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39 Cards in this Set
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Isolationism
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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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Leaders of women's movement.
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Washington Conference
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Conference that focused on naval disarmament and Pacific security.
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Charles Evans Hughes
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US Secretary of State
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Outlawed war, but allowed countries o go to war in self-defense.
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Adolf Hitler
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Led Germany in WWII
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Emiliano Chamorro
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Overthrew the government in Nicaragua
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Henry Stimson
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Public official that was sent to negotiate an end to the civil war.
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Augusto Cesar Sandino
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General who refused to accept Stimson's proposal.
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Adolfo Diaz
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Charmorro's successor
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Anastasio Somoza
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Ordered the assassination of Sandino
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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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Mexicos president
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Nationalize
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Assert govt. control over.
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Josephus Daniels
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US Ambassador
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Caudillos
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Military leaders who used force to maintain order.
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Benito Mussolini
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Founded the Fascist Party
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Fascist Party
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Believed that a military dominated govt. should control all aspects of society.
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Blackshirts
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Mussolinis followers, the color of their uniforms
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Joseph Stalin
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Leader of the Soviet Union
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Totalitarian State
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A country where the govt. has complete control.
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Nazi Party
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Adolf Hitler's party and took power in 1932
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Brownshirts
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Nazi storm troopers, color of uniforms
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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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Francisco Franco
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Lead 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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Military alliance between Germany and Italy
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Munich Conference
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Time where a pact was signed giving Germany control of the Sudetenland.
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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 of 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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Consisted of Britain and France at first and US joined later.
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Lend-Lease Act
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Appropriated $7 billion for ships, planes, boats, tanks to non-Axis countries.
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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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Prime minister of Japan.
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