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4 Long range causes of WW I |
Nationalism, Militarism, Aliance System, Imperialism |
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Central Powers WW I |
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire |
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Allied Powers in WW I |
Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, US, Japan |
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Allied Powers in WW II |
Great Britain, France, US, Soviet Union |
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Germany was punished by the Treaty of Versailles |
Lost land, lost territories, lost military power, reperations, lost responsibility |
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Why were Italy and Japan not pleased with the Treaty? |
Did not get as much land as they had hoped |
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Forms of Government of Mussolini and Hitler |
Fascism and Totalitarinism |
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Axis Powers in WW II |
Germany, Italy, Japan |
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Germany's invasion of Soviet Union was not successful because |
Soviet soldiers fought back, Germany not prepared, many solders died due to starvation and frostbite |
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Why did Germany want the war to begin in Europe |
So they could get more land |
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Totaltarianism |
government controls all aspects of citizens lives, controls media and people cannot speak out against |
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Militarism |
nations strong belief that a strong military will make it great |
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Alliance system |
an agreement to help other countries in war |
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Isolism |
belief that a country should try and stay separate from other countries conflicts |
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Kristallnacht |
night of broken glass; attacked Jews in homes and streets |
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Nuremberg laws |
Laws depriving Jews of most of their rights |
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Leader of the Nazis |
Adolf Hitler |
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How did Germany become involved in WWI |
Told Austria-Hungary they would give them support |
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Why did the US not join the League of Nations |
Best hope for peace was to stay out of European affairs |
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armistice |
agreement to stop fighting |
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appeasment |
giving into an aggressor to keep peace |
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Why was Stalin surprised at Hitler's invasion |
They had signed a non-aggression pact to not fight each other |
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Why was resistance to the holocaust so difficult |
isolation, lack of weapons, superior armed power of the Germans, collective responsibility, secrecy and deception |
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Normandy France June 6, 1944 |
Invasion called D-Day |
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Valdmir Lenin |
Let Bolsheviks in Russia |
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Who took control after Lenin |
Josef Stalin |
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Why did the US enter WW II |
Japan bombed pearl harbor |
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What ended the war with Japan surrendering |
Bombing cities |
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genocide |
killing an entire group based on race, religion, nationality or gender |
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Organization of Western European countries, US and Canada who help each other if they were attacked |
NATO |
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Truman Doctrine |
Plan to give aid to countries who wanted to resis community takeover |
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Containment |
The US policy designed to prevent communism from spreading |
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Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania created this to protect them from the nations in NATO |
Warsaw Pact |
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Iron Curtain |
Division between eastern community Europe and western democratic Europe |
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What replaced the League of Nations |
United Nations |
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Where were Soviet missle bases built in 1962 |
Cuba |
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Plan that gave financial assistance to countries in Europe to rebuild after the war |
Marshall Plan |
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Domino theory |
if one country fell to communism, the neighboring countries would also fall to communism |
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President of North Vietnam during Vietnam war |
Ho Chi Minh |
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Followers of Ho Chi Minh |
Vietminh |
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Vietcong |
armed supporters who fought against the US and south vietnamese soldiers |
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Form of government where the leaders follow the same laws as citizens, and limits are placed on their power in a constitution |
Democracy |
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Theocracy |
The king is God's representative and rules for the religion make up the laws for the country. Only one religion allowed |
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Rule by one |
elected group of representatives but there is a monarch who's duties are stated in a constitution |
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Absolute monarchy |
power is inherited. Ruler has total control with no limits on his or her power. |
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Parlimentary democracy |
lawmakers are elected to parliment and a prime minister is chosen by parliment |
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President which escalated the Vietnam war |
Lyndon B Johnson |
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Division of North and South Korea |
38th parallel |
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President who sent troops to Korea |
Harry S. Truman |
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Small group of solders which used deception and ambush |
Guerilla warfare |
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German tactic using fast moving planes and tanks to attack |
Blitzkrieg (lightning war) |
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Overcrowded cities where Jews were locked up and starved |
Ghettos |
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General Douglas McArthur |
Supreme Commander of UN forces in Korea |
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Money that must be paid for damage done during a war |
Reperation |
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Series of civil battles during Vietnam |
Tet offensive |
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June 28, 1919 |
Treaty of Versailles was signed |
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Collective Farms |
large farms which the government decided what and how to produce crops |
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Interprets the laws |
Judicial Branch |
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Enforces the laws |
Executive Branch |
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Makes the laws |
Legislative branch |
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Freedoms of the 1st amendment |
religion, speak out against government, publish thoughts/opinions, speak my thoughts/opinions freely |
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Who can veto? |
President |
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Who can declare War |
legistative branch |
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Bill of Rights |
First 10 amendments |
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Anything grown from the ground or raised from the ground |
Land |
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Money as well as the things you must buy to run a business (trucks, machines, buildings) |
Capitol |
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Work that humans do |
Labor |
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Scarcity |
Limit to all resources |
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Way people use resources and work together to produce goods and services |
economy |
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Public Sector |
jobs are paid for with tax money and run by the government |
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Private sector |
involves owning ones business |
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the amount of goods and services available |
Supply |
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demand |
the amount of desire consumers have for a product |
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type of economy where the government has a hands off approach |
Free enterprise |
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Entrepreneurship |
thinks up the ideas without guarantee it will be successful |
