Unit 13 Vocabulary Flashcard

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Massive fortifications built by French along border with Germany in 1930s to protect from invasion

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Maginot Line

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an international agreement, signed by almost every nation in 1928, to stop using war as a method of national policy

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Kellogg-Briand Pact

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reduction of armed forces and weapons

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Disarmament

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strike by workers in many different industries at the same time

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general strike

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a painful time of global economic collapse, starting in 1929 and lasting until about 1939

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Great Depression

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condition in which production of goods exceeds the demand for them

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Overproduction

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Central banking system of the U.S. Regulates banks

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Federal Reserve

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a comprehensive package of economic and social programs

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Social improvement.

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any member of the militant combat squads of Italian Fascists set up under Mussolini

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Blackshirts

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Tens of thousands of Fascists marched toward the capital

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March on Rome