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32 Cards in this Set
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Emiliano Chamorro
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General who overthrew the Nicaraguan government in 1925 which sparked a bitter Civil War.
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Henry Stimson
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Coolidge sent Stimson, a long-time public official, to negotiate an an end to the civil war in Nicaragua.
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Augusto César Sandino
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A general who opposed Chamorro
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Adolfo Díaz
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Chamorro's successor
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Anastasio Somoza
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He was a General and the commander of the U.S.-trained National Guard. He ordered Sandino's assassination.
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Lázaro Cárdenas
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Mexico president.
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nationalize
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Assert government control over
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Josephus Daniels
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U.s. ambassador to Mexico who argued for a compromise between the Mexican Government and the oil companies.
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caudillos
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Latin American military leaders during the 1930's who used force to maintain order.
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Benito Mussolini
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Founded the Fascist Party in 1921.
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Fascist Party
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Political party founded in Italy in the 1920s; followers believed a military-dominated government should control all aspects of society.
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Blackshirts
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Followers of Benito Mussolini who gained power in Italy in the early 1920s.
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Joseph Stalin
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Emerged as the nation's leader through underhand tactics and even organizing assassination of his enemies.
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totalitarian state
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A country where the government has complete control.
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Nazi Party
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National Socialist Party; political group led by by Adolf Hitler
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Brownshirts
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Nazi storm troopers.
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anti-Semitism
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Hatred of Jews
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Kristallnacht
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"Night of Broken Glass"; November 9; night when Nazis destroyed many Jewish buildings.
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Francisco Franco
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General who led Spain.
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Popular Front
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An international alliance of organizations united against fascism
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Munich Conference
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Meeting between British, French, German and Italian leaders in which Germany was given control to the Sudetenland in exchange for German leader Adolf Hitler's promise to make no more claims on European territory.
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appeasement
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Giving in to demands in an attempt to avoid a larger conflict
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Winston Churchill
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of Great Britain; he feared that appeasement would encourage Hitler to seize additional territory.
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nonaggression pact
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Agreement between German leader Adolf Hitler and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin not to attack one another and to divide Poland.
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Allied Powers
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WWI alliance that included Britain, France, Russia and later the U.S., and fought against the Central Powers.
WWII alliance between Britain and France, and later the U.S. and other countries, that fought against the Axis Powers, |
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Lend-Lease Act
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Congress passed in March 1941 and it appropriated $7 billion for ships, planes, tanks, and other supplies to non-Axis countries.
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Blitzkrieg
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"Lightning war"; type of fast moving warfare used by German forces in 1939.
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Maginot Line
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Line of defenses built by France along its border with Germany after World War I.
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Atlantic Charter
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A joint pledge to not pursue territorial expansion.
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Hideki Tojo
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Was minister of war in Japan until in October, he became Prime Minister.
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Good Neighbor Policy
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FDR's foreign policy of promoting better relations with Latin America through Mutual Respect.
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Axis Powers
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Military alliance formed by Italy and Germany in 1936; later joined by Japan
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