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15 Cards in this Set
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Kamikaze
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Definition: Japanese pilot who undertook a suicide mission.
Sentence: Japanese men chose to become kamikaze pilots to explode American airplanes. |
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Pacifism
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Definition: opposition to all war
Sentence: Many countries tried pacifism to seek peace. |
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Neutrality Acts
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Definition: A series of acts passed by the U.S Congress from 1935 to 1939 that aimed to keep the U.S from becoming involved in WWII.
Sentence: The U.S congress passed Neutrality Acts to get involved in war. |
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Axis Powers
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Definition: Group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan that fought allies in WWII.
Sentence: The Axis Powers tried to fight communism. |
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Nuremburg
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Definition: German city where Hitler staged Nazi rallies in the 1930s, and where Nazi war crimes trials were held after WWI.
Sentence: The Allies held the war crime trials in Nuremberg. |
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Island-hopping
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Definition: Allied strategy of recuperating some Japanese-held islands while bypassing others.
Sentence: The U.S strategy "island-hopping" was the recapture some Japanese-held islands. |
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
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Definition: Agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 in which the two nations promised not to fight each other and to divide up land in Eastern Europe.
Sentence: Hitler and Stalin agreed not to fight each other, because of the Nazi-Soviet pact. |
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Cold War
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Definition: State of tension and hostility between nations aligned with the United States on one side and the Soviet Union on the other that rarely led to direct armed conflict.
Sentence: The Cold War was a state tension between the US and the Soviet Union. |
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United Nations
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Definition: International organization established after WWII with the goal of maintaining peace and cooperation in the international community.
Sentence: The United Nations replaced its predecessor, the League of Nations. |
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Truman Doctrine
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Definition: United States policy, to contain the the spread of Communism.
Sentence: The policy of the Truman Doctrine was to stop the spread of Communism. |
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Marshall Plan
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Definition: Massive aid package offered by the U.S to Europe to help countries rebuild after WWII.
Sentence: Because of the Marshall Plan, the US sent aid packages to Western Europe. |
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NATO
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Definition: Military alliance between several North Atlantic states to safeguard them from the presumed threat of the Soviet Union's communist bloc.
Sentence: NATO was consisted of the United States, Canada, and 10 other countries. |
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Warsaw Pact
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Definition: Mutual-defense alliance between the Soviet Union and seven satellites in Eastern Europe set up in.
Sentence: The Warsaw Pact included the Soviet Union and 7 other countries. |
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Hiroshima
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Definition: City in Japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped in August , 1945
Sentence: The first atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima. |
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D-Day
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Definition Code name for the June 6, 1944, the day that Allied force invaded France during WWII
Sentence: D-Day was when the Allies invaded France. |
