Motives for Expansion
While Europeans migrated for a variety of reasons, most did so for
What are economic reasons.
The US used gun boat diplomacy against this country
What is Japan
The spark that ignited the Balkan “powder keg” was the assassination of
Who is 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 is the League of Nations.
Policies and beliefs influenced by nationalism, scientific racism and mass migration that gave preferential treatment to inhabitants over immigrants.
What is Nativism.
This meeting laid the ground rules for European colonization in Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
What are 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
The late 19th century drive by European countries to create vast political empires abroad.
What is New Imperialism.
A rebellion of traditionalist Chinese patriots who wished to expel all Westerners from China.
What is the Boxer Rebellion.
The pre-1914 alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia.
What is the Triple Entente.
Lenin’s radical and revolutionary arm of the Russian party of Marxist socialism.
Who are the Bolsheviks.
President Wilson's 1918 peace proposal calling for open diplomacy, free trade, and national self-determination.
What are the Fourteen Points.
Two mid-19th century conflicts between China and Great Britain, which were designed to "open" China to European free trade.
What are the Opium Wars.
Western belief in the duty to “civilize” non-white races.
What is the "White-Man's Burden"
Policy involving building a nation’s armed forces in preparation for war.
What is militarism.
This law required all males between the ages of 17 and 60 to work only at jobs considered crucial for the war effort.
What is Germany’s Auxiliary Service Law.
State control during Russian Civil War was referred to as
What is War Communism.
The restoration of the Japanese emperor to power in 1867, leading to the subsequent modernization of Japan.
What is the Meiji Restoration.
Bismarck’s alliance system was designed to maintain peace between Russia and Austria-Hungary, and isolate
What is France.
Germany declared this French colony a sovereign state in an effort to increase their trade opportunities.
What is Morocco.
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.
The plan to allow Britain and France to administer former Ottoman territories, put into place after the end of WWI.
What is the Mandate System.