Chapter 26

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isolationism

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or withdrawal from world affairs in the 1920s and 1930s

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disarmament

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or reducing the size of a country's military

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Emily Greene Balch

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women's movement played important roles in these peace movements

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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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U.S 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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had survived a poison gas attack during the war and remained convinced that politicians, not the German army was responsible

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Emiliano Chamorro

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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 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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1926 after his return to Nicaragua, Sandino organized a revolt against Chamorro

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Anastasio Somoza

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ordered Sandino's assassination

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Lazaro Cardenas

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Mexico's president

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nationalize

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or 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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to destroy the Communist Party and promote his own rise to power

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Facist Party

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1921 believed that military-dominated government should control all aspects of society

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Blackshirts

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for the color of their uniforms, in a March on Rome

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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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Nazi Party

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won nearly 40% of the vote in national elections

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Brownshirts

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because of the color of their uniforms, crushed all political opposition

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anti-Semitism

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or hatred of Jews, became official government policy

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Kristallnacht

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or "the night of broken glass" the violence provided a chilling preview of the fate that awaited European Jews

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Francisco Franco

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military men who felt threatened by the reforms united under the leadership of this 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 formed a military alliance

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Munich Conference

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signed a pact giving Germany control of Sudetenland

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appeasement

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or giving in to demands in attempt to avoid a larger conflict

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Winston Churchhill

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of Great Britain feared that appeasement would encourage Hitler to seize additional territory

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nonaggression pact

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people who had been trying to rally the world against fascism

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Allied Powers

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Britain and Francedeclared war on Germany

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Lend-Lease Act

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1941 7 billion for ships,planes,tanks ect. to non-axis countries

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Blitzkrieg

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"lighting war" against Poland

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Maginot Line

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a line of defense along the French boarder 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

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became prime minister of Japan