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39 Cards in this Set
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Isolationism
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National policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other nations
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Disarmament
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Reduction of the size of a country's military
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Emily Green Balch
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A leader in the women's movement who played important roles in peace efforts
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Washington Conference
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International conference held in Washington, D.C., that focused on naval disarmament and Pacific security
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Charles Evans Hughes
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U.S. Secretary of State who organized the Washington Conference
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Pact signed by the United States and 14 other nations that outlawed war, except for self-defense
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Adolf Hitler
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Joined a radical political organization and made a plan to overthrow the German government
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Emiliano Chamarro
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Overthrew the Nicaraguan government which sparked a civil war
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Henry Stimson
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A long time public official who negotiated an end to the civil war
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Augusto Cesar Sandino
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A general who apposed Chamarro and organized a revolt against him
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Adolfo Diaz
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Emiliano Chamarro's successor
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Anastasio Somoza
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Commander of the U.S. trained National Guard who ordered Sandino's assassination
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Good Neighbor policy
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Roosevelt's policy of mutual respect toward Latin America
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Lazaro Cardenas
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Mexico's president who began to assert government control over the oil industry
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Nationalize
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Assert government control
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Josephus Daniels
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The U.S. ambassador to Mexico who argued for a compromise between the Mexican government and the oil companies
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Caudillos
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Military leaders who used force to maintain order
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Benito Mussolini
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Founded the Fascist Party to promote his own rise to power
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Fascist Party
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Founded by Benito Mussolini and they believed that a military-dominated government should control all aspects of society
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Blackshirts
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Mussolini's followers who wore black uniforms
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Joseph Stalin
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Used underhanded tactics to emerge as the nations leaders of the Communist Party
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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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Adolf Hitler's party
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Brownshirts
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Nazi storm troopers who wore brown uniforms
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Anti-Semitism
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Hatred of Jews
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Kristallnacht
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"The Night of Broken Glass" A night when Nazi's burned down synagogues and destroyed Jewish businesses
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Francisco Franco
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A general from Spain who took over the government
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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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The military alliance between Germany and Italy
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Munich Conference
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Four leaders signed a pact giving Germany control of the Sudetenland
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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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Winston Churchill
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A politician from Great Britain that feared that appeasement would encourage Hitler to seize additional territory
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Nonaggression Pact
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A pact between Joseph Stalin and Hitler saying that they would not attack each other
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Allied Powers
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The military alliance between Britain and France
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Lend-Lease Act
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Passed by Congress in 1941 and it appropriated $7 billion for ships, planes, tanks, and other supplies to non-Axis countries
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Blitzkrieg
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"Lightening war"; type of fast-moving warfare used by the German forces
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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 between Roosevelt and Churchill
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Hideki Tojo
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Became prime minister of Japan during the war who helped plan the Pearl Harbor attack
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