WWI
France, Russia, Great Britain (and eventually the U.S) made up the
Allied Powers or Triple Entente
The country punished severely by the Treaty of Versailles and as a result was in economic turmoil in the 1920s
Germany
The attack here prompted the U.S to join WWII
Pearl Harbor
A competition in which superpowers compete by stockpiling large amounts of weapons was known as
Arms Race
A Soviet influenced country was known as
Satellite State
The partnership formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Central Powers or Triple Alliance
Worldwide struggling economies after WWI and the US stock market crash led to
Great Depression
The full scaled allied invasion to liberate France during WWII was known as
D-Day
The strategy of providing aid to Europe to rebuild from the destruction of WWII
Marshall Plan
What ends the Great Depression for the United States?
WWII
What was the spark that led to the outbreak of WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The first Five-Year Plan was initiated by what dictator?
Stalin
The Germany military strategy during WWII in which they conducted swift sudden attacks with tanks, planes and soldiers simultaneously was
Blitzkrieg
Winston Churchill's famous speech that spoke of the divide between Communist east and Capitalist west
Iron Curtain
What are the 4 main causes of WWI?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
This proposal was made by a German official that Mexico attack the United States in return for territory
Zimmerman Note
These mandates deprived German Jews of citizenship and other basic rights were known as
Nuremberg Laws
One of the two cities that had atomic bombs dropped on them by the U.S
Hiroshima or Nagasaki
The idea that if one country falls to communism, then neighboring countries would fall as well was
Domino Theory
Mao's Little Red Book and the abandonment of the four old's of Chinese society was a major part of what Chinese Communist Era?
Cultural Revolution
The group of communists that led a revolution in Russia during WWI that forced them to pull out of the war was
Bolsheviks
American foreign policy during the interwar period was referred to as
Isolationism
The final event that led to WWII's official beginning in Europe was the German invasion of what country
Poland
The failed attempt to overthrow Communist Cuban leader Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs Invasion
International peacekeeping organization created after WWII
United Nations