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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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Or reducing the size of a country's military
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Emily Greene Balch
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Played an important role in peace efforts
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Washington conference
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An international conference held in Washington, D.C. beginning in November 1921
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Charles Evans Hughes
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U.S. Secretary of State that organized the Washington Conference
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Kellogg Briand pact
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This treaty outlawed war but allowed countries to go to war in self defense
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Adolf Hitler
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Convinced that politicians not the German army for the loss of the war
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Emiliano Chamorro
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Overthrew the government in Nicaragua sparking a bitter civil war
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Henry Stimson
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A long time public official sent by Coolidge to negotiate end of the civil war
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Augusto Cesar sanding
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A general who opposed Chamorro refused to accept stimsons proposal
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Adolfo Diaz
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Was Chamorros successor
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Anastasio Somoza
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General who ordered sandino assassination
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Good neighbor policy
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Mutual respect policy 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's
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Josephus Daniels
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Argued for compromise between Mexican government and the oil companies
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Caudillos
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Military leaders who 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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Believed that a military dominated government should control all aspects of society
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Blackshirts
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Mussolini's army that he lead to Rome
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Joseph Stalin
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Eventually emerged as the soviet unions leader
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Nazi party
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Hitters party that won 40 percent of the vote in national elections
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Brownshirts
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Nazi storm troopers known for the color of their shirts
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Anti semitism
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Or hatred of jews
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Kristallnacht
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Or "night of broken glass" November 9,1938 when nazi thugs burned synagogues and destroyed Jewish businesses
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Francisco Franco
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General lead fascist army officers to try to overthrow the government of 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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Group of Germany Italy and later Japan
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