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Propaganda
information used to excite and audience even if it might not be true -
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World War 1
many conflicts led up to it but it mostly started after the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand -
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The Red Scare
everyone was scared of communsim and for the spread of it -
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Treaty of Versailles
a peace treaty that ended WW1 -
Anti- Semitism
Was the prejudice against Jews -
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German Territorial Aggression
it was the aggression against Poland -
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European Appeasement
when european countries didnt want to be part of war -
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USA- Isolationist
when the US wanted to avoid war in anyway possible -
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Adolf Hitler
The leader of the Nazis and the Holocaust -
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The Nazi Party
The party that promised the Germans help in the time of need in there own way -
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Third Reich
a term to describe the Nazi regime in Germany -
St. Louis
A ship that carried many Jews t Germany since the U.S didn't want them in the country -
Germany invades Poland
when Germany invaded Poland because they wanted more land and wanted to have more countries on their side -
WW2-europe
when Hitler attacked Poland they countries came together to fight back -
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The Holocaust
The mass killing of many Jews at the time when Hitler was ruling Germany -
Pearl Harbor
caused Americans to want to be part of War and it started because Japanese have been playing an attack for a while and finally did it -
WW2- USA
When Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor the U.S Joined in to help fight back -
Executive Order 9066
an order about Japanese Internment camps -
Atomic Bomb
When Japanese didn't want to surrender they dropped the bomb so the wouldn't have to. -
Yalta Conference
Discused what to do with Germany after war -
United Nations
allies of nations to keep peace and prevent war -
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Nuremberg Trials
Trials after WW2 to make the laws of war -
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Rival Superpowers
when the Soviet Union and the U.S had many tensions and conflicts after WW2 -
Truman Doctrine
He wanted to stop the Soviet Union and the spread communism -
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Cold War
after Germany surrendered The US was uneasy about the Soviet Union so many conflicts and tensions happened between them which led to this -
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Containment
used to contain/ stop the spread of communism throughout the U.S -
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Red Scare
when people were accused of being communist in their jobs and ect. -
Marshall Plan
Gave money to the poor countries so they could get more power -
NATO
countries that banded together because they didn't like communism(27 countries) -
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Mass Consumerism / Conformity / The Baby Boom
Time where everyone got /had the same things and the time when husbands came back from war which led to the "baby boom" -
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Korean War
when North Korea fought South Korea which led to the U.S and Soviet Union getting involved in the problem -
Sputnik
A satitlite made by the Soviet Union that they sent into space which led to the Arms and Space Race -
NASA
Americas ways of getting back at the Soviet Union for getting into space first -
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JFK
The president that stood for peace and progress to make the U.S a better place and he eased cold war tension which caused Cuban Missile Crisis -
Cuban Missile Crisis
when the U.S found there were missiles in Cuba so America got scared about it