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30 Cards in this Set
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Self determination |
That means that a country should be allowed to decide for themselves what type of government the should have |
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Mandate System |
After WW1 policy of former territories of Germany and central powers coming under the administration |
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Nationalism |
aggressive and excessive pride in one own culture, language and religion that can be both a unifying and dividing force |
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Treaty of Versailles |
Agreement that ended world War 1 provisions were harsh |
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Isolationism |
Policy that keeps a nations involvement in world affairs |
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Teapot Dome Scandal |
An embarrassing problem during the harding administration in which his secretary |
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Dawes Plan |
United States plan to help germany, britian, and France pay their war debts |
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Supply Side Economics |
A theory that says that if the government lowers tax rates, then business and consumers will invest more and spend more |
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Appeasement |
Giving into the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace |
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El Alamein |
This was a victory for the allies in north Africa which prevented Germany from taking control of the Suez |
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Stalingrad |
With over 2 mill dwad, this battle represents a huge loss for both the Axis and Allies in Russia |
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D-Day |
This was the largest sea-invasion of Europe in history at Normandy |
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Midway |
This battle in the Pacific ended the Japanese threat to Hawaii |
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa |
The US lost almost 19k soldiers at these strategic battles |
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Hiroshima |
This was the first city leveled by an atomic bomb |
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Tuskegee Airmen |
This was the name given to the African American fighter pilots |
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Geneva Convention |
International standards for conduct torwards prisoners of war |
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Bataan Death March |
Fall of the Philippines, at least 10k american and Filipino POWs |
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Genocide |
Systematic and purposeful destruction of racial, political, religious, cultural group. |
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Rationing |
Distribution of consumer goods in fixed amounts by issuing coupons in order for essential products |
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Rose the Riveter |
Popular character from a song symbolized the opening |
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Korematsu vs. The United States |
Supreme court ruled that relocation based on military urgency |
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Censorship |
When the government tries to limit or direct what info the public gets through the media |
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Zoom Suit Riots |
Happened on the West Coast when US sailors attacked Mexican-Americans |
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Victory Garden |
Was a vacant plot of land that could be used to grow more food |
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Marshall Plan |
Massive economic aid package offered by the US |
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Douglas MacArthur |
US general in the Pacific is known for his island hopping |
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Code Talkers |
Navajos recruited by the US Marines to help transmit messages that were impossible |
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United Nations |
International organization set up by the allies and designed to prevent another World War |
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Manhattan Project |
Organized during WW2 to develop the atomic bomb |
