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28 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 a country's military.
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Emily Greene Balch
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Leader of the Women's movement played an important role in 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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Served as a justice on the Supreme Court. Lost the presidency to Woodrow Wilson by just 23 electoral votes.
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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The 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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Had 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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General Emiliano Chamorro
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Over threw the government in 1925, sparking a bitter civil war.
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Henry Stimson
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A long time public official sent to negotiate an end to the civil war.
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Augusto Cesar Sandino
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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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Ordered Sandino's assassination
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Good Neighbor Policy
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Policy of mutual respect toward Latin America
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Lazaro Cardenas
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Began to assert government control over the country's oil industry
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Nationalize
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Assert Government control over
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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. They were military leaders who used force to maintain order
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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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They believed that a military-dominated government should control all aspects of society
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Blackshirts
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Mussolini's army of followers
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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 had complete control
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Nazi Party
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Adolf Hitler's National Socialist party, won nearly 40 percent of the vote in nation elections
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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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Night of the broken glass.
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Francisco Franco
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Leader of conservative military men.
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Popular Front
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An international alliance of organizations united against fascism.
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