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34 Cards in this Set
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isolationism
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withdrawl
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Emily Greene Balch
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Women's movement
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disarmament
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reducing the size of a country's military
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Washington Conference
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International conference in Washington D.C.
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Secretary of state
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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The treaty outlawed war "as an instrument of national policy"
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Adolf Hitler
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Survived a poison gas attack during the war and remained convinced that politicians, not the German army, were responsible for Germany losing the war.
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Emiliano Chamorro
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overthrew the Chamarro's government, sparkling the bitter civil war.
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Henry Stimson
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A long time public official to negotiate an end to the civil war.
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Augusto Cesar Sandino
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A general who opposed Chamorro
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Anatasio Somoza
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General
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Lazaro Cardenas
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Began to nationalize
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nationalize
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assert government control over
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Josephus Daniels
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Argues 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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The fascists believed that a military-dominated government should control all aspects of society
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Joseph Stalin
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eventually emerged as the nation's leader.
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totalitarian state
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A country where the government has complete control
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Brownshirts
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because of the color of their uniform crushed all political opposition.
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Anti-Semitism
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hatred of jews
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Kristallnacht
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The violence provided a chilling preview of the fate that awaited European Jews and others whom Hitler opposed.
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Fransisco Franco
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General
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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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Germany and Italy
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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 Churchhill
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Of great Britain
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nonaggression pact
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In it Stalin and Hitler agreed not to attack each other.
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Allied Powers
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Britain and France
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Lend-Lease Act
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It appropriated $7 billion for ships, planes, tanks, and the other supplies to non-Axis countries.
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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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