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80 Cards in this Set
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COLD WAR
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POST-WWII RIVALRY BETWEEN USA & ALLIES AND USSR & ALLIES
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GENOCIDE
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SYSTEMATIC KILLING OF A RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUP, COINED AFTER WWII NAZI GENOCIDE
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THIRD WORLD
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UNDEVELOPED NATIONS OF ASIA, AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA
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'GOOD WAR'
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TERM FOR WWII TO REFLECT THE LACK OF AMBIGUITY WITH WHICH MOST SUPPORTED IT
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ADOLF HITLER
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NAZI LEADER OF GERMANY IN WWII
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JOSEF STALIN
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SOVIET LEADER DURING WWII
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MAO ZEDONG
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COMMUNIST LEADER WHO LED WWII RESISTANCE TO JAPANESE & LED CHINESE REVOLUTION AFTER WWII
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FATHER COUGHLIN
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ANTI-SEMITIC AMERICAN RADIO PERSONALITY OF 1930'S
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19TH AMENDMENT
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GAVE AMERICAN WOMEN THE SUFFRAGE, 1920
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FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
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AMERICAN PRESIDENT DURING DEPRESSION AND WWII
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ANOMIE
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SOCIOLOGICAL TERM MEANING ISOLATION FROM SOCIAL & CULTURAL NORMS
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DEMOGRAPHIC
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PERTAINING TO POPULATION AND POPULATION CHANGES
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LOST GENERATION
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POST-WWI DISILLUSIONMENT AMONG 1920'S LITERARY TYPES
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F.SCOTT FITZGERALD
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AMERICAN 'LOST GENERATION' WRITER WHOSE WRITINGS REFLECTED 1920'S DISILLUSIONMENT
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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
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GERMAN NOVEL ABOUT DISILLUSIONMENT IS WWII
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TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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PEACE TERMS PLACED ON GERMANY BY VICTORIOUS ALLIES AT PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE, 1919
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FASCISM
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ANTI-DEMOCRATIC TOTALITARIAN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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OVERTHROW OF RUSSIAN CZAR AND ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNISM AFTER WWI
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE
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MULTI-NATIONAL EMPIRE CENTERED ON AUSTRIA, HUNGARY AND BALKANS, DESTROYED IN WWI
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RUSSIAN EMPIRE
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TSARIST EMPIRE DESTRYOED IN WWI
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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ANCIENT TURKISH EMPIRE DESTROYED IN WWI
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GERMAN EMPIRE
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EMPIRE OF GERMAN KAISER, DESTRPOYED BY POST-WWI REVOLUTION
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BENITO MUSSOLINI
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FASCIST WHO CAME TO POWER IN ITALY IN 1922
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NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
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BRITISH PM OF APPEASEMENT
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WINSTON CHURCHILL
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BRITISH PM AFTER 1940
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EMPEROR HIROCHITO
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EMPEROR OF JAPAN
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LUFTWAFFE
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GERMAN AIR FORCE
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WEHRMACHT
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GERMAN ARMY
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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POWERLESS INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING BODY AFTER WWI
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RHINELAND
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DEMILITARIZED TERRITORY BETWEEN FRANCE & GERMANY OCCUPIED BY THE GERMANS IN 1936 IN VIOLATION OF TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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SPANISH CIVIL WAR
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1936-9 CIVIL WAR IN WHICH AXIS NATIONS HELPED FASCISTS, DEMOCRATIC NATIONS DID NOT HELP REPUBLICANS
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FRANCISCO FRANCO
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FASCIST LEADER OF SPAIN
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ANSCHLUSS
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'ANNEXATION' OF AUSTRIA TO THE GERMAN REICH, 1938
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SUDETANLAND
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GERMAN-SPEAKING REGION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA TAKEN BY HITLER AFTER MUNICH CONFERENCE
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APPEASEMENT
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CHAMBERLAIN POLICY OF GIVING HITLER WHAT HE WANTED TO AVOID WAR, ESP. AT MUN ICH
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MUNICH CONFERENCE
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NOVEMBER 1938 CONFERENCE IN WHICH APPEAING BRITS GAVE HITLER SUDETANLAND IN ORDER TO AVOID WAR
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NAZI-SOVIET PACT
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AUGUST 1939 NONAGGRESSION TREATY BETWEEN HITLER AND STALIN
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ABYSSINIA
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TARGET OF ITALIAN INVASION 1935
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MANCHURIA
