World War I & the Interwar Years
This massive conflict widened as alliances and military mobilization pulled more countries in.
What is World War I?
An understanding or alliance between countries.
What is an entente?
Soldiers fought along a battle ______.
What is front?
Alliance commitments helped turn a regional crisis into this much larger conflict.
What is World War I?
This heavy weapon caused enormous destruction during World War I.
What is artillery?
Trench warfare created this situation where neither side could make meaningful progress.
What is a stalemate?
Preparing and organizing armed forces and resources for war.
What is mobilization?
Governments sometimes issued a final demand known as an ______.
What is an ultimatum?
Rapid mobilization made the crisis harder to do this.
What is keep limited?
This ideology rose to power in Russia after World War I.
What is communism?
This worldwide economic crisis caused unemployment, poverty, default, and shantytowns.
What is the Great Depression?
A settlement of makeshift housing associated with severe poverty.
What is a shantytown?
Merchant ships sometimes traveled together in a protected ______.
What is a convoy?
The Great Depression caused unemployment and poverty, which increased demands for this.
What is stronger government action?
The United States later returned strongly to this policy of avoiding deep foreign involvement.
What is isolationism?
Economic hardship and political instability helped these governments gain support by promising order.
What are totalitarian governments?
Government-funded construction projects designed to serve the public and often create jobs.
What are public works?
Artists and writers living outside their home country could be called an ______.
What is an expatriate?
Fear, political conflict, and dissatisfaction helped authoritarian leaders gain support by promising this.
What is order?
This discriminatory housing practice denied or limited loans and services to certain neighborhoods.
What is redlining?
World War I and the Great Depression together helped reshape this during the years between the wars.
What is politics?
A political system seeking extremely broad control over public and private life.
What is totalitarianism?
Totalitarian governments used ______ to shape and control public opinion.
What is propaganda?
Economic hardship plus propaganda and state control helped produce the rise of these systems.
What are totalitarian governments?
Governments sometimes sought this protective area around their borders.
What is a buffer zone?