allowed countries to go to war in self- defense.
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Adolf Hitler
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Survived a poison gas attack during the war and remained convinced.
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Emiliano Chamorro
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Overthrew the government, sparking a bitter civil war.
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Henry Stimson
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a long time public official.
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Augusto Cesar Sandimo
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a general who apposed Chanorro.
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Adolfo Diaz
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a successor
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Anastasio Somoza
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ordered Sandino's assassination.
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Lazaro Cardenas
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Mexican president.
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Nationalize
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Assert government control
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Josephus Daniels
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argued for a compromise between the Mexican government and the oil companies
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Caudillos
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took power in many Latin American countries.
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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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Political party founded in Italy in the 1920s followers believed a military- dominated government should control all aspects of society.
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Blackshirts
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The color of their uniroms
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Joseph Stalin
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emerged as the nations leader.
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Totalitarian state
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a country where the government has complete control.
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Nazi Party
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won nearly 40% of the vote in national elections.
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Brownshirts
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crushed all political opposition because of the color of there shirts.
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Anti-Semitism
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became official government policy.
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Kristallnacht
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"Night of Broken Glass"
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Francisco Franco
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Conservative military men who felt threatened by the reforms united under the leadership of Francisco Franco.
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Popular Front
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An international alliance of organizations united against fascism.
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Axis Powers
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Italy and Germany formed a military alliance.
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Appeasement
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Giving in demands in an attempt to avoid a larger conflict.
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Winston Churchill
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Feared that appeasement would encourage Hitler to seize additional territory.
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Nonaggression Pact
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Stalin signed a Nonaggression pact where Stalin and Hitler agreed not to attack eachother.
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Allied Powers
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World War 1 alliance that included Britain, France, Russia, and later the United States, and that fought against the Central Powers.
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Lend- Lease Act
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Law that allowed US to offer and weapons and other war supplies to the allied Powers to fight against the axis powers in World War 2.
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Blitzkrieg
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Lightning war
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Maginot Line
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A line of defense 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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Augusto Cesar Sandino
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General who referred Chamorro, refused to accept Stimson's proposal.
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Good neighbor policy
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt foreign policy or promoting better relations with Latin America through mutual respect.
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