WWI
Whose death officially began WWI
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What were the two alliances called in WWII?
Axis and allied powers
When did the Great Depression Begin
October 1929
Who lost power after World War I?
The Ottoman Empire
Who were the Bolsheviks
Radical Marxists
What were the names of the two alliances at the beginning of World War I?
Triple Alliance and Triple entente
What was the name of the early alliance between Russia and Germany
Molotov-Ribbentrop (Hitler-Stalin) Pact
Which country was least affected by the Great Depression?
Soviet Union
Who were in the global superpowers prior to world War I (6)?
France, Britain, Russia, Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary
China became split between what two political groups
Nationalists and Communists
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
The German secretary Arthur Zimmerman reached out to Mexico promising financial support to invade the US, if Mexico provided support during the war and distracted the US.
What was the name of the German plan to invade the Soviet Union?
Operation Barbarossa
What British colony was pushing for self-rule (and later independence) during the Great Depression era?
India
What happened to global powers colonial rule after World War I?
Many colonies began revolting and pushing for independence
The peasant portion of the Mexican Revolution was led by...
Pancho Vill and Emilio Zapato
The League of Nations is the predecessor to what organization?
United Nations
The Battle of Britain was what type of warfare?
Plane/airforce
What did John Maynard Keynes argue
that to solve the Great Depression you need to create an economy with more government involvement
What are the characteristics of fascism (3)?
Rooted in racism
Based in extreme nationalism
Suppression of political opposition
What were the four outcomes of the 1917 Mexican Revolution?
Nationalization of the oil industry
A constitutional assembly
Free, compulsory education
Separation of church and state
World War I saw a shift in politics towards what?
Authoritarianism and Facism
Victory in Europe and Japan
How much of the US stock market value was lost during the Great Depression?
~$40 billion
This country's civil war caused early fascist v. non fascist tensions
Spain's civil war
What as the May Fourth Movement?
When university students held a demonstration in Tiananmen Square in Beijing to oppose the plan to give additional Chinese territories to Japan