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39 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 countries military
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Emily Greene Balch
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A leader of the women's movement
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Washington conference
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Focused on naval disarmament and pacific security
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Secretary of State that organized Washington conference
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Outlawed war as an instrument of national policy
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Adolf Hitler
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German World War I veteran who told German people that the government was to blame for losing the war. He became a dictator this way
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Emiliano Chamorro
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Nicaraguan general who overthrew the government
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Henry Stimson
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Long time public official
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Augusta César Sandino
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General opposing Chamorro
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Adolfo Díaz
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Chamorros successor
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Anastasio Somoza
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Ordered Sandinos assassination
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Good neighbor policy
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Mutual respect policy
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Lázaro cárdenas
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Mexicos pres.
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Nationalize
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Assert government control
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Josephus Daniels
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US ambassador to Mexico
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Caudillos
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Military leaders who used force
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Benito Mussolini
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Italian dictator
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Fascist party
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By Mussolini, military dominated gov.
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Blackshirts
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Mussolinis followers
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Joseph Stalin
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Soviets union dictator
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Totalitarian state
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Government has complete control
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Nazi party
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Hitlers new party
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Brown shirts
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Nazi troops
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Anti-semitism
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Hatred of jews
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Kristallnacht
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Night of broken glass- nazi thugs burned synagogues and destroyed Jewish businesses
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Francisco Franco
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A general in spain
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Popular Front
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International alliance against fascism
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Axis powers
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Germany Italy and japan
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Munich conference
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Gave Germany control of Sudetenland
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Appeasement
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Giving in to demands
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Winston Churchill
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Great Britain politician
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Nonaggression pact
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Between Stalin and hitler
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Allied powers
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Britain and France. Later US and others
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Lend lease act
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March 1941
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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 on the French-German border
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Atlantic charter
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Not pursue territorial expansion
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Hideki tōjō
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Minister of war
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