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21 Cards in this Set
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Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points
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a US President's steps to avoiding future wars/conflicts
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#12 of 14 Points
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Statement that suggests promising Ottomans independence
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League of Nations
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international organization promoting peace, security, and cooperation between nations
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San Remo, 1920
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WWI peace conference; treaty between Allies and Ottomans; European nations receive mandates in the Middle East
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Mandates
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areas of control
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Transjordan
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Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria
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The Jewish Agency
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a group dedicated to moving Jews into Palestine
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David Ben-Gurion
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first prime minister of Israel
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Haganah
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Jewish defense organization
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Irgun
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Jewish terrorist organization
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Churchill's White Paper of 1922
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reassures Arabs that they will maintain their freedoms, and Jewish immigration will be limited
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Passfield White Paper of 1930
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calls for an end of Jewish immigration b/c of violence in Palestine
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Peel Commission of 1937
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Acknowledges that Arab and Israeli states are needed
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White Paper of 1939
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Rejects Balfour Declaration, limits Jewish immigration, Arab state, both share in government
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Holocaust
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organized mass slaughter of European Jews in WWII
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DP's
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displaced persons; Jews without homes after the Holocaust
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King David's Hotel (July 1946)
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bombing by Irgun Zionists of a hotel, which was part of a British military headquarters
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UNSCOP Partition Plan
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End the Palestinian mandate, split the land into two states after 2 years, make Jerusalem an international city
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UN Resolution 181
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UN General Assembly's decision to make a larger Jewish state and a smaller Arab state
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1st Arab-Israeli War (1948)
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When GB leaves Palestine, Arabs invade from all sides, but Jews (minority) win
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Law of Return
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States that Jews are immediate citizens of Israel upon entrance
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