chapter 23 vocab Flashcards

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communism

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Is an economic and political system in which the government owns all business and controls the economy

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Vladimir Lenin

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the Bolshevik leader built support

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Fascism

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A political philosophy based on nationalism and strong goverment

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Allies

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great britin and france know as the allies

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Allies

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Great britin and france know as the Allies

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Axis power

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Germany Italy Japan joined forces to become the Axis power

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Franklin Roosevelt

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The united states joined the Allies for the next two and a half years battles

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Holocaust

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The Nazis effort to wipe out the Jewish people

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genocide

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the deliberate destruction of a people

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Cold war

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a period of tense rivalry between the superpowers but no direct fighting

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Mao Zedong

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Formed communist goverment in China

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Mohandas Gandhi

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led a growing independence movement in India he inspired thousands to join him in nonviolet protests against British

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13
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Ideologies

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or systems or beliefs

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14
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Koren war

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In 1950 Communist North Korea invaded non- commu

nist

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15
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Vietnam war

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In 1957 the Communists began to overthrow the south

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16
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Ronald Regan

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Was expanding us military

17
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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Saw the serious problems facing his country and Eastern Europe

18
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Defend

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each other if they were attacked