History Final Semester 1 Jr.

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Treaty of Versailles

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Peace treat at the end of WWI, 28th of June in 1919. Between Germany and the Allied powers of WWI.

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League of Nations

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Established after WWI, help with health, labor problems, and refugee affairs. Promoted international peace.

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Isolationism

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A country not becoming involved with others affairs. Ex. In the U.S. there were protests to not go to war.

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Neutrality Acts

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the United States Government enacted a series of laws designed to prevent the United States from being embroiled in a foreign war by clearly stating the terms of U.S. neutrality.

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Lend Lease

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President Roosevelt signed the bill into law on 11 March 1941. It permitted him to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such government [whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States] any defense article."

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FDR

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was an American statesman and political leader who served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945

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Fascism/Nazism

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a way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government

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Josef Stalin

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was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.

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Winston Churchill

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

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The Munich Agreement

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was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia

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Sudetenland

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was the German name to refer to those northern, southwest, and western areas of Czechoslovakia which were inhabited primarily by German speakers

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Allied Powers

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U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia

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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria

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Atlantic Charter

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was a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland.

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Causes of WWII

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Japanese militarism and invasions of China in the 1930s, Pearl Harbor, and especially the political takeover in 1933 of Germany by Hitler and his Nazi Party and its aggressive foreign policy.

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Home Front

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is the name given to the activities of the civilians when their nation is at war.

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Victory Gardens

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As part of the war effort, the government rationed foods like canned goods.They wanted individuals to provide their own fruits and vegetables.

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War Bonds

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debt securities issued by a government to finance military operations and other expenditure in times of war.

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D-day

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The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II

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The Beat Movement

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was a group of authors whose literature explored and influenced American culture in the post-World War II era.

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Capitalism

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An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

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Democracy

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A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

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Harry Truman

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April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953

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Marshall Plan

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United States gave $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies

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Truman Doc.

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U.S. help stop Soviet influence in Greece and Turkey by giving them $400 mil in aid.

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Satellite Nations

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Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and East Germany.

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NATO/Warsaw Pact

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to make West Germany a member of NATO and allow that nation to remilitarize. The Soviets obviously saw this as a direct threat and responded

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Korean War

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North Korea, supported by the Soviet Union and China, invaded South Korea, which was supported by the United States. General MacArthur, leader of the United Nations forces, drove the North Koreans back across the divide, yet encountered a Chinese invasion.

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General Douglass MacArthur

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He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II

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House Un-American Activities Committee

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was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. It was originally created in 1938 to uncover citizens with Nazi ties within the United States.