Exam 2 Flashcards
(35 cards)
Balance of Power in WW1
series of alliances designed to keep any one nation from gaining hegemony over Europe
arms race
attempts by European nations to produce more weapons and larger military forces than other European nations
dreadnaughts
modern WW1 battleships
treaty of Versailles
treaty ending WW1
spanish flu
a strain of flu prevalent in the last year of WW1 and the first year after the war which killed more people than the war
warren g. harding
corrupt president during early 1920’s
“Babe” Ruth
biggest sports star of the 1920’s, radio made him a celebrity
Ku Klux Klan
newly reinstituted, the Klan was a widespread terrorist organization using violence to intimidate political enemies
scopes monkey trial
criminal trial of John Scopes, accused of teaching evolution in Tennessee, where such teaching violated State law
Teapot Dome Scandal
Bribery Scandal involving members of Harding’s cabinet, involved oil drilling leases in WY and CA
New Deal
Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression
Stock Market Crash
sudden drop of stock prices, which started the great depression
Great Depression
worst economic disaster in modern history
dust bowl
crop failures caused by draught and poor farming methods
public works projects
a series of depression era laws passed to provide governmental jobs for unemployed, very successful
isolationism
political view that the US should not involve itself politically or militarily with other nations
Alfred Thayer Mahan
19th century naval theorist who believed battleships the key to military power
Giulio Douhet
early 20th century air power theorist who believed heavy, long range bombers were the key to military power
strategi bombing
the bombing of civilian and productions targets rather than direct military targets
aircraft carriers
large military ships designed for storage, take off, and landing of military aircrafts
capitalism
political system in which private enterprise and personal initiative are primary, often heavily influenced by big business
communism
political system motivated by class, theorized to make all people part of both the working and ruling classes
fascism
political system devoted to the state, all things are subordinate to what is best for the nation and its leaders, racist and nationalistic
joseph stalin
ruler of the soviet union during WWII
