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351673362Alexander KerenskyLeader of the provisional government in Russia after the fall of the tsar; kept Russia in World War I and resisted major reforms; overthrown by Bolsheviks at the end of 1917.0
351673363AnschlussHitler's union with Austria.1
351673364AppeasementBritain and France's policy of compromise with Hitler and Mussolini.2
351673365Axis PowersGermany, Italy, Spain, & Friends3
351673366Battle of MidwayTurning point of the Pacific theater in World War II. Japanese advances halted after this battle.4
351673367Battle of StalingradBattle were German advances in Russia were stopped, Germans underestimated the Russian winter5
351673368Battle of the BulgeLast German offensive on the Western Front in World War II. Its failure hastened German defeat.6
351673369Benito MussoliniFounder and dictator of the Fascist Party in Italy.7
351673370Berlin WallBarrier built by the U.S.S.R. in 1961 in East Germany to keep that nation's subjects from fleeing to liberty in West Berlin.8
351673371BlitzkriegFast-moving "lightning war" used by Germany to invade its neighbors in World War II.9
351673372BolsheviksLiterally "majority" party, but actually a political group backed by a minority of the population; the most radical branch of the Russian Marxist movement; led by Lenin.10
351673373Chiang Kai-ShekSuccessor to Sun as leader of the Nationalists; fierce opponent of the Communists, yet he formed an alliance with them to fight Japan.11
351673374CollectivizationSoviet policy of eliminating private ownership of farmland and creating large state-run farms.12
351673375CominternInternational office of communism under U.S.S.R. dominance established to encourage the formation of Communist parties in Europe and the world.13
351673376CristerosConservative peasant movement in the 1920s in Mexico; backed by the Catholic church and many politicians; resisted the secularization of the culture and government.14
351673377Eastern BlocSoviet allies in eastern Europe, including Bulgaria, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Hungary.15
351673378Emiliano ZapataMexican revolutionary who led guerrilla fighting in the South; motto was "Tierra y Libertad"; demanded land reform.16
351673379European UnionFinal name of the Common Market; an economic and, later, political movement in Europe that supported free markets to compete with the U.S.17
351673380FascismNationalist political form that featured an authoritarian leader, aggressive foreign policy, and government-guided economics18
351673381Final SolutionNazi Germany's policy that led to the death of about 6 million Jews in what came to be known as the Holocaust.19
351673382Five Year Plansa series of nation-wide centralized economic plans developed by a state planning committee20
351717283Franklin RooseveltAmerican president during the Great Depression, instituted the New Deal21
351717284GestapoHitler's secret police that imprisoned and killed his real and imagined opposition.22
351717285GuomindangChinese Nationalist Party23
351717286Harry TrumanU.S. president after Franklin Roosevelt in the early years of the cold war. His foreign policy was to contain Communism through diplomacy and military strength.24
351717287Iron CurtainTerm coined by British P.M. Churchill to describe the political division of Europe between free (western Europe) and repressed (eastern Europe) during the cold war.25
351717288Joseph StalinGained undisputed control of the U.S.S.R. after Lenin's death; installed the nationalistic "socialism in one country" program, collectivization, and widespread purges.26
351717289Juan PeronArgentina's leader who, like Vargas, nationalized key industries and led through a combination of charisma and intimidation.27
351717290KulaksThe relatively wealthy peasants in the Soviet Union who were starved and murdered by the millions under Stalin's direction.28
351717291Leon TrotskyLenin deputy who organized the Red Army during the civil war29
351717292Long MarchTo escape the Nationalists, 90,000 Mao supporters traveled thousands of miles in 1934 to remote regions; solidified Mao's leadership and created much of his myth.30
351717293ManchuriaResource rich area of northeastern China31
351717294Marshall PlanU.S. aid to western Europe after World War II helped it recover and concurrently staved off Communist inroads made in the interim.32
351717295May Fourth MovementPopular 1919 uprising in China against Japanese interference and for Western-style government that featured intellectuals and students as its leaders; sank under the weight of problems facing China in the early 20th century.33
351717296Mexican RevolutionFought over a period of almost 10 years from 1910; resulted in ouster of Porfirio Díaz from power; opposition forces led by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.34
351717297NAZIUnder the guise of political unity, they forged a totalitarian state.35
351717298NATOU.S.-led alliance including western Europe, Canada, and Turkey against Soviet aggression there.36
351717299Neville ChamberlainBritsh Prime Minister who pursued a policy of appeasement against Hitler37
351717300New DealThe United States' answer to the Great Depression, consisting of government assistance to people affected by the crisis and of government reform of economic institutions38
351717301Nikita KhrushchevLeader of U.S.S.R. after Stalin's death. Criticized his predecessor's abuses, signaling a bit of a thaw in the cold war. After backing down in the Cuban Missile Crisis, he was removed from power and exiled within the U.S.S.R.39
351717302Pancho VillaMexican revolutionary who led guerrilla fighting in the North; pursued unsuccessfully by the U.S. government in 1913.40
351717303Porfirio DiazMexico's long-serving dictator who resisted political reforms; his policies triggered the Mexican Revolution.41
351717304Potsdam ConferenceFinal Allied war conference in which the Soviet Union pledged to enter the war against Japan.42
351717305Red ArmyMilitary organization constructed under leadership of Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik follower of Lenin; made use of people of humble background.43
351717306Russian Civil WarMillions died in the struggle between the Reds (pro-Communist forces) and Whites (an amalgam of non-Communists); the Reds won44
351717307SolidarityTrade union movement in Poland that developed into a political pressure group that supported reforms from the Communist leadership.45
351717308Spanish Civil WarFascists led by General Franco fought supporters of the existing republic in the 1930s; Germany and Italy aided the victorious Franco.46
351717309Sun Yat-senWestern-educated leader of the Revolutionary Alliance, the Guomindang, and at times, China, in the 1910s and 1920s; struggled with warlords for control of the nation.47
351717310Tehran ConferenceAllied war conference where later Cold War tensions first appeared.48
351717311Total WarConcept in warfare in which all the industrial and civilian might of a nation is linked to strategy and tactics on the battlefield.49
351717312United NationsSuccessor to the League of Nations, this U.S.-backed international organization had more success in all ways than its predecessor.50
351717313Victoriano HuertaSought to impose a Díaz-type dictatorship; forced from power by Villa and Zapata.51
351717314Warsaw PactSoviet response to NATO.52
351717315Welfare StateState-run "cradle to grave" care that developed in western Europe and spread in varying forms to the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.53
351717316Whampoa Military AcademyEstablished in China with Soviet help; it gave the Nationalists a military dimension previously missing; first leader was Chiang Kai-shek.54
351717317Winston ChurchillInspirational leader of Britain in World War II, coined the phrase "Iron Curtain"55
351717318Yalta ConferenceMost significant of the Allied war conferences; divided post-Nazi Europe and set the stage for Soviet-U.S. tensions for the next 45 years56

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