Unit 7
This event marked the beginning of WWII on September 1, 1939
What is the invasion of Poland?
Enacted in June 1947 to rebuild Europe into a prosperous and stable region, $12-13 billion in aid was offered to all nations in Europe as long as they refused communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
A policy of giving into aggression in order to avoid war
What is appeasement?
During WW2, this program allowed for America to loan military equipment to Allied nations
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
the organization created in 1945 with the goal of peacekeeping and promotion of prosperity.
What is the United Nations?
Coalition during World War I primarily composed of France, Russia, and later the United Kingdom, along with other countries.
What is the entente Powers?
the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group
What is genocide?
A movement to increase agriculture and industrialize China
What is the Great Leap Forward?
During conquest, one of the goals was to spread Catholicism and modernize the uncivilized natives. What motivation of imperialism does this example describe?
What is civilizing missions?
This US President made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan
Who is Truman?
This was a pledge of economic and military support to prevent the spread of communism, especially in Turkey and Greece.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
from approximately 1870 until the outbreak of World War I in 1914, almost all of this country came under the control of the major European powers.
What is the Scramble for Africa?
The goal of this work was to build an atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
Metaphor used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the tension between Communist and non-Communist states in Eastern and Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
System, which allowed people to be bought, sold and owned forever
What is chattel Slavery?