Chapter 28 & 29 Flashcards
(25 cards)
In the late 19th century, the U.S. Became an imperialist power in Asia by obtaining the ________.
Philippines
Great Britain intervened in ______ in order to protect the Suez Canal as well as to ensure keeping communications with India and Far East open.
Egypt
The establishment of the ________ empire in 1871 upset the European balance of power.
German
The congress of Berlin in 1878 sought to limit the expansion of _____________.
Russia
The triple alliance consisted of _____,______-___, and ______.
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
The triple entente consisted of _____, _____ and ______.
Britain , France and Russia.
The Bosnian crisis of 1908 resulted in a strain in relations between members of the ________.
Triple alliance.
The “blank check” refers to Germany’s commitment to support Austria’s attack on _______.
Serbia
The __________ proposed attacking first France and then Russia in order to prevent a two-front war.
Schlieffen Plan
After the battle of the ______ in 1914, the war became defensive, one of positions rather than of movement.
Marne
In 1921, Russia was involved in a civil war between the _____and ______ Russians.
White and red.
The treaty of ____________ took Russia out of the war and ceded territory to Germany.
Brest-litovsk
Clause __________ of the treaty of Versailles declared that Germany was responsible for all loss and damage during World War I.
War-guilt
The ________ __________ of 1917 promised the Jews a national home in Palestine.
Balfour declaration
France’s occupation of the ______ threatened the French economy and alienated the English.
Ruhr
The _________ conference effectively ended reparations payments.
Lousanne
In the struggle for power between Trotsky and _____, Trotsky urged exportation of revolution to the world.
Stalin
Statins policy of ________ was designed to increase agricultural output through government ownership and control.
Collectivization
Stalin’s ________ started in the aftermath of Kirov’s assassination
Great purges.
The enabling act of 1933 permitted _______ to rule by decree.
Hitler
The _________ ___________ of 1935 defined anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent as Jewish, and denied Jews citizenship.
Nuremberg laws
The civilian conservation corps, the works progress administration, and the Tennessee valley authority were all parts of Franklin Roosevelt’s _____________ economic recovery plan.
New deal
___________ was the nazi destruction of Jewish stores and synagogues.
Kristallnacht
According to the ________ treaty, Germany accepted Versailles settlement in the west but not in the east.
Locarno
