World War I
A fighting strategy that led to many lives being lost
a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state
Totalitarianism
Giving into the demands of another person to keep them pacified
Appeasement
Speech by Winston Churchill describing the division in Europe with a democratic west and communist east
"Iron Curtain"
a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race
Apartheid
Ended WWI and set up the League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
a form of radical authoritarian nationalism that is characterized by dictatorial power and forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce
Fascism
Agreement signed between Nazis and Soviet Union, Stalin and Hitler would split the possession of Poland
Non-Aggression Pact
US strategy to prevent the spread of communism
Containment
a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe
European Union
Intended to be an international peacekeeping organization
League of Nations
The desire to end the fighting in WWI and the ruler refusing to make reforms (i.e the right to vote)
Causes of the Russian Revolution
Military tactic that uses air strikes and bombs overhead followed by tanks and land assault
Blitzkrieg
economic assistance provided to western nations to rebuild after WWII in the hopes of creating an alliance in the west and rejection of communism
Marshall Plan
powerful militaries, single-crop economies and sharp class divions
Obstacles to success in Latin America
Triggered the war, Austria wanted to punish the Black Hand group and wanted full access for investigation
Assassination of Francis Ferdinand
1934-1939: Great Purge, 5 year plan and suppression of civil rights
Josef Stalin
Hitler's last stand, crushing defeat for the German army
Battle of the Bulge
A Soviet driven military alliance that was formed as a reaction to NATO
Warsaw Pact
After conflict between the Hindu and Muslim factions in the country the nation was portioned to a Hindu-dominant India and Muslim-Pakistan
Indian Independence & Partition
Germany lost territory and was forced to reduce its army and had to pay France for the damages caused during the war
War Guilt Clause-Article 231
Devotion to the state and censorship of the press and criticism of the government
Benito Mussolini
Germany would be divided into four zones of occupation and be dealt with first and then Japan to end the war
Yalta Conference
In 19490 they became a communist nation which created the belief that is the US did not actively promote containment that a domino effect would take hold and country after country would fall into communism
China
sought independence from a European country that led certain leaders and organizations to emerge
Decolonization of Africa