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42 Cards in this Set
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isolationism
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withdrawal from world affairs, in the 1920's and 1930
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disarmament
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reducing the size of a country's military
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Emily Greene Blach
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one of many leader of the women's movement played important roles in these peace efforts
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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 Hughes
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The washington conference was organized by U.S. secretary of state _________.
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isolationism
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withdrawal from world affairs, in the 1920's and 1930
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disarmament
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reducing the size of a country's military
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Emily Greene Blach
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one of many leader of the women's movement played important roles in these peace efforts
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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 Hughes
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The washington conference was organized by U.S. secretary of state _________.
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Treaty that 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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He had survived a poison gas attack during the war and remained convicted that politicians, not the German army, were responsible for Germany losing the war.
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Emiliano Chamorro
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General in 1930's who overthrew the government, sparking a bitter civil war.
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Henry Stimson
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a long time public official, to negotiate an end to the cvil 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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General who ordered Sandino's assassination
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Good Neighbor policy
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's foreign policy of promoting better relations with Latin America through mutual respect
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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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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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Latin American military leaders during 1930's who used force to maintain order
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Benito Mussolini
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To destroy the communist party and promote his own rise to power
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Fascist Party
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Political party founded in Italy in the 1920's; followers believed a military dominated gov and state gov
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Blackshirts
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Followers of Benito mussolini who gained power in Italy in the early 1920's
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Joseph Stalin
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He used underhanded tactic and even organized the assassination of his enemies
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Nazi Party
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National Socialist Party; political group led by Adolf Hitler that rose to power in Germany in the 1930's
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Brownshirts
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Nazi storm troopers
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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"
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Popular Front
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an international alliance of organizations united against fascism
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Axis Power
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Military alliance formed by Italy and Germany in 1936; later joined by Japan
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Munich Conference
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Meeting between British, French, German, and Italian leaders in which Germany was given control of the Sudetenland in exchange for German leader Adolf Hitler's promise to make no more claims on European territory
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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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He feared that appeasement would encourage Hitler to seize additional territory
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nonaggression pact
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Agreement between German leader Adolf Hitler and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin not to attack one another and to divide Poland
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Allied Power
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declared war on Germany
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Lend Lease Act
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Law that allowed United States to offer weapons and other war supplies to the allied powers to fight against the Axis Powers in WW2
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Blitzkrieg
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"lightning 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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a joint pledge to not pursue territorial expansion
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Hideki Tojo
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He became the prime minister of Japan
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