World Civ Unit 7 ch 29-31 (WWI, Great Depression, Rise of Facism)

World Civilizations I with Gromada at Ursuline Academy (OH)

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militarianism

Glorifying war and preparing for it

This was the third factor that led to WWI

Triple Alliance

Military agreement between Germany, AH, and Italy

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Emperor of Germany who did not want to share power with Prussian chancellor, Otto van Bismark. He let the nonagression pact end w/ Russia. This ending led to Russia's alliance with France and Great Britain

Triple Entente

This was an alliance with France and Britain and Russia.

nationalism

This was a deep feeling of attatchment to one's own country/nation

Great Powers

These were 6 nations that rivaled for power in Europe (Germany, AH, Brit, Russia., Italy, and France)

Otto van Bismark

This was the Chancellor of Prussia who feared that France would want revenge for its defeat in teh Franco-Prussian War. He formed the Triple Alliance with AH adn Italy, as well as a treaty w/ Russia

Franco-Prussian War

France was defeated in this war, and many believed that this would cause France to yearn for revenge

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

This man was assasinated in June 1914. He was the heir to teh AH throne

Schlieffen Plan

This was Germany's plan for winning the war on 2 fronts. It called for a rapid push through and quick defeat of France, and then a trun east to face Russia

Allies

This group consisted of Great Britain, France and Russia

Central Powers

This group consisted of Germany, AH, and other nations who fought on their side

trench warfare

This type of warfare consisted in fighting from trenches dug into teh battlefield

Western Front

Region of northern France where much fighting took place

Eastern Front

Region along the German-Russian border where much fighting took place

unrestricted submarine warfare

This consisted of using submarines to sink any ship without warning

total war

this is a war in which countries use all their resources for the war

rationing

this is the control of the amounts and kinds of good people can have, especially during war

propaganda

This is one sided info designed to persuade/raise morale for a cause

armistice

Agreement to stop fighting

Why did the US declare war on Germany

American ships were sunk due to Unrestricted Submarine warfare. This caused the American sto get angry. Then teh Brit's intercepted a secret message from G to Mexico asking them ally itself w/ Germany

Woodrow Wilson

President who proposed the Fourteen Points and represented the US at Versailles

Georges Clemenceau

France's premiere and delegate at Versailles

Fourteen Points

Wilson's plan for a just and lasting peace

self-determination

allowing people to decide for themselves about what kind of government they want (part of 14 Points)

Treaty of Versailles

Agreement at the end of WWI between G and the Allied Powers

League of nations

International group with the goal of keepin peace among nations

Who opposed the Treaty of Versailles and why?

The US never supported the treaty, or joined the League of nations. they didn't want G to nurse bitterness that would potentially lead to another war

Colonial people in Africa/Asia: no indepednence

Japan & Italy: Few territorial gains

How did imperialism lead to WWI

Imperialism created rivalry and distrust among Euro nations

How did WWI lead to revolution in Russia

Russia was already going through a hard time. The troops were not well supplied or fed, this created anger at home. The Czar was forced to fight on the fron tlines and leave his wife in charge. Turmoil insued

Proletariat

the workers

Bolsheviks

Group of revolutionaries led by Lenin

Lenin

Leader of the Bolsheviks and first ruler of the Soviet Union

Rasputin

eccentric monk assasinated b/e of his corrupt influence on the Russian royal family

provisional government

temporary govt led by Alexander Kerensky

soviet

local governing council

Communist Party

a political party practicing the ideas of Karl Marx and Lenin

Joseph Stalin

Revolutionary leader who took control of the Communist Party after Lenin

Alexander II

Czar who was killed in 1881 by radicals

Alexander III

Czar who took control of the Russian govt ager the last czar was assasinated. Reforms stopped, and he began persecuting the Jews

Nicholas II

Son of Alexander III. The Russian empire collapsed under him

Duma

Russia's first parliment est when Nicolas was forced to allow some reforms

Alexander Kerensky

led the provisonal govt. He hoped to keep Russia in WWI, but this decision cost him the support of the soldiers

What Crises did Russia face>

In the early 20th century, Rusian armies killed hundreds of hungry peasents who gathered to protest. The suffering caused by WWI was the final blow

How did Lenin bring back order?

Lenin started a new plan to bring back the econ. IT allowed for some private ownership of property. Changed Russia into a Communst nation

Totalitarianism

Govt that has total control over poeple's lives

Great Purge

Arrest, exile, or killing of thousands of suspected enemies of/within teh Communist Pary

command economy

Economy built by Stalin. The govt. makes all decisions abotu economic life

collective farm

large government owned farms

kulaks

Wealthy peasents who resisted working on collective farms

How did Stalin change Soviet society

Women enjoyed equal rights, and peopl in general were more educated. By the mid 1930's the soviet union had been transformed into a major political and economic power

Sun Yixian

One of the first leaders of the Kuomintant; the father of modern CHina

Kuomintang

Nationalist party of China that overthrew the Qing Dynasty

May Fourth Movement

Chinese nationalist protest against China's fate as decided by teh Treaty of Versailles

Mao Zedong

Leader of the COmmunist revolutiom in CHina

Jiang Jieshi

Leader of the nationalist party

Long March

Escape of the Communists to safety after being surrounded by nationalist forces

What did Chinese Nationalists want?

The overthrowing of the Qing Dynasty, the modernization of CHina

What finally united the Communist and nonCommunist forces?

The invasion by Japan

Rowlatt acts

Laws to prevent Indians from protesting British actions

Amritsar Massacre

The slaughter of Indians by the British

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Leader of the movement for Indian independence from Britian

civil disobedience

disobeying the law for the purpose of achieving some higher goal

Salt march

a march to the sea to protest Brish salt tax

Mustafa Kemal

Leader of Turkish nationalists who overthrew the last Ottoman sultan

Why did feelings of Nationalism increase in India during the 20th century?

1.) Second class treatment of Indians after WWI

2.) Rowlatt Acts

3.) Amristar Massacre

Rea Shah Palavhi

Persian officer who siezed power and changed Persia to Iran

Albert Einstein

Scientist who developed the Theory of Relativity

Theory of Relativity

Ida tha tas moving objects approach the speed of light, space and time become relative

Sigmund Freud

Physician who exposed the working sof the unconcious mind

existentialism

philosophy that says each person must make meaning in a world that has no universal meaning

Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher who dismissed reason, democracy and progress as empty ideas

surrealism

Art movement in which a dreamlike world, outside of reality, is portrayed or evoked

jazz

lively, loose form of popular music developed in the US

Charles Lindbergh

First person to fly alone across the Atlantic

Coalition govt

Temporary alliance of several political parties

Weimar Republic

Govt of Germany after WWI

the Great Depression

Severe economic downturn that followed the collapse of the US stock market in 1929

Franklin D. Roosevelt

President of the US during the Great Depression

New Deal

Roosevelt's program for creating jobs and improving the American economy

facism

political movement based on nationalism that goves power to a dicator and takes away individual rights

Benito Mussolini

Facist leader of Italy

Adolf Hitler

Facist leader of Germany

Nazism

German brand of Facism

Mein Kampf

Book by Hitler outlining his beliefs and goals for Germany

Lebensraum

Living space

appeasement

Giving in to keep the peace

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, and Japan

Francisco Franco

Spain' s facist dictator

Isolationism

Belief that political ties with other countries should be avoided

Third Reich

German Empire

Munich Conference

Meeting of World powers in 1938 that allowed Hitler to take part of Czechslovakia

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