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39 Cards in this Set
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Isolationalism
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Withdrawl 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 Balch
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One of the leaders 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 DC 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" but allowed countries to go to war in self-defense.
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Adolf Hitler
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Planned to overthrow the German government and take over the world.
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Emiliano Chamorro
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Overthrew the Nicaraguan government, sparking. 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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Augusta César Sandino
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A general who opposed Chamorro, refused to accept Stimson's proposal.
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Adolfo Díaz
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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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Lázaro Cárdenas
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Began to assert government control over Mexico'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. 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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Political party founded in Italy in the 1920s; followers believed a military dominated government should control all aspects of society
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Blackshirts
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Followers of Mussolini
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Joseph Stalin
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Eventually emerged as the Soviet Union 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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Adolf Hitlers National Socialist Party
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Brownshirts
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Nazi storm troopers, because of the color of their uniforms
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Ant-Seminism
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Hatred of Jews
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Kristallnacht
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"The night of broken glass", the violence provided a chilling preview of the fate that awaited European Jews and others who Hitler opposed
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Francisco Franco
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General in Spain
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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, Italy, 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 Hitlers 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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Leader in Great Britain
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Nonaggression Pact
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Stalin and Hitler agreed not to attack each other
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Allied Powers
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World War II alliance that included Britain, France, and later the US, and that fought against the Axis Powers
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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" against Poland, the French mobilized
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Maginot Line
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A line of defense along the French border with German
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Atlantic Charter
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A joint pledge to not pursue territorial expansion.
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Hideki Tōjō
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Became prime minister of Japan
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Good Neighbor policy
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's foreign policy of promoting better relations with Latin American through mutual respect
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