Causes of WWI
The spark that ignited the Balkan “powder keg” was the assassination of
Who was the Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
A new type of fighting used in WWI behind rows of trenches, mines, and barbed wire.
What is Trench Warfare
The U.S. refused to join this organization at the end of WWI.
What was the League of Nations
Belief in the meaninglessness of existence and the importance of the individual.
What is existentialism
The weak, but democratic government in Germany after WWI.
What was the Weimar Republic
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire made up the
Who were the Central Powers
Great Britain entered the war after the German invasion of
What is Belgium
Full blame for the war was placed on this country
What is Germany
Philosophy that sees meaning in only those beliefs that can be empirically proven.
What is Logical Positivism
Economic problem created when the German government began printing money to pay striking workers in 1924.
What is Hyperinflation
The pre-1914 alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia.
What was the Triple Entente
Lenin’s radical and revolutionary arm of the Russian party of Marxist socialism.
Who were the Bolsheviks
President Wilson's 1918 peace proposal that called for open diplomacy, free trade, and national self-determination.
What was the Fourteen Points.
1924 plan to reduce Germany's reparation payments.
What was the Dawes Plan.
This event marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
What was the U.S. Stock Market Crash.
Policy involving building a nation’s armed forces in preparation for war.
What is Militarism
A war in which the government plans and controls economic and social life in order to supply the armies at the front.
What is Total War
State control during Russian Civil War was referred to as
What was War Communism
1928 multi-nation agreement that renounced war as a means of foreign policy.
What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact
This region had the most successful response to the Great Depression.
What is Scandinavia.
Germany declared this French colony a sovereign state in an effort to increase their trade opportunities.
What is Morocco
As part of Total War, this German law required all males between the ages of 17 and 60 to work only at jobs considered crucial for the war effort.
What was Germany’s Auxiliary Service Law.
The plan to allow Britain and France to "administer" former Ottoman territories, put into place after the end of WWI.
What was the Mandate System
When Germany refused to make its second reparations payment, France and Belgium occupied this area
What was the Ruhr District
The antifascist movement in France in 1936-1937, led by Leon Blum, was known as the
What was the Popular Front.