Unit 7 Vocab Flashcards
Mexican Revolution
When the opposing candidate to the president was arrested unfairly, along with unfair policies, helping other foreign powers, and ignoring land reform resulted in this revolution. A man named Madero sent troops to defeat the Mexican troops, resulting in a defeat that sent the current president to exile.
Russian Revolution
When Russia was having issues expanding its economy and economic growth. The government was ignoring the idea of political reform and civil liberties. all these internal affairs caused Russia to become weak in international affairs. This caused a revolution in working-class groups. This caused the soviet gov to make several changes.
Causes of WWI
The very first cause of the WW1 is the assassination against Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro- Hungarian by those in Serbia. This led to Militarism, which had to lead to alliances, and these alliances led to NAtionalism, and of course that led to Imperalism
Total War
Wars which when countries use all of their resources to fight the war. So this also had civilians working to produce stuff to use in war along with the military obviously to win the war.
Great Depression
A global crisis due to the bank gambling money and when it came to light about this people started removing their money from the bank. Resulting in the economy completely crashing. This led our country to make tariffs against other countries’ imports, and this led to issues in many other countries as well. This caused economic declines in all parts of the world.
New Deal
President Franklin D Roosevelt promised this system to help relieve those who were struggling financially. He hoped this would help our country come out of the depression. Also, reform to government policies to avoid these issues in the future.
Five year plans (soviet union)
This plan was meant to turn the USSR/soviet union into an industrial power. To try and help themselves catch up with the other countries around the world industrialized-wise. This resulted in agriculture failing, peasants starved to death, but also along with this industry did in fact grow, cost of living was low, and many factory jobs were available.
Fascist corporate economy
This is when the government only cares about one thing which is the good of the government. So if they needed you to do a job for the government you had to do it. You as a person did not matter to them.
Mandates
Through the league of nations, the mandate system was created. This was to rule colonies and territories of centralized powers easier.
Causes of WW2
The imbalance of the treaty of Versailles, Failure of Appeasment. Failure of the league of nations. Global depression. The treaty of versailles, Japan militarism, Germanys militarism and the rise of hitler
New military tech ww2
Blitzkrieg- Military tactic of a speedy war
Luftwaffe
aircraft carriers-Carrying troops and resources
Holocaust
A genocide in which Hitler Germanys world leader was a aggressive nationalist and began a genocide against Jewish, lgbtq, anyone against his beliefs, colored people, etc.
Ukrainian genocide
The Russian/ Stalin was on a mission to kill the ukranians by starving them to death by closing off borders so they wouldn’t be able to access food. it was a mass atrocities