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CHINESE REGION TAKEN BY JAPANESE, 1931
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GREAT PURGES
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1930'S ANNIHILIATION OF STALIN'S POLITICAL ENEMIES
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NEUTRALITY ACTS
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1935-7 LEGISLATION BY WHICH ISOLATIONIST CONGRESS FORBADE AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN EUROPEAN CONFLICTS
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AMERICA FIRST
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ISOLATIONIST AMERICAN GROUP
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KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT
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1928 MULTINATIONAL AGREEMENT TO AVOID WAR AS A MEANS OF SOLVING INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
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BALTIC STATES
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NATIONS BORDERING THE BALTIC SEAl LATVIA, ;LITHUANIA, ESTONIA
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BLITZKRIEG
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GERMAN STRATEGY OF OVERWHLMING ATTACK BY COORDINATING ARMORED COLUMNS AND AIR SUPPORT
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TOTENKOPF
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GERMAN UNITS WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO KILL UNARMED CIVILIANS AND THUS REDUCE RESISTANCE
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PHONY WAR
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PERIOD AFTER ALLIES DECLARED WAR BUT NOTHING HAPPENED, 9/39 TO 5/ 40
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SITZKRIEG
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GERMAN WORD FOR PHONY WAR, REFLECTING THEIR CONTEMPT FOR INACTIVE ALLIES
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CONFETTI WAR
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BRITISH PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN OVER GERMANY DURING PHONY WAR
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RUSSO-FINNISH WAR
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RUSSIAN INVASION OF FINLAND DURING PHONY WAR, 11/39 TO 3/40
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MANNERHEIM LINE
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FINNISH LINE OF DEFENSE DURING RUSSO-FINNISH WAR
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BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (BEF)
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BRITISH LAND ARMY IS WWII
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BATTLE OF VERDUN
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WWI BATTLE WON BY ALLIES IN BITTER ATTRITION IN THE TRENCHES; MISTAKEN MODEL FOR WWII
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MAGINOT LINE
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FORTIFIED FRENCH DEFENSES FACING GERMANY BEFORE WWII
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CASH AND CARRY
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AMERICAN POLICY 1939 TO HELP ALLIES
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LOW COUNTRIES
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BELGIUM, HOLLAND, LUXEMBOURG
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DUNKIRK
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HEROIC EVACUATION OF BEF FORCES TRAPPED AFTER INVASION OF FRANCE
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VICHY FRANCE
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NAZI PUPPETGOVERNMENT OF FRANCE
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MARSHALL PETAIN
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LEADER OF VICHY FRANCE
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OPERATION CATAPULT
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1940 OPERATION TO KEEP FR. NAVY FROM GERMANY
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN
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AUGUST-SEPT AIR & SEA BATTLE BETWEEN RAF AND LUFTWAFFE
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ROYAL AIR FORCE
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BRITISH AIR FORCE
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EAGLE DAY
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AUGUST 1940 MASSIVE AIR ATTACK ON BRITAIN BY LUFTWAFFE
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RADAR
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ELECTROMAGNETIC OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM 1ST USED BY BRITISH DEFENSES IN BATTLE OF BRITAIN
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BLITZ
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GERMAN AIR ATTACKS ON BRITISH CITIES, SEPT.1940-MAY 1941
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1914-1918
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DATE OF WORLD WAR I
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1933-1939
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DATE OF GREAT DEPRESSION
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1919
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DATE OF TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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1931
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DATE OF INVASION OF MANCHURIA BY JAPANESE
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1935
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DATE OF ITALIAN INVASION OF ABYSSINIA
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1935-1937
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DATE OF AMERICAN NEUTRALITY ACTS
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1936-9
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DATE OF SPANISH CIVIL WAR
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1938
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DATE OF AUSTRIAN ANSCHLUSS
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AUGUST 1939
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DATE OF NAZI-SOVIET PACT
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SEPT. 1 1939
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DATE OF INVASION OF POLAND
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SEPT. 1939 TO MAY 1940
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DATE OF PHONY WAR & SITZKRIEG
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MAY 1940
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DATE OF INVASION OF LOW COUNTRIES
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MAY-JUNE 194O
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DATE OF FALL OF FRANCE
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MAY 1940
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DATE OF DUNKIRK
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AUGUST-SEPT 1940
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DATE OF BATTLE OF BRITAIN
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