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Twentieth Century Flashcards

1
Q

Tension and system of alliances ignited when

Year?

A

Franz Ferdinand assassinated in 1914

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Triple alliance:

Who vs who?

A

Austria-hungry, Germany, Italy

Russia, UK and France

World war 1

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Triple allliance

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Austria-hungry, Italy, Germany

Russia, UK, France

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Trench warfare resulted from battle _

A

Battle of Marne

Btwn Germany and French and British forces defending France

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5
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Germans sank _ killing many American civilians

A

Lusitania

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U.S. intervention in WW1 due to

Called?

A

Discovery that Germany secretly proposed an alliance with Mexico to attack the U.S.

Zimmerman telegram

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Ended WW1
Held Germany accountable for rest of war
Germany forced to pay reparations

A

Treaty of Versailles

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8
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Created to prevent international war

Model for United Nations

A

League of Nations

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9
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Set stage for hitlers rise to power

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Economic collapse in Germany after treaty of Versailles

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Global and economic collapse = poverty and unemployment

Btwn first and Second World War

A

Great Depression

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Start of WWII (2)

A

Germany invades Poland

Japan invades Manchuria, China

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Turning point ofWWII

A

Germany defeated at battle of Stalingrad

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13
Q

US joined WWII when

Year?

A

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

1941

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14
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War in pacific ended when president _ made the decision to _

A

Truman

Nuclear bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Period of ongoing conflict btwn US and USSR

*never engaged in military confrontation

A

Cold War

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16
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Iron curtain divided:

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Eastern Europe (aligned with USSR)

West (aligned with US)

17
Q

US became involved in Korean War and Vietnam war because

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US wanted communism “contained”

18
Q

Class War is needed to achieve a socialist society

Elimination of private property

A

Communism

19
Q

_ established relations btwn communist China and the US

A

Nixon

20
Q

Goal to outspend USSR on weapons technology in 1980s

A

Arms race

Pres. Reagan

21
Q

Military overspending, soviet war in Afghanistan results in: (2)

A

Collapse of USSR

Gorbachev overthrown

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