VOCAB UNIT 7 Flashcards
Mexican Revolution 7.1
Definition- The Mexican Revolution was a fight in response to Porfirio Diaz´s foreign business interests and agreements from Mexico. This made their citizens mad because the Mexicans wanted to keep the trade within their state and not allow others to profit from these agreements. The second cause was that the large landowners were being all land and the Mexican government would not redistribute the land, despite the citizens’ wishes. The final straw was when a representative was about to be elected, but Diaz had been put in jail and killed before could go into office.
LO(1) - The internal factor that caused the Mexican Revolution was that almost all of the land was going to specific people and middle/lower class citizens were having land stripped from them. The external factor was the deals that Porfirio Diaz was helping other countries and at this time, that was not a goal that the Mexicans had in mind.
Russian Revolution 7.1
Definition- The Russian Revolution began mainly because Russia was not advancing at a fast enough rate compared to the other powerful countries. They were failing to improve transportation, and wouldn´t allow citizens to participate in government. This lead to internal problems as Bloody Sunday and The Revolution of 1905. The Rushian became more influenced by communism and introduced the Bolsheviks who were an organization representing the revolutionary working class of Russia and shocked many big powers by how sufficient the government worked.
LO(1)- Two internal problems that occurred was the lack of economic growth and the reluctance to recognize civil liberties. Two external problems that occurred were the Russo-Japanese Revolution and World War I. They both led to big changes when the government realized something had to be done, or else the Russian state would collapse.
Causes of WWI 7.2
Definition- An immediate cause was the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The long term causes included Militarism, such as the European powers who had a dominant military strength, Alliances, such as the secret alliances, allied powers, and central powers, imperialism when European countries strived for global domination, and nationalism such as Ottomans who had to deal with nationalist movements among their people.
LO(2) - There were many internal and external conflicts, but summed up they included the assassination of Ferdinand, and MAIN, the external conflicts. The consequences included downfalls of Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottomans, the new technology invented during the war was extremely deadly and had may social consequences, and Germany became very angry after the terms of the peace treaty were settled.
Total War 7.3
Definition- A total war is a war in which all of the resources would go straight to the war. This meant that almost every person knew about what was happening, and in states, there were food rations, donations, and drafts to the military for extra soldiers.
LO(3) - This were a form of war that became very popular as states began to focus solely on winning, and would otherwise have to face debts after loss. It was a system in which everyone in the state was focused on winning the war and even those not in the war would find a way to contribute.
Great Depression 7.4
Definition - The Great Depression began when there was inflation in Germany after the Treaty of Versailles was created. This led to a serious matter in the American banks because they realized their investments were not going to turn up the citizens began to all run to the banks and remove their money causing major bank failures. Then the new deal was created by FDR to counteract the effects of the Great Depression as he ran for president.
LO(4) - The US responded by trying the involve the government in the economy through the New Deal. Germany struggled a lot with the Great Depression as their banks crashed and struggled to fight inflation. The Great Depression also spread from the industrialized countries to many others such as Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Lastly, Japan was one of the countries who did a very good job of rapidly digging themselves out of the Depression by lessening the value of their money to fight against the inflation that many states were dealing with.
New Deal 7.4
Definition- The new deal was a series of programs that FDR was promoting as part of his campaign when running for president. The purpose of the new deal was to get the economy back to normal by providing relief to those who are poor and unemployed. This was also promoted by encouraging people to use banks again, by guaranteeing them 250 thousand dollars if the banks screwed up.
LO(4) - The United States responded to the economic crisis by promoting the involvement of the government in the economy. They focused on trying to get everyone jobs because the unemployment rates had dropped dramatically, and helping to repromote the use of banks in the US.
Five Year Plans (Soviet Union) 7.4
Definition- Five Year Plans was an idea used by the Soviet Union under Stalin. This was different from many other forms of economic structure because the Soviet Union had little economic attachment to Europe and US, so they did not suffer much from the Great Depression. They chose to make a five-year plan for the future of their economy.
LO(4) - The five-year plan to think about how they were going to improve their economy in that amount of time. Two of the main steps were to industrialize the economy and then focus on collectivization. This meant that Stalin would force all of the Kulaks to work on the land the government took and all of the food would go straight to the government, except for the excess.
Fascist Corporatist Economy 7.4
Definition- The Fascist Corporate Economy was based on totalitarianism which included super aggressive nationalism and the government having total control of the citizen´s life. In the different states, they used a Fascist Corporatist Economy by having the citizens do what the government thought was necessary to improve the economy.
LO(4) - In this form of economy, the way that they responded to the great depression was by the government choosing what was the correct way to respond. For example, in Italy, the government would take control of all the factories to make sure that the economy was functioning the way that they believed it should.
Mandates 7.5
Definition- The mandate system was instituted after WWI during the peace conference. This was to establish rule over Ottoman Empire colonies even though they had been promised self-rule for fighting with the allied powers. This system allowed Allied countries such as France, GB, and Japan to increase their imperial holdings.
LO(5) - The European powers continued to gain land as they had been as well as other states through colonization. But through the mandates, it was a new and legal way to colonize the lands without a strong government and have little collateral damage being created.
Causes of WWII 7.6
Definition- There were many causes of WWII including fascism and Nazism. This also began due to Germany’s defeat and the terms they agreed to in the treaty of Versailles which is another cause. The Mandates were also something that caused tensions to lead up the war as well as when Hitler broke the agreement and invaded the land he was told not to in the treaty of Versailles. After breaking the agreement Britain followed a policy of appeasement, but when the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact was broken it marked the start of World War II.
LO(6)- World War II was mainly caused by Germany’s major reparations needed after the Treaty of Versailles, the worldwide economic depression, failure of appeasement, and the rise of militarism in Germany. It also led to many mass-violence acts in the near future such as the Holocaust.
New Military Tech WWII 7.7
Definition- Some of the new technology introduced during WWII included aircraft carriers and Blitzkrieg which was a battle strategy. Another very important invention was the radars. Additionally, they created atomic bombs which were used in very serious situations and caused catastrophic damage to the site.
LO(7) - Many governments used different technology as well as battle strategies. Such as the Blitzkrieg which was a strategy to attack as fast as possible, as well as the aircraft carriers which provided support for battleships and allowed planes to take off from and land on their decks at sea.
Holocaust 7.8
Definition- The Holocaust was a mass genocide which was Hitler’s final solution. In this, he killed 6 million Jews & 6 million Slavs, Romani, those physically & mentally disabled, the elderly, and LGBT. The holocaust was almost coming somewhat from the idea of fascism when Hilter began to take over, but instead of just trying to get more control and power, he just blamed the Jews for Germany´s nonsuccess.
LO(7.8)- The Holocaust was caused by the inspiration of mass killings as well as the drive for power after WWI and WWII. This was an extremely famous genocide and took the outside forces such as the US to take him down and even caused the fire bombings in the process.
Ukrainian Genocide 7.8
Definition- The Ukrainian Genocide was a mass famine in Ukraine after Stalin invaded. Stalin had first threatened Ukrainians for the land and resources, but when they denied him he just invaded and blocked all the exits from the land. He then proceeded to force all the farmers to give him the crops from their land sent all the food out of Ukraine causing the mass famine.
LO(8)- The Ukrainian Genocide was caused by the totalitarian party in the Soviet Union and Stalin´s idea of mass killing in order to gain power. It caused over 3.9 million deaths in Ukraine due to widespread famine.
