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What were the two alliances systems called before WW1?

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Triple Entente, and the Triple Alliance

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The Schliefen Plan was meant to avoid this king of war

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two front war

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3
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whose assassination started WW1?

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Archduke Franz

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What 1914 battle stopped the German advance near Paris?

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Battle of the Marne

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What was the largest sea battle of WW1?

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Jutland

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What treaty took Russia out of WW1?

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Brest-Litovsk

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Name the four empires destroyed by WW1?

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Russia, Germany, Austro-Hungary, and the Ottoman

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What are the jobs of the league of nations?

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Disarmament, preventing war through collective security

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9
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Which party seized control in the Nov. Revolution in Russia?

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Bolshevik

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10
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What policy did Stalin force on the farmers?

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New economic Policy

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11
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what was the name for rich farmers?

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Kulak

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12
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What was the main foal of the five year plans?

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industrialization

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13
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What laws did Ghandi protest in South Africa?

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Segregation

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14
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What was Ghandi’s method for gaining independence

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Civil disobedience

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15
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Who was in charge of the Muslim League and what was his goal?

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Jinnah, advocate fo a separate muslim-majority nation

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16
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What event brought Mussolini to power?

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March on Rome

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17
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What was the Washington naval agreement?

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Prevent an arms race by limiting naval construction

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18
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the Locarno Pacts guaranteed what in Western Europe?

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Peace

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19
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Collectively, what were the FDR’s economic policies know as?

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Keynesian economic theory

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20
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What finally ended the Depression in US?

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WW2

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21
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What were Mussolini’s combat squads also known as?

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Blackshirts

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22
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What political philosophy was Mussolini a proponent?

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Fascism

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23
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What was the acronym for Hitlers Brown Shirts?

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SS

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24
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Who was in charge of the SS?

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Hitler

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25
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What were the anti-semitic laws passed by Hitler?

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Nuremberg Laws

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26
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Who was the main architect of the policy of appeasement?

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Neville Chamberlin

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27
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at which conference did the Uk and France betray their Czech Allies?

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Western Betrayal in Munich

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28
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Stalin used this persons murder as an excuse to unleash the purges

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Kirov

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29
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As a result of the purges what happened to all the old Bolshevik leaders?

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murdered or imprisoned

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30
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What country was targeted by the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

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Poland

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31
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What was the name for the German Army strategy early in WW2?

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Blitzkrieg

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32
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Through which forest did the German army advance into France?

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Ardennes

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33
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Where did the BEF evacuate from in 1940?

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Dunkirk

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34
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What economic policy brought the US and Japan into conflict?

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expansionist

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35
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Where was the bulk of the US pacific navy fleet stationed?

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Pearl harbour

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36
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Name the conflict in 1939/40 that demonstrated the weakness of the red Army

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Winter War

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37
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Give the code name for the German invasion of the USSr

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Barbossa

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38
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What was the turning point in the battle of the US Navy in the Pacific?

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Midway

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39
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The final solution intensified after the German invasion of

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Poland

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40
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Following WW2 the war crimes trials were held in

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Nuremberg

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41
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What defensive alliance was formed to prevent Soviet expansion in Europe?

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Warsaw Pact

42
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Name the Permanent members of the UN security council

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China, France, UK, US and Russia

43
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Which Soviet bloc country tried to rise up against Russian rule in 1956?

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Hungary

44
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Who took power in the USSR after the death of Stalin?

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Khrushchev

45
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Which middle eastern country was supported militarily by the USSR in the 1950s?

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Egypt

46
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What was the immediate result of the declaration of the State of Israel in 1948?

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Arab-Israeli War

47
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Why was the Sputnik launch so frightening for the west?

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Soviets Technological advances

48
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Failure to provide nuclear technology and peaceful coexistence led to the __ Soviet Split

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Sino-Soviet Split

49
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whose gov was overthrown by Castros Cuban revolution?

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Authoritarian

50
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What happened to American businesses in Cuba after the revolution?

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Economic embargo

51
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Where was the failed US backed invasion of Cuba

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Bay of Pigs

52
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What court decision ended school segregation in the US?

