Unit V Test Flashcards

1
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Nationalism

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Willing to do anything for your country

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2
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Alliances

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Agreements between countries to assist during wars.

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3
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Militarism

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Over-producing military weapons to prepare for war, even if unnecessary.

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4
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Imperialism

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Expanding a countries power using force.

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5
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Trench Warfare

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Warfare in trenches.

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6
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Zimmerman Note

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Germany sent a note to Mexico, proposing an alliance, Mexico declines. (U.S. found out because the telegram made a stop in England, where officials decoded it.

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7
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Vladimir Lenin

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-Signed peace treaty with Central Powers
-Russian politician
-founded Bolsheviks
-lead Soviet Union to drop out of WWII

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8
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Bolshevik (Communists)

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-took over Russia’s government
-Russia left the war because of this.

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9
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Impact of the Russian Revolution for Germany

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It helped Germany because the Russian’s didn’t occupy German troops on the Eastern front anymore.

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10
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Schlieffen Plan

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Germany would attack France for 6 weeks because it would take that long for Russia to mobilize their army.

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11
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Central Powers/Allied Alliances in WWI

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Central Powers- Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
Allied Powers- France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, U.S

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12
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Treaty of Versailles

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Germany’s consequences after WWI:
-pay reparations to the Allied Powers
-extremely limited military
-lose territory
-give up all colonies in Africa.

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13
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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-leader of Prussia
-execution sparked WWI

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14
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Ataturk

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-leader of Turkey
-embraced Industrial Revolution

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15
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Mohandas Gandhi and Salt Marches

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-salt march to protest British rule in India

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16
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The Mexican Constitution of 1917

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-broke up large estates
-restricted foreigners from owning lands
-promoted nationalization of natural resources

17
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Appeasements Failure vs. Hitler

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-too scared to start WWII so the UN appeased everything Hitler wanted in an attempt to avoid it.

18
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Joseph Stalin’s use of Purges + the Five Year Plan

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Stalins five year plan sets what will be produced (industrialization)
Stalins purges- killing of those who opposed him

19
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Hitler’s Rise to Power

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-treaty of versailles
-appeasement
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20
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Mussolini + Fascism

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-Mussolini puts himself in control
-people aren’t allowed to disagree

21
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Axis Power + Pre-WWII Test Sites

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Japan invades China, atrocities occur (torture), Italy invades Ethiopia (same thing). (Axis powers- Italy, Japan, Germany

22
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Ultra-Nationalism in Japan

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“kill or be killed” philosophy

23
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Palestine after WWI

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controlled by British

24
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The League of Nations response to Japan’s invasion of China

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-LON told the Japanese that this was wrong, however they did not do anything to stop it.

25
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Total War during WWII

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-bombing of cities and killing of civilians
-extreme propaganda use.

26
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The Great Depression’s Impact on Future World Leaders

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-led to fdr being elected
-people disliked hoover

27
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Blitzkreig vs. WWI tactics

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28
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Axis/Allied Powers during WWII

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The Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) were opposed by the Allied Powers (led by Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union).France and China were a little later) Five other nations joined the Axis during World War II: Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Croatia. The decline and fall of the Axis alliance began in 1943.

29
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Mein Kampf

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Hitlers book that describes his ideaologies, “my struggle”, written in prison

30
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How Did WWII Officially Start

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Zimmerman note and sunk Lusitania

31
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The escalation of the Holocaust (Kristallnacht to the Final Solution)

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Hitler attacks Jewish businesses and synagogues and blames them for it. It escalates to them not being able to own businesses. being sent to ghettos, and then concentration camps. This was all part of Hitler’s “final solution” to eliminate all Jews from Europe.

32
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Pearl Harbor

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People saw the radar but didn’t think it was real, so it was ignored. Many Americans died. Japanese citizens were sent to internment camps for the rest of the war.

33
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Island Hopping

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The U.S. military plan to take island after island from Japan on its way to Japan.

34
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Kamikaze

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Single aircraft planes loaded with TNT that attempts to smash into U.S. ships headed for Japan. (kill or be killed)

35
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Reasons for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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They wanted to end the war the quickest even though it would kill many.

36
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United Nations

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A peacekeeping organization of countries that was established after the war in the Pacific.