Imperialism
What were the reasons for European imperialism?
Desire to spread culture to the 'uncivilized' world
Need for natural resources
Secure immigrant labor
What was the boxer Rebellion ?
A secret social society that opposed change to Asian culture
Lenin felt that Russia's problems could be solved by ?
A more representative government
What was the Island Hopping strategy taken by the USA on the Pacific Front during WW2? Describe it
Securing one island at a time
Using it as a base on the way to Japan
What was the policies of the Truman Doctrine and NATO?
always Contain the spread communism
During the Berlin conference (Think of the cartoon GB cutting the cake)
What were they basically doing?
Motives to divide Africa among European countries
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Causes of WW1
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Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
What was the state of Russia's government after the revolution and Russian civil war?
Utopian Socialist society
Allied invasion of Western Europe is signified by naming it what?
D-Day
What is the Iron Curtain?
Imaginary boundary that separated Western and eastern Soviet union communist and non-communist side of Europe
Describe the white mans burden
The belief that European whites needed to help those that were'nt white, become civilized. (basically justifying imperialism)
What was the main catalyst of the start of WW1?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
The Lend-lease act and Neutrality Act told us what about the relationship between America and Britain before Pearl Harbor?
USA Was willing to support Britain before Pearl Harbor attack
What was V day?
What was J Day?
Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day.
Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) would officially be celebrated in the United States on the day formal surrender documents were signed
What social class supported Mao Zedong's communist rule ?
Peasants
Steam ships traveling up rivers to avoid contact with indigenous people
Maxim Guns fire 600 rounds per minute
What do these two things have in common?
Both industrial revolution inventions used in Europe
In the early part of ww1, why was there a stalemate on the western front?
Trench warfare made it difficult for any one side to win
“Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives:
Yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
What was this speech about?
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Describe Genocide during Hitler's reign
Mass killing of Jews
Soviet response to NATO
Warsaw pact
Sepoy Rebellion was between what two countries ?
India and Great Britian
During the Russian Revolution, there was a failure in the new economic plan.... True or false?
FALSE!
What was the Bataan Death March ?
1942 forced march of USA and Filipino ww2 prisoners 63 miles to prison camps
What were results of the Nuremburg trials after ww2 ?
Those who supported Hitler in any way during his Reign of terror were held responsible
1962 Missile crisis was related to conflicts between USA and what two countries?
Soviet Union and Cuba