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38 Cards in this Set
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Isolationism
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Withdrawal from world affairs in the 1920s and 1930s
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Disarmament
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Reducing the size of a country's military
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Emily Greene Belch
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Leader of the women's movement
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Washington Conference
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An international conference in Washington, D.C. that focused on naval disarmament and Pacific security
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Charles Evans Huges
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He organized the Washington Conference
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Kellog-Briand Pact
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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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Survived a poison gas attack during the war and remained convinced that politicians
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Emiliano Chamorro
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Overthrew the government, sparking a bitter civil war
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Augosto Cesar Sandino
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A general who opposed Chamorro, refused to accept Stimsons proposal
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Adolfo Diaz
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Chamorro and Chamorros successor
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Anastasio Somoza
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Ordered Sandino's assassination
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Good Neighbor Policy
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Mutual respect toward Latin America
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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 country's oil industry
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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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Was founded by Benito Mussolini in 1921
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Blackshirts
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Mussolini led an army of his followers, name blackshirts for the color of their uniforms
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Joseph Stalin
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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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Nazi Party
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Won nearly 40 percent of the vote in national elections
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Brownshirts
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Nazi storm troopers, known as blackshirts because of the color of their uniforms, 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 knight of broken glass"
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Francisco Franco
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Felt threatened by reforms therefor they united under the leadership of him
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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 formed a military alliance
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Munich Conference
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Signed a pact giving Germany control of the Sudetenland
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Appeasement
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Or giving in to 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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In this Stalin and Hitler agreed not to attack each other
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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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It appropriated $7 billion for ships, planes, tanks, and other supplies to non-axis countries
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Blitzkrieg
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"Lightning war"
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Naginot 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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