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The Civil rights Act

53
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Whee were French forces decisively beaten in Vietnam

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Dien Bien Phu

54
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What style of warfare was practiced by the Viet Cong?

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Guerilla

55
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What term means an easing of Cold War tensions?

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Detente

56
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Nixon finally recognized this country in 1972

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China

57
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What was the arms control agreement signed in 1972?

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SALT

58
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The Moscow Olympic Boycott was the result of Soviet invasion of this country

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Afghanistan

59
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This was one of the most potent symbols of the Cold War

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Berlin Wall

60
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Nelson Mandela was opposed to this political system

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Apartheid

61
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During which war did Israel capture, the Sinai, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights?

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Six Day War

62
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Which war saw Israel surprised and almost defeated

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Yom Kippur

63
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With which country did Iraq fight during the 1980s?

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Iran

64
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What is the Iranian term for king?

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Shah

65
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What 1956 crisis involved Egypt, Israel, Britain, and France?

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Suez

66
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Which country was invaded by Iraq starting the 1990 Gulf War?

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Kuwait

67
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Two famous battles of attrition on the Western Front

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Verdun, Somme

68
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What German strategy brought the USA into WW1?

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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

69
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Which wartime leader proposed national self determination for people in seated empires?

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Wilson

70
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What was the fatal error of the provisional government after the March revolution in Russia?

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To continue fighting in WW1

71
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Once the Russian civil war began Lenin instituted this economic plan

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War communism

72
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Who was thought to be the most likely successor to Lenin

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Joseph Stalin

73
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Name the US policy of the 1920s that kept it from being involved in World Affairs

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Isolationism

74
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Unregulated banking, buying on margin, and tariffs all contributed to this event

A

Stock market crash

75
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Upon becoming president, FDR immediately called a __ holiday to build confidence

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Bank

76
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How did the US Supreme Court respond to many of Rosevelt’s actions?

A

Thwart his plans

77
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TorF, US immigration policies in the 1920s increased the number of immigrants

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True

78
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Why was the Soviet Union less affected by the Great Depression

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Soviet economy was not intertwined with the economics of Capitalist nations

79
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What did Italy and Germany have in common when it came to the results of the Paris Peace Conference?

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Both Mistreated

80
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TorF, the Weimar Republic was known for its political stability

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False

81
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Who led the right wing Putsch in Berlin 1919?

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Wolfgang Kapp and Walter Von Lutwitz

82
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Which group supported Hitler more, trade unions or nationalists?

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Nationalists

83
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What was Hitler’s policy about war reparations?

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Don’t pay

84
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What group did Stalin target?

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Intellectuals

85
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In WW1 and WW2, Britain relied on food and supplies from which continent?

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North America

86
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What was the main threat to these supplies in both wars?

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Enemy submarines

87
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The period from October 1939 until the Spring of 1940, is known as the __ War

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Phony

88
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What was the order in which France, Poland, Uk and USSr attacked by Germany?

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Poland, France, Uk, USSR

89
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Following the civil war, Lenin introduced a policy to allow some private business. What was it called?

A

New economic policy

90
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As party secretary, what power did Stalin have?

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Allowed him access to party official documents and gave him a seat at the politburo

91
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Protestors in Poland and the Czech in 1989 wanted this form of government

A

democracy

92
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Dubcek’s ‘Socialism with a human face’ is associated with reforms in which communist country?

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Czechoslovakia

93
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Khrushchevs policy towards competition with the west?

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Peaceful coexistence

94
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In exchange for France’s vote on Korea, the Us had to support France’s war in

A

Vietnam

95
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Which of these did not occur in 1949; USSR gets the bomb, China goes communist, Berlin Blockade, Sputnik Launched

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Sputnik launched

96
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When Stalin blockaded Berlin in 1949, how was it supplied by the west?

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Airlift

97
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What three cities were primary targets for Germany in Russia?

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Leningrad, Stalingrad, Moscow

98
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Which enemy did FDR give priority to upon entering WW2?

A

Japanese

99
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What incident resulted in the dramatic increase of American troops in Vietnam

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Gulf of Tonkin

100
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what French term refers to president hoovers attitude towards business?

A

laissez faire

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