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39 Cards in this Set
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Isolationism
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Withdrawal from international affairs
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Disarmament
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Reducing the size of a nation's military
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Emily Greene Balch
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Leader of the women's movement
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Washington conference
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A conference focused on naval disarmament and pacific security
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Charles evens Hughes
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US Secretary of State
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Kellogg briand pact
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Stated nations would only go to war in self defense
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Adolf hitler
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World War I veteran who rose to power in Germany
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Emiliano Chamorro
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Nicaraguan General who overthrew their government and started a civil war
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Henry Stimson
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Public official sent to Nicaragua with the marines to negotiate peace
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Augusto cesar sandino
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A general who opposed Chamorro
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Adolfo Diaz
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Chamorro's successor after he is overthrown
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Anastasio Somoza
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General of the Nicaraguan national guard who ordered sandino's assassination
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Good neighbor policy
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Roosevelt's policy in Latin America
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Lazaro Cardenas
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Mexican president
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Nationalize
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Assert government control
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Josephus Daniels
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The US ambassador to Mexico
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Caudillos
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Military dictators who used force to maintain dominance
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Benito Mussolini
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Italian dictator
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Fascist party
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Group who believed that a military dominated government should control all aspects of society
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Blackshirts
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Mussolini's followers
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Joseph Stalin
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Leader of the communist party in Russia
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Totalitarian state
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Country where the government has complete control
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Nazi party
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Newly formed party created by Adolf Hitler
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Brownshirts
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Nazi soldiers
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Anti semitism
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a hatred of Jews
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Kristallnacht
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"The night of broken glass", a night where the stores and buisnesses of Jews were broken into and burned
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Francisco Franco
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Spanish General who became a fascist during political reform in Spain
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The popular front
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International alliance against fascism
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Axis powers
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Military alliance containing Germany, Italy, and later japan
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Munich conference
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Conference where world leaders signed a pact giving Hitler control of the Sudetenland
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Appeasement
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Giving in to demands
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Winston Churchill
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British prime minister during World War II
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Nonaggression pact
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Pact where two countries agree not to attack each other
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Allied powers
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Military alliance containing Britain, France, and later America and Russia
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Lend lease act
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Appropriated $7 billion for ships, tanks, planes, and ordinance to non axis countries
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Blitzkrieg
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"Lightening war", fast moving combat tactic pioneered by nazi germany. Used tanks and mechanized infantry units to strike quickly and continue advancing forward.
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Maginot line
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A defensive line along France's border with Germany
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Atlantic charter
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A joint pledge between England and the US to not pursue territorial expansion
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Hideki Tojo
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Former Japanese minister of war who became prime minister of japan
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