Imperialism
The policy of one country's political, economic, or cultural domination over other territories.
What is imperialism?
The four main causes of World War I were Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and this.
What is Nationalism?
This was the treaty that ended World War I that made Germany accept blame for the war and pay reparations to the Allies.
What is The Treaty of Versailles?
This style of fighting means "lightning war" because it uses tank and air power to strike a blow against the enemy.
What is blitzkrieg?
Following World War II this atrocity of the Nazis was revealed to the world.
What is the The Holocaust?
The "Scramble for Africa" was the nickname for this conference.
This was the name of the fighting during World War I.
What is trench warfare?
This event took place at the end of WWI, ending the old monarchy and started a new communist government in this country.
What is the Russian Revolution?
This attack was the event that pulled the United States into World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The United States and Soviet Union were involved in this nearly 50 year conflict over the spreading and domination of democracy and communism.
This country was the only imperial power in Asia.
What is Japan?
All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel from this group of writers who discussed the horrors of what they saw in World War I.
What is the Lost Generation?
Prohibition, flappers, the Lost Generation, automobiles and jazz music are all associated with this time period.
What are The Roaring 20s?
These programs were developed by Stalin to stimulate the new command economy in the Soviet Union and increase industrial production.
What are the Five Year Plans?
This was the policy of attempting to contain the spread of communism in Europe after WWII.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
The causes for imperialism were political, military, Social Darwinism, humanitarian, religious, and this.
What are resources?
This is a deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the enemy that turns into a long, deadly battle.
What is a stalemate?
This is one event along with a run on banks is a major cause of the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
This was the huge multi-million dollar aide package given to Germany by the United States to help rebuild after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This was the belief used by Europeans to validate reasons for imperialism and promoted the ideology that Western ways of life and European races were superior.
What is Social Darwinism?
This was created by President Woodrow Wilson to resolve WWI and prevent future wars.
This is a centralized, authoritarian government which glorifies the state over the individual and is destructive to human rights.
What is fascism?
This type of war is one in which a nation's entire resources are channeled into the war effort.
What is total war?
This prompted the Japanese government to surrender to the United States and ended World War II in the Pacific.
What is dropping the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?