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| partnerships; agreements between two or more countries to come to each other's assistance in the event of war |
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| deep ditches from which soldiers on both sides fought during WWI |
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| World War II alliance of the United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States that fought the Axis countries |
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| World War II alliance-Germany, Japan, and Italy- that fought the Allies |
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| dangerous rivalry between United States and Soviet Union from 1945 to 1990 |
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| person who heads a government that exercises total authority over its people |
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| the mass slaughter/killings of six million Jews and coutless other Europeans during WWII by the Nazis |
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| a group of countries established in 1919 with the goal of preserving peace |
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| National Socialist political party founded in Germany by Adolf Hitler |
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| lies or half-truths spread in schools, the press, and churches |
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| a barrier built by the Soviets to divide the city of Berlin |
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| the policy, process, or result of preventing the expansion of a hostile power or ideology |
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| Until 1994 was called the European Community; political and economic alliance of organizaions to include the expansion of trade, reduction of competition the elimination of restrictive trading practices, the encouragement of free movement of capital and labor within the community, and the establishment of a closer union among European people |
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| economic aid to Europe from the United States after WWII |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance established in August 1949 between the USA and Canada, and ten Western Europe countries in agreement that an armed attack by the Communists against one or more of them would be considered an attack against all |
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| alliance established in 1955 between Eastern European Communist countries and the Soviet Union. All pledged to protect one another from NATO forces; dissolved in 1991 |
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| also called the Triple Alliance; Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy agreed to support one another during WWI |
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| also called the Triple Entente; agreement between Russian and France to support one another through WWI |
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| heir to the Austrian throne; murdered June 28, 1914 and became a cause of the start to WWI |
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| 19-year old Serbian nationalist who rushed from a crowd to shoot and kill the archduke of Austria and his wife |
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| year that World War I started |
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| symbol of the United States government used in pictures to encourage Americans to fight and become involved in WWI efforts |
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| in France, where the British and French and later the United States fought the Germans |
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| ended World War I and was signed in King Louis XIV's Hall of Mirrors |
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