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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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one of the leaders of the woman's movement
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Washington Conference
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an international conference in Washington D.C.
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Was the U.S. secretary of state
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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A treaty outlawed war as an instrument of national policy, but allowed countries to go to war in self- defense
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Adolf Hitler
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a ww1 vet who wanted to over throw the German government but fail on his first try.
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Emiliano Chamorro
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Nicaragua general overthrew the government
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henry Stimson
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a long time public official who brought an end to the civil war
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Augusto Cesar Sandino
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a general who opposed Chamorro refused to accept Stimson's proposal
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Adolfo Diaz
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Chamorro's successor
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Anastasio Somoza
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National Guard General who ordered Sandino's assassination
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Good Neighbor policy
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That canceled the Platt Amendment
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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 the oil industry
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josephus Daniels
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U.S. ambassador of Mexico
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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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founder of the Fascist party in Italy
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Fascist party
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party that thought that military-dominated government should control all aspects of society.
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Blackshirts
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An army of Mussolini followers to march in Rome
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Joseph Stalin
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Soviets leader who was a very clever guy
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totalitarian state
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country where the government has complete power
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Nazi Party
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Adolf's national Socialist party
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Brownshirt
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Nazi storm troopers that destroyed all political opposition
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Anti-semitism
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hatred for Jews
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Kristallnacht
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the violence that Hitler provided for the Jews
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Francisco Franco
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leader in the Spanish civil war
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popular front
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and international alliance of organizations united against fascism
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Axis powers
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The alliance of Germany and Italy, later by Japan
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Munich Conference
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A conference that the four powers joint together and agree things peacefully.
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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 famous politician from England
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nonaggression pact
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that Germany not to attack Russia or else
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Allied powers
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the good guys Britain and France made the allied powers
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Lend-lease act
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gave the U.S. 7 billion dollars to build stuff for the allied powers
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Blitzkrieg
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lighting war
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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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U.S. and England agreed to not pursue territorial expansion
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Hideki Tojo
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became the prime minister of Japan
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