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Chapter 23 Reading Flashcards

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2 ways nations moved

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democracy and totalitarianism

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totalitarianism

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type of government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people

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Soviet Union

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produced the first totalitarian state; headed by Vladimir Lenin

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Joseph Stalin

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took Lenin’s place in 1924 as the communist party’s head

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troubled Italy

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postwar economic depression

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1922 king asked

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Mussolini to form a government

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Benito Mussolini

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founder of the Fascist Party; turned Italy into a fascist country with a controlled press, secret police, and no political parties; led an invasion into Ethiopia

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following WW1 Germany became

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a democracy

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the Great Depression in Germany

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caused severe economic troubles

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Nazi party

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national socialist German worker’s party; led by Adolf Hitler

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Adolf Hitler

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criticized people, political programs, and ideologies; sharpest assaults against jews and communists; antisemitic; appointed chancellor of Germany and became president in 1933; reclaimed the Saar region from French control and sent troops into Rhineland

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communists

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supporting communism for everyone owning their own things and each person is paid and works according to their abilities and needs

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antisemitic

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prejudice against jews

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the Great Depression in Japan

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ended a period of increased democracy and peaceful change

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military leaders argued

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expansion throughout Asia would solve Japan’s problems

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Japan attacked

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Manchuria and established a puppet state (government that appears independent but is actually controlled by another country) in 1931; attacked China

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rape of Nanjing

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Japan attacked China raiding the capital city with such brutality

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1930’s Italy and Germany resorted to

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acts of aggression similar to those of Japan and Asia

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League of Nations

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did almost nothing to stop the aggression within Rhineland and Ethiopia

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France, Britain, and the US pursued

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policy of appeasement toward fascist leaders; only encouraged the leaders to become bolder and more aggressive

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appeasement

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granting concessions to a potential enemy to maintain peace

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after Japan’s attack on China

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FDR criticized the Japanese aggression

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US continued to

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back away from intervention in foreign conflicts

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1939 Germany invaded

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Poland despite a military alliance among France, Britain, and Poland

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Britan and France

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declared war on Germany beginning WW2

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axis powers

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Germany, Italy, Japan, and several other nations

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allies

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Britain, France, Soviet Union, China, and the US

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blitzkrieg

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lightning war; Germany used; tanks and planes attacked in coordinated effort and quickly conquered Poland

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April 1940

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Denmark and Norway fell to blitzkrieg

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May 1940 Germany

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took the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, and invaded France; attacked Britain from the air

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Winston Churchill

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prime minister of Britain; convince America to join the allies

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Edward R. Murrow

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news reporter; reports of the bombing of London shocked the American public; emphasized the Germans were bombing civilians, not armies or military sites

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US policies

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isolationist; despite this they slowly moved toward involvement

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neutrality act of 1939

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helped the allies buy goods and munitions from the US

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isolationists policies

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advocated non-involvement in European and Asian conflicts and non-entanglement in international politics

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isolationists believed

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getting involved in a bloody European war would be wasteful and dangerous

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most Americans

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wanted to remain neutral

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FDR argued

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helping Britain; met with Churchill to discuss the war

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lend-lease act

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gave the president the power to sell, give, or lease weapons to protect the US

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Atlantic Charter

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document that endorsed national self-determination and an international system of “general security”; signaled the deepening alliance between the two nations

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Hitler in fall of 1941

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ordered German U boats to attack American ships for their support of the allies

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