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22 Cards in this Set
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Pearl harbor
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Japans surprise attack at Pearl harbor killing many Americans.
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Munich Conference
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Britain and France agreed to Hitlers demands (appeasement).
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Manchuria
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first area in China that Japan took over.
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Midway
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Turning point in war, the Japanese Navy lost 4 of its largest carriers- the heart of its fleet.
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Iwo Jima
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Had a volcano and its terrain was rugged.
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Okinawa-
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US finally captured Okinawa by June 22, 1945.
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Island hopping
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is where the country would pick specific islands and the soldiers would then "hop" but each one cutting the time.
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Battle of Britain
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Germany successfully invaded Great Britain.
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Stalingrad
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Major turning point in war. Put Germans on the defensive.
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The Battle of the Bulge
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The allies thought that if they held Bastogne then it would greatly delay the German advance. US WON.
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Nuremberg Laws
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took citizenship away from Jewish German and banned marriage between Jews and other Germans.
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Kristalnacht
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This night involved broken glass littering the streets by Anti-Jews.
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Manhattan Project
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American program to build an atomic bomb led my General Groves.
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alliance
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It's a agreement between people or countries to have peace, and once been attacked the other has to help.
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Isolationism
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a national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs.
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democracy
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a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them.
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fascism
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a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition.
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imperialism
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the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over a smaller or weaker nation.
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Totalitarianism
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one person having total control over their people.
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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atomic bombing locations.
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Yalta Conference
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several agreements reached at Yalta later playing an important role in causing the Cold War. black sea
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Potsdam Conference
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North Sea
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