World War I
These are ideas, allegations, and other information that is spread deliberately to further a cause or damage an opposing cause, and that is often exaggerated or false.
What is propaganda?
This was an order from Lenin to the secret police to arrest any person suspected of being an enemy of the revolution.
What is the Red Terror?
This is the sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group.
What is a coup (coup d’état)?
This military tactic combined swift, massive, and highly coordinated attacks by planes, tanks, and infantry to overwhelm and quickly conquer an enemy.
What is Blitzkrieg?
Loudermilk's favorite band and baseball team have "roots" in this city in the SF Bay Area.
What is Oakland?
This German tactic eventually drew the United States into World War I.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
They were the last czar to rule Russia.
Who is Nicholas II?
This person organized a new political movement known as fascism in 1919.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
Japan invaded this area between 1931 and 1940.
What is China?
Both Mr. Loudermilk and Mr. Grant drive a white car made by this auto manufacturer.
What is Toyota?
With this plan, Germany planned to win the war by quickly knocking France out of the fighting.
What is Schlieffen Plan?
The February Revolution resulted in Nicholas II doing this.
What is abdicate?
This economic factor helped to radicalize German society in the years after World War I.
What is hyperinflation (out of control inflation)?
The German term refers to Hitler’s annexation of Austria.
What is Anschluss?
As a band geek for all four years in high school, Loudermilk played in this specific section in his Honors Wind Ensemble class.
What is percussion?
This 1928 agreement, made by U.S. & French officials, outlawed war as a foreign policy instrument.
What is the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
After the Civil War, the government took over all private businesses and industries and dictated what was to be produced. The economic policy was known as this.
What is war communism?
The Nazis gradually took power in Germany by this action.
What is by parliamentary elections?
After Japan’s attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, the United States entered World War II on the side of this group.
Who are the Allies?
Mr. and Mrs. Loudermilk were married in this Asian Capital City, known for it's kimchi, a very violent Netflix show, and the hit single, "Gangnam Style."
What is Seoul?
As Ottoman power declined, this geographic region became unstable due to ethnic nationalism among Balkan peoples.
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
This political party differed from the Mensheviks because they believed that professional revolutionaries from the intelligentsia would have to lead Russia's proletariat to revolution.
Who are the Bolsheviks?
The regimes that arose in the Soviet Union under Stalin, in Italy under Mussolini, in Germany under Hitler, and in Spain under Franco in the years after World War I were similar in that they were all this.
What is totalitarian?
The Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 was the first naval battle in history fought entirely with planes based on these.
What are aircraft carriers?
Loudermilk and this actor, known for his role in films like Toy Story, the Terminal, and the Green Mile, both attended Chabot Community College in Hayward (during different times).
Who is Tom Hanks?