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14 Cards in this Set
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Dollar Diplomacy |
If a Latin American country fails to repay a loan on time, the US government would send troops to make sure the money was repaid |
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Good neighbor policy |
The United States agreed to no interfere with Latin Americans internal problems |
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Russian revolution of 1917 |
Russia became the worlds first communist state, known as the Soviet Union. |
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Joseph stalin |
Seized power and established a brutal totalitarian dictatorship |
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Benito Mussolini |
Rose to power as the fascist party seized power |
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Adolf hitler |
Quickly established dictatorship and was determined to achieve German domination throughout Europe |
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Collective security |
Peaceful nations would band together to stop aggres |
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Neutrality act (1935-1937) |
Prohibited Americans from traveling on the nations at war |
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Cash and carry |
Sought to keep the US out of what was widely viewed by most Americans as another inevitable European conflict |
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Quarantine speech |
Roosevelt gave a speech on how peaceful countries had to act together to quarantine (isolate) aggressive nations |
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The flying tigers |
Were recruited to fly in supplies to engage combat with Japanese pilots |
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Destroying for bases agreement |
Congress increased spending on the army and navy, and passed a peacetime draft |
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Winston Churchill |
(US warship in the Atlantic) Roosevelt and Churchill announced that their countries wanted no territorial gains |
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Atlantic charter |
Laying down the foundation for the later creation of the United Nations |
