Enlightenment
This Enlightenment thinker argued that governments derive their power from the consent of the governed and that citizens have the right to overthrow unjust rulers.
John Locke
This document, heavily influenced by Enlightenment ideas, declared that “all men are created equal.”
United States Declaration of Independence?
The assassination of this Austro-Hungarian archduke triggered the start of World War I.
Franz Ferdinand
This Italian dictator established a fascist regime promising order and national strength.
Mussolini
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism around the world.
Containment
This concept of divided government authority into legislative, executive, and judicial branches was developed by whom?
Baron de Montesquieu,
This Haitian revolutionary led the successful slave revolt that created the first independent Black republic in the Americas.
Toussaint Louverture?
The “MAIN” causes of WWI included militarism, alliances, imperialism, and this fourth factor.
Nationalism
The policy of giving concessions to aggressive dictators in hopes of avoiding war is known as this.
Appeasement
This 1948 U.S. program provided billions of dollars to help rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
The Marshall Plan
In The Social Contract, Rousseau argued that sovereignty belongs to this group rather than a monarch.
The general people!
This South American leader, known as “El Libertador,” helped free Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia from Spanish rule.
Simon Bolivar
Germany’s military plan to quickly defeat France before fighting Russia in World War 1 was known by this name.
Schlieffen Plan
Followers of Mussolini known for spread terror around Italy
The Black Shirts
This failed 1961 invasion by Cuban exiles, supported by the United States, strengthened Castro’s relationship with the Soviet Union.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Voltaire was best known for defending this Enlightenment principle, especially against censorship and religious persecution.
Freedom of speech/religious tolerance
This document declared that “men are born and remain free and equal in rights” and became a foundation of revolutionary ideals in France.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
This battle marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific after the United States destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers.
The Battle of Midway
This German democratic government, established after WWI, struggled with political extremism and economic instability throughout the 1920s.
Weimar Republic
This secret agreement helped end the Cuban Missile Crisis by involving the removal of American missiles from these NATO countries near the Soviet Union. (Must list both)
Italy and Turkey
This enlightened ruler of Prussia called himself the “first servant of the state” while still maintaining absolute power.
Frederick I
During the Reign of Terror, this radical Jacobin leader used the guillotine extensively against suspected enemies of the Revolution.
Maximilien Robespierre
This Soviet city became the site of a brutal battle widely considered the turning point on the Eastern Front.
The Battle of Stalingrad
This failed 1923 coup attempt by Adolf Hitler resulted in his imprisonment, during which he wrote Mein Kampf.
Beer Hall Putsch
This Soviet policies of restructuring and openness, introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev, contributed to the end of the Cold War. (Must name both)
Glasnost and Perestroika