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fascism
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a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationsalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition
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internationalism
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a national policy of actively trading with foreign countries to foster peace and prosperity
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benito mussolini
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founded italys fascist party
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vladmir lenin
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leader of Bolshevik Party; overthrew the russion gov't; established a communist gov't
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joseph stalin
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new soviet leader; began massive effort to industrialize his country; killed 8-10mill. peasants bc of opposition
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adolf hitler
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anticommunist; admirer of mussolini; founded nazi party
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appeasement
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accepting demands in order to avoid conflict
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blitzkrieg
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sudden violent offensive attack; "lightening war"
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winston churchill
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replaced nevil chamberlain as prime minister of britain
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kristrainacht
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"night of broken glass"
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nuremberg laws
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took citizenship away from jew germans and banned marriage btwn jews and germans
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ss st. louis
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took 930 jew refugees to havana, cuba
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wansee conference
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held in a berlin suburb to determind "final solution of the jew ?"
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munich conference
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britain and france agree to hitler's demands; appeasement
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neutrality act of 1939
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US didn't want to get involved with europe's problems
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cost plus system
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a gov't contract to pay a manufacturer the cost to produce an item plus a guaranteed perctange
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liberty ships
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basic cargo ship used by US during WWII
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reconstruction finance corps
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congress set it up to make loans to banks, railroads, agricultural instutions
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war production board
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created by roosevelet; had authority to set priorities and production goals and to control the distribution of raw materials and supplies
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douglass MacArthur
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american commander; decided to retreat to the baatan peninsula
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napalm
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a gellied gasoline used for bombs
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doolittle raid
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16 b-25s bombed japan and then the carriers landed in china
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pearl harbor
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dec. 7, 1941
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"double V"
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african american victory over hitler's racism and over racism at home
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bataan death march
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nearly 78,000 prisoners of war were forced to march-sick, exhauseted and staving-64 miles to a japanese prison camp
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iron curtain
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seperation communist nations of eastern europe from west
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satellite nation
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communist countries of europe
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potsdam
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where truman met stalin to work out a deal on germany
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yalta conference
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roosevelt, churchill and stalin meeting to plan the postwar world
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marshall plan
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gave european nations american ait to rebuild their economies
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truman doctrine
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policy; goal was to aid "free people who are resisting attemtpted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures".; stablize the greek gov't and ease soviet demands in tukery
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NATO
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a mutual defense alliance
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