Ww1 Flashcards
(36 cards)
Nationalism
Strong feeling of pride in and devotion to ones country
Militarism
Glorification of the military
Imperialism
Domination by one country of the political economic or cultural life of another country or region
Propaganda
Spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause
Reparations
Payment for war damages or damage caused by imprisonment
Woodrow wilson
Prime minister of the uk
Edith cavell
English nurse in belgium cared for both sides shot for being a spy
Georges clemenceau
French leader attentended the peace conference
Alfred noble
Swedish chemist
Created dynamite
1866
Gavrili princip
Assassinated archduke ferdinand
Total war
Channeling of a nations entire resources into a war effort
Neutrality
Policy of supporting neither side in war
Kaiser william 2
Cousins with george v and nicholas tsar 2
Blamed them for the war
Francis ferdinand
Archduke of austria
Assassinated
Part of why war started
Bertha von sutner
Wrote a book about peace and war
Kulak
Wealthy peasant in the soviet union
Totalitarian state
Government in which a one party dictatorship regulates every aspect of citizens lived
Socialist realism
Artistic style whose goal was to promote socialism by showing soviet life in a positive light
Leninl
Leader of the bolsheviks
Joseph stalin
Leader of russia after lenin died
Gregory rasputin
Right hand man to alexandria
Couldnt be killed
Nicholas 2
Last leader of the tsars
Russia
Weak
Osip mandelstam
Jewish poet who made fun of stalin
Command economy
System in which government officials make all basic economic decisions