Unit 2 Flashcards

(33 cards)

1
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Columbian Exchange Begins

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1492

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2
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American Revolution

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1771-1781

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3
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Trail of Tears

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1838

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4
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Civil War

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1861-1865

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5
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Reconstruction

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1867-1877

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6
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Plessy v. Ferguson

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1896

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7
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ww1

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1914-1918

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8
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The Nineteenth Amendment Ratified

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1920

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8
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Spanish-American War

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1898

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9
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Great Depression Begins

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1929

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10
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Why does Europe go to war in 1914? x3

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  1. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand because he was an important figure.
  2. Britain is allied with belgium so they fight Germany
  3. German militarism they wanted to show off how stronge they are
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11
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Why does US enter WW1 in 1917? x3

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  1. The Zimmerman telegram - Germany directly threatened the US
  2. President Wilson wanted the world to be safe for
    democracy
  3. Germany was sinking British boats and sometimes American boats would be caught and it was hurting our economy too
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12
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Arch Duke

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Someone who is part of the royal family

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13
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Gorilla

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This picture is propaganda because its showing why you should join the war.

And shows all the countries as a beast.

The gorilla is attacking Lady liberty which is a threat to our democracy

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14
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Flawed of Peace

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Trying to get everyone to sign the everlasting peace.

All the other countries are still holding onto their guns. It represents the treaty of versailles.

U.S is bigger than all the other countries because they have more power.

Woodrow woodson is making the countries sign the treaty but the U.S denied signing it

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15
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Why did the US start start to look overseas for territory in the late 1800s

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economic, Because they wanted more money. Navy More power of the Navy.

Nationalism, Feel pride for ourselves showing how big and stronge the U.S is.

Social Darwinism, the idea of white people having to make it better for other races

16
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Spanish American war basics

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Yellow journalism, A lot of the U.S newspapers posted information about cuba

USS Maine, a U.S ship that got attacked by spain

What did we get after the war, we got the philippines

17
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Militarism and Alliances

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Prussia Unites Germany in 1871

Alsace Lorraine, a territory that was given to France from Germany

Triple Alliance and Triple Entente, 2 sides of the war

18
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War Begins

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The assassination of Arch Duke

19
Q

Important Term

A

Militarism

Nationalism

Imperialism

20
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Assassination of the archduke by Gravil Princip

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Assassination of Austrian hungry royal

21
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Schlieffen plan - why didn’t it work

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Germany’s plan to attack France then Russia

22
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The rape of Belgium

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When Germany attacked Belgium and treated them very bad

23
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Allies vs Central powers

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Allie Powers: France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, U.S

Central Powers: Germany, Austria, Hungaria, Bulgaria, and the Attomen empire

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Triple Entente vs the triple alliance
Triple Entente: Russia,France, and Great Britain Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria Hungaria
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Battle of the Marne
A battle in France that started trench warfair It slowed the Germans down
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Battle of Verdun
It was a mural boost for French because they won It had high casualties and poor conditions
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America Declares War
Business interest: wanted trade with Europe and for Germans to stop sinking U.S boats Sussex pledge: Germans would only sink ships that had weapons
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Civil liberties and Espianage and sedition acts
Espionage: act forbid people from saying bad things about the war Sedition act: is the same thing but you can't write anything bad about the war
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vpk camera
Pictures of the war
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general pershing
hero of the war and american commander
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convoys
boats that brought americans
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American Heroes
Alvin York Eddie Rickenbacker Harlem Hellfighters