History S2 Final Flashcards

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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peace treaty between USSR and Central Powers

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Sarajevo

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Archduke Franza Ferdinand and wife got shot

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Versailles Treaty

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peace treaty that ended WWI (Ger + Allies)

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War Guilt Clause

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Germany gets blamed for the war

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Francis Ferdinand

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Archduke of Austria (murdered by Black Hand/Gavrilo Princip)

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Wilson’s 14 Points

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Woodrow Wilson (US) plan for ending WWI (didn’t work)

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Triple Alliance

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Germany, A-H, Italy

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Triple Entente

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Britain, France, Russia

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Kaiser William II

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German emperor after Bismarck

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League of Nations

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organization to prevent future war

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Balkans

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Powder Keg of Europe/spark of war

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Four Causes of WWI

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Militarianism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

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Why did US get involved in WWI

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Sinking of Lusitania, Germany unrestricted sub. warfare, zimmerman telegram

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Trotsky

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Marxist + revolutionist

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Bloody Sunday

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Peaceful petition to Nicholas II = shots fired

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Lenin

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leader before Stalin (USSR)

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Rasputin

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crazy guy who heals son

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Bolsheviks

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communist party of USSR led by Lenin

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Nicholas II

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last emperor - led to soviet union

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Reds and Whites

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Bolsheviks vs Anti

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Proletariat

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working class in Soviet Union

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Collectivizaion

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small farms made to one big government farm

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Great Purge

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Stalin’s campain to remove threats

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Totalitarian

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Gov that takes TOTAL control

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5-Year Plan
increase industrial and agricultural production
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Stalin
Created totalitarianism in the Soviet Union
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Mao Zedong
Communist Leader
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Sun Yixian
"Father of Modern China" first leader of Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)
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Jiang Jieshi
Nationlist, later leader of Kuomintang
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The Long March
communist go on a 6,000 mile journey to escape Nationalist
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Pahlavi
Leader of Persia (change to Iran)
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Kemal
Father of Turks (separated laws of Islam and laws of nation)
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Abud al-Aziz Ibn Saud
wanted to unify Persia (formed Saudi Arabia with Arab and Islamic traditions)
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Gandhi
leader of independence movement (Mahatma = Great Soul)
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Civil Disobedience
disobeying unfair laws (boycott british clothing)
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Salt March
Ghandi walks 240 miles
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What were the goals of Sun Yixian
create representative gov, unite chinese, democratic China
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What were the problems of unification of India
diverse nations
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Coalition government
temporary alliance of political parties (parlamentary)
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New Deal
FDR progam of government reform and plan to combat the recession
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Appeasement
giving into an agressor to keep at peace
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Munich Conference
British give into Hitler to keep at peace
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Mein Kampf
My struggle = Hitler book
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Third Reich
Germany Empire
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Weimar Republic
German democratic gov
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Benito Mussolini
Il Duce - Italy Leader
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Fascism
Totalitarian that glorifies state (loyalty to leader)
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Francisco Franco
dictator of Spain
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Adolf Hitler
leader of Nazi (Germany)
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Lebensraum
Living space
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Holocaust
6 million Jews murdered by Hitler
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Winston Churchill
British P.M.
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Pogram
attack on jews
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Invasion of Manchuria
Japan takes over Manchuria
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What were the reasons for the Great Depression
stock market crash
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What were the weaknesses of weimar republic in germany
economic problems
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define differences between fascism and communism
fascism allows private prop, both had limited freedom
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acts of aggresion by axis powers before WWII
rhineland, machuria
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what were the causes of spanish civil war
political instability, economic tension
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Nazi Soviet Pact
10 year nonagression pact
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Axis Powers
Germany Italy Japan
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Roosevelt
US President
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Eisenhower
US military leader
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Blitzakrieg
lightning war
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Hiroshima
US drop atomic bomb
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Battle of Britain
hitler could be stopped
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D-day
invasion of normandy
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Lend-Lease Act
Us Provide war materials
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Truman
US president
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Nuremberg Law
deprives jews from rights
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Nuremberg trials
nazi war criminals on trial
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Battle of Stalingrad
turning point for war in Europe
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Four turning point of the war
Stalingrad, Midway, D-day, El Alamein
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Allied Powers
US USSR UK China France
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