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International fairs and the modern Olympic games were moves toward __________ in the years before World War I.
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The __________ sits in the Hague and has ruled on a number of conflicts in such areas as economic rights or minor boundary questions.
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Clumsy German attempts to influence American opinion plus the __________ warfare that affected American ships, including passenger vessels, moved the country toward a more interventionist mood.
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Britain promised support to Jewish settlers in Israel in the __________ of 1917.
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Russia signed the Treaty of __________ in March 1918 giving the Germans substantial territories in western Russia in return for peace.
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The Treaty of __________ that established the peace following World War I set up important preconditions for future strife by creating new categories of discontented powers.
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The __________ established after World War I proved to be little more than a discussion group, as real diplomacy continued on a nation-to-nation basis.
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The __________ hit the headlines with the crash of key Western banks in 1929, but had begun in many parts of the world even earlier.
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The Soviet Union had cut off all but the most insignificant economic ties with other nations under the heading "__________."
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The __________, led by Adolph Hitler, began to pick up strength after nearly fading from existence during the mid-1920s.
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In Italy a fascist state had been formed in the 1920s led by __________.
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In 1938 Hitler proclaimed a long-sought unionhorizontal__________horizontalwith Austria as a fellow German nation.
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Hitler was able to convince the leaders of Britain and France at the __________ that he would be satisfied with the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia.
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British Prime Minister __________ achieved temporary peace by his policy of appeasing Adolph Hitler.
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A __________ was signed by Germany, Japan, and Italy in September 1940.
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The Japanese attacked __________ on 7 December 1941 to force the United States into active participation in World War II.
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German strategy in World War II focused on the __________ or lightning war.
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By the summer of 1940 most of France lay in German hands, while a semi-fascist collaborative regime based in the city of __________ ruled the remainder.
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Solid new leadership Britain under a coalition government led by __________ frustrated German hopes for a British collapse.
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Early German successes against the Soviet Union ended when the siege of __________ was repulsed.
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The slaughter of six million Jews during World War II is known as the __________.
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Japan's surrender was precipitated by American use of atomic weapons on two cities, __________ and Nagasaki.
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Like its predecessor the League, the __________ had as its primary mission provision of a forum for negotiating disputes.
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The heads of Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States met at __________ in 1943 where the Soviet government pressed the Western powers to open a new front in France.
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Franklin Roosevelt pressed the Russians to enter the war against Japan at the conference at __________ in the Russian Crimea in 1945.
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The final postwar conference occurred in __________, a Berlin suburb, in July 1945.
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The rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II is often referred to as the __________.
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In 1947, the United States proclaimed its __________, a program of substantial loans that was designed to aid Western nations in rebuilding from the war's devastation.
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