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18 Cards in this Set
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totalitarianism
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total control over every aspect of society
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isolationism
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US policy for staying out of WWII
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appeasement
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practice of giving into the demands to keep the peace
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Nazi Party
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National Socialist Party; in Germany; eventually will elect Hitler
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invasion of Ethiopia
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Italy wanted to annex Ethiopia
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China incident
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Japan invaded China
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“Quarantine Speech”
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FDR trying to keep Germany, Italy, and Japan separated and isolated
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phony war
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time period before the actual fighting began
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Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies
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pro war organization
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America First Committee
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Anti- war organization
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Cordell Hull
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FDR’s secretary of state during most of WWII
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Joseph Stalin
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leader of the Soviet Union; had an agreement with Hitler, but later supported the Allies
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Benito Mussolini
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Fascist leader of Italy; in agreement withe Hitler
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Adolf Hitler
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leader of the Nazi’s in Germany; instigator of WWII
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Francisco Franco
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Spanish leader who developed a Fascists dictatorship
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Winston Churchill
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prime minister of Great Britain in WWII
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Charles Lindbergh
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leader of the Anti-war movement
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Wendell Wilkie
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Republican nominee in 1940
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