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| Organization proposed by Roosevelt, would keep the peace through collective security arrangements |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization-12 western nations signed a treaty creating this in 1949. Signers agreed that if one nation were attacked, all members would take action against the aggressor |
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| the most dangerous moment of the Cold War. In 1959, Castro led rebel forces that overthrew the government of Cuba. In 1961 President Kennedy authorized an invasion of Cuba, which failed. Castro turned to the Soviet Union for help and had missile sites built in Cuba. Kennedy demanded they be removed-took 13 days. |
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| Senator of Wisconsin, became the leading spokesman for the conspiracy belief that Soviet gains had occurred because certain people in the US were sympathetic to communism. |
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| President after Kennedy was assassinated. Offered more social reform, wanted to create the "Great Society" including a war on poverty. |
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| President during 1947. Set forth the Truman Doctrine, he declared that the US must consider the continued spread of communism to be a threat to democracy. Containment. |
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| 1945-1946 the Allies brought Nazi officials to trial. Charged 22 Nazi leaders with crimes against peace and humanity. 12 were sentenced to death, 7 life imprisonment, and 3 were acquitted. |
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| 1955 Soviet Union created a formal alliance in response to NATO, Eastern nations adopted 20 year mutual defense agreement. These troops greatly outnumbered the NATO troops. |
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| Western leaders feared that ongoing poverty in Europe would drive Europeans to communism. In response to this, US announced a new plan of massive economic assistance. 1948-1952 US spent over 13 billion on this plan. |
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| civil rights leader, baptist minister, used nonviolent methods to protest to bring about change. |
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| Former secretary of the Communist party in Ukraine, became Stalin's successor after he died. Denounced Stalin's policies, condemned Stalin. Destalinization-lifted restrictions on intellectuals and artists, freed many political prisoners, ended some of the terrorism of the secret police. |
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| Marxist who led rebel forces to overthrow the corrupt government of Cuba. After Kennedy tried to invade, he turned to the Soviet Union for support against the US |
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| this said that Cuba could not transfer any land except to the US and gave the US the right to intervene in Cuba |
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| this said that Cuba could not transfer any land except to the US and gave the US the right to intervene in Cuba |
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| Large groups of people from one country living together in a new country |
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| Colonies in which a few officials from one country rule people of another country |
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| Colonies in which the native rulers keep their titles, but officials of the foreign power actually control the region |
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| Issued by President Roosevelt in 1904 stating that the US would protect any Latin American country that was threatened, and that they would have to repay their loans. |
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| got Panama to revolt against Columbia |
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| the islands became refueling stations |
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| American and European Countries began to invest money in Latin America which was known as |
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| Master politician, twice served as British Prime Minister, during his second term Britain gained control of the Suez Canal and Queen Victoria became the Empress of India |
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| Was elected President of the US in 1860, was President during the Civil War, was known for the Emancipation Proclamation, and Gettysburg Address |
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| Great Britain sent him to Canada to make sure they didn't have the same problems as they had with the US, he suggested that Canada be granted self government, and it be united into one state |
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| Head of Prussia's government who led Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War which defeated France |
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| Lead several revolutions against Spanish rule in South America, was nicknamed the "Liberator" |
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| When the southern states withdrew from the union |
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| gave women the right to vote in the US in 1920 |
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| Political groups organized to support a common cause |
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| Trend of writers in the early 1800s that used imagination, showing life as they thought it should be rather than reality |
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| A characteristic of art and literature in the mid 1800s that dealt with everyday life and social settings |
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| The Wright brothers used these scientific principles to study the movement of air around objects to help design the first airplane |
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| Branches of knowledge that scientifically study people as members of society (economics, history, sociology) |
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| Deal with living organisms (biology, genetics) |
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| Discovered penicillin in 1928 to fight bacterial infections |
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| Developed a system for transmitting electricity from a central powerhouse, he also brought light to a dark world |
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| Used electromagnetic waves or (radio waves) to develop the wireless telegraph |
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| Austrian monk that used plants to research and develop his theory on genetics |
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| discovered bacteria and figured out that they could become germs and make people ill, also developed a process to heat liquid to prevent fermentation (this process was named after him) |
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| Agreement by the Pope and Napoleon that most French citizens were Catholic but not all. |
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| Voting procedure where you are allowed a yes or no vote with no input or changes. |
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Love of one's country rather than one's
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| Seizure of power usually by military force. |
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| Glorification of armed strength (show of military power) |
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| Demand in which one party threatens harmful action if the other party doesn't agree to the demands. |
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| Agreement signed by leaders of warring nations to stop fighting. |
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| President Woodrow Wilson's plan for a just world based on the allies aims to end WW1 |
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| World Organization after WW1 to maintain peace. |
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| Treaty between Germany and the Allied Powers at the end of WW1. |
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| Cramped shabby apartments for workers. |
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| Process of negotiation between management & union representatives. |
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| Use of machines to increase production. |
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| System of producing large numbers of identical items. |
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| President of the U.S at the start of the Great Depression who tried to revive the economy but his efforts did little help. |
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| President of the U.S elected in 1932 mainly because he promised his plan to help the United States out of the Great Depression by his "New Deal" plan. |
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| Fascist Dictator of Italy that ruled by using the "black shirts" to threaten and intimidate people. |
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| German Fascist Dictator that came to power through his Nazi party, author of "Mein Kampf" |
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| Russian that established Communism and the Soviet Union. Came up with the ideas of New Economic Policy, & Collective Farms. |
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| Worldwide down turn in the economy in the 1930's due to the stock market crash, banks closed, people couldn't find work. |
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| Policy that countries use to improve their economic well being through limiting trade. |
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| President Roosevelt's program in which the government created jobs, and helped the needy during the Great Depression. |
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| made alcoholic beverages illegal. 1920-1933. |
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| Brings conscious & unconscious ideas together to portray life in a dream like way. (KAFKA). |
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| When something is placed under government control. |
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