Terms Flashcards
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Great Purge
campaign of terror in the Soviet Union which Stalin wanted to eliminate all the communist party members
Holocaust
Mass slaughter of Jews and other civilians carried by the Nazi government of Germany
Iron Curtain
Boundary separating the communist nations of Eastern Europe from the mostly democratic nations of Western Europe
Isolationism
A policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries
Kamikaze
Japanese suicide pilots trained to sink allied ships
League of Nations
International association formed after WWI with the goal of keeping peace among nations
Lebensraum
“Living space” the additional territory that Germany needed because it was crowded
Long March
A 6,000 mile journey by Chinese communist fleeing from Jiang Jieshis nationalist forces
Marshall Plan
A U.S. Program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after WWII
Mein Kampf
“My Struggle” a book written by Adolf Hitler while he was in prison
Militarism
A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war
NATO
Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defensive military alliance formed by 10 European nations , U.S. and Canada
Pearl Harbor
Cultural elements : sports , music, food : that reflects a group common background and changing interests
Proletariat
The group of workers who would overthrow czar and come to rule Russia
Propaganda
Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponents cause
Rationing
Limiting amounts of goods people can buy
Schlieffen Plan
Germany’s military plan at the outbreak of WWI
German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move easy to attack Russia
Soviets
One of the local representative councils formed in Russia after the downfall of czar Nicholas II
Third Reich
The third German empire established by Adolf Hitler
Total War
A conflict on which the participation countries devote all their resources to the war effort
Triple Alliance
A military alliance between Germany Austria Hungary and Italy in the years preceding WWI
Triple Entente
A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding WWI
Truman Doctrine
Announced by President Truman in 1947, a U.S. policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents
United Nations
An internal peacekeeping organization founded in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world
