Final Potential Vocab

Question 1

Who was Otto Von Bismarck?

Answer 1

The first great German leader. Utilized Coal and iron to make steel. Defeated France, Austria, Prussia which would fund the modern German Empire.

Question 2

Atlantic Crossing

Answer 2

Ideals form Europe to the Americas. Such as labor union rights (1900s) and workers rights.

Question 3

Fascism

Answer 3

Oppressive, militarized, nationalistic nation. (Typically religious)

Question 4

When was the beginning of WW1?

Answer 4

1914

Question 5

What is a Peacetime Military Alliance?

Answer 5

If someone you’re allied with is in war, you go help them out.

Question 6

This man was the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne. Killed on a trip that jumpstarted the first world war.

Answer 6

Archduke Franz Ferdianand

Question 7

Who killed Ferdinand? And what group was he apart of?

Answer 7

Gavrilo Princip. He belonged to The Black Hand

Question 8

Did the US go into WW1 owing money or not?

Answer 8

Yes, they owed money because it was a creditor nation.

Question 9

Who were the allies during WW1?

Answer 9

Great Britain, France, and Russia

Question 10

Who were the Central Powers of WW1?

Answer 10

Germany/Austria and Italy

Question 11

When did the US enter WW1?

Answer 11

1917

Question 12

Lusitania, May 7, 1915

Answer 12

A British Passenger liner, that was sunk off the coast of Britain by German U-Boats

Question 13

Zimmerman Telegram

Answer 13

Jan. 1917 (German Secretary of State) asked Mexico to go to war with US, Germany would help them regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona and defeat the US.

Question 14

14 Points

Answer 14

Proposed by W. Wilson as America’s power war plan. Claimed that war is diplomacy with guns. Wage war for diplomatic advantage. It was also proposed as a plan to shape post war Europe. But was ultimately turned down.

Question 15

The Big four

Answer 15

A board made up of D.L. George (UK prime minister), F. Clemenceau (France), V. Orlando (Italy), and W. Wilson. Claimed that with their plan, it would punish Germany, and claimed they would not rise again. They wanted Germany to pay reparations as a way to make them pay for the damage caused by the war.

Question 16

“War Guilt Clause”

Answer 16

Accepting blame on a global scale. A written apology. Germany was asked to do one of these.

Question 17

League of Nations

Answer 17

Variety of nations that try to settle conflict before violence.

Question 18

Russian Revolution

Answer 18

1917; Russia falls apart. Overthrew the Tzar. REplaced with a communist form of government. Also known as the Bolshevik Revolution.

Question 19

Gregori Rasputin

Answer 19

Mystic. Cures Alexi and moves into the palace

Question 20

Joseph Stalin

Answer 20

Chief of Security. Claimed control of Russia, with army, and drives Trotsky out of Russia only to have spies kill him in Mexico City. He then turns Russia into a socialistic state.

Question 21

Weimar Republic

Answer 21

Surrendered Germany, a declared government who wanted to end the war. (No matter what) Backed by political support. This is one of the major causes of the uprising of the Nazi party.

Question 22

Beer Hall Putsch

Answer 22

Failed attempt at the Nazi party or NSP to overthrow the government. Hitler was a member of this and was sent to jail for it.

Question 23

Mein Kampf

Answer 23

Hitler’s response and opinions of Germany. He made quite a bit of money off of it. This then made him the face of the NSP

Question 24

What year did the Nazi Party win 12 seats in the Reichstag?

Answer 24

1928

Question 25

Reichstag

Answer 25

German Congress

Question 26

Baron Von Hindenburg

Answer 26

1932; Celebrated general who ran and won against Hitler. He appoints Hitler as his “vice president” to train him.

Question 27

Nuremberg Laws

Answer 27

1935; Did away with German/Jewish citizenship

Question 28

Kristallnacht

Answer 28

November 9 and 10th, 1935; army is sent to Jewish homes/stores and destroys them/burns them. Directed insurance to Germany.

Question 29

Bunds

Answer 29

American Nazis

Question 30

Eugenics

Answer 30

Argued that everything is hereditary. Good and bad traits. Purify the bad traits.

Question 31

Appeasement

Answer 31

This was a nonconfrontational strategy. England and France let Hitler do what he wanted until he tired himself out and ran out of funds.

Question 32

Anschluss

Answer 32

3, 1938- Hitler initiates an Austrian invasion. Munich Conference takes place.

Question 33

Pact of Steel

Answer 33

5/1939- Stalin and Hitler join forces.

Question 34

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Answer 34

1939; Sign that Russia and Germany won't turn on each other. But neither trust the other. The Pact basically reads that Hitler will turn on Stalin when the time is right.

Question 35

Who were the allies during WW2?

Answer 35

England, France, and Russia

Question 36

Who were the axis powers of WW2?

Answer 36

Germany and Italy

Question 37

Blitzkrieg

Answer 37

Lightning war, a fast moving invasion into France. Trapped French soldiers, imprisoning them, and sidelines them from war.

Question 38

Vichy France

Answer 38

A German collaborating government in France. (Basically French Nazis)

Question 39

Alfred Dreyfus

Answer 39

Passed over for promotion. Over the course of the next ten years, he fights a campaign to get back his reputation back. He finds that people support what he's saying and come to the conclusion that he was falsely accused. France convicts him again. The Dreyfus Affair scandalized the non-antisemetic world. He was falsely accused of being a German spy.

Question 40

Churchill

Answer 40

Politician, prime minister. He becomes close with FDR, which develops a close relationship between England and the US.

Question 41

Kamikaze

Answer 41

"Divine Wind" Extreme pilots. Deploy all bombs and then commit suicide by the plane. Suicide bombers.

Question 42

Holocaust

Answer 42

A racial/ethnic extermination of the Jewish people. Gypsies were also included in this.

Question 43

Operation Barbossa

Answer 43

1941; German invasion of Russia.

Question 44

Patriotism

Answer 44

This can disguise evil actions and motives.

Question 45

D-Day

Answer 45

"Operation Overload"; 250,000-300,000 people invaded the beaches of Normandy.

Question 46

When did the Cold War take place?

Answer 46

1946-1990 (Roughly)

Question 47

Greek Civil War

Answer 47

1944-1947; Greece (with allies help) evicts the Germans. In 44, Greece began putting their nation back together.

Question 48

Truman Doctrine

Answer 48

1947; US will support any organization that will resist communistic ideals.

Question 49

Marshall Plan

Answer 49

Used US economic might against communism

Question 50

Mutually Assured Destruction

Answer 50

MAD; Everyone has access to nuclear weapons.

Question 51

Berlin Wall

Answer 51

1961; Used to keep East Germans in. Many left for the west. Acted as a symbol of communist oppression.

Question 52

Berlin Airlift

Answer 52

A way for US, France, and UK to transport supplies into the USSR barred Berlin. They used airplane corridors.

Question 53

Cuban Missel Crisis

Answer 53

1962; US discover USSR put missals in Cuba. (90 miles off the coast)