WWII Parts I and II

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WWI Peace Treaty that assigned blame to Germany and led to the rise of Hitler and the Nazi's

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Treaty of Versailles

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the 1938 agreement in which Britain and France appeased Hitler by agreeing that Germany could annex the Sudetenland, a German-speaking region of Czechoslovakia

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Munich Agreement (Pact)

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yielding to an enemy's demands in order to maintain peace

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appeasement

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a political movement based on an extreme nationalism in which the state comes first and individual liberty is secondary

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fascism

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an economic or political system in which the state or the community owns all property and the means of production, and all citizens share the wealth

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communism

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empire building, as in Japan during the 1930s

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imperialism

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the glorification of military power and values, as seen in the Axis Powers during the 1930s

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militarism

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legislation passed by Congress in 1935 and 1936 designed to keep the United States out of European conflicts

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Neutrality Acts

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The 1939 agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union to not fight each other and to divide Poland between them.

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Non-Aggression Pact

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Legislation passed by Congress in 1941 adopting a plan to lend arms to Britain

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Lend-Lease