World War I
Officials intercepted this telegram written by Germany’s foreign secretary, stating that Germany would help Mexico “reconquer” the land it had lost to the United States if Mexico would ally itself with Germany.
What was the Zimmermann telegram?
Name any two of the principles Joseph Stalin used to build a totalitarian country in the U.S.S.R.
[name any two] What are a Police State, Propaganda and Censorship, and Religious or Ethnic Persecution?
In the 1920s and 1930’s, hundreds of thousands of African Americans left the South, and migrated to northern states in order to escape discrimination and find new economic opportunities. This event became known as the __________________.
What was the Great Migration?
Germany and the USSR signed a “nonaggression pact” near the beginning of World War II. They agreed to not fight each other; and there was a secret deal to split this country.
What was Poland?
In 1962, the U.S. and Soviets come close to full scale military conflict as Soviets try to build missile silos in this country.
What was Cuba?
In 1915, a German submarine, or U-boat, had sunk this British passenger ship. 128 U.S. citizens were killed, and the American public was outraged.
What was the Lusitania?
This commodity made the Middle East (Southwest Asia) so important in the 20th Century.
what is oil?
In 1927, he was the first person to fly an airplane alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
The number of Jews killed during the Holocaust in World War II is estimated to be this number.
What is 6 Million people?
In 1962, as Soviets tried to build missile silos in Cuba, these two factors had contributed to this confrontation. [name either]
[Name either] What were...
(1) the placement of US Missiles in Turkey (and Italy); and
(2) the “The Bay of Pigs” in which the USA had assisted in an attempted invasion of Cuba
Three "-isms" that lead to World War I (name any two).
What were Imperialism, Militarism, and Nationalism?
This Russian Czar abdicated his throne. He was the last of the Romanov Dynasty, which had ruled Russia for 300 years. The Czar and his entire family were later executed by the Bolsheviks.
Who was Czar, Nicholas II?
He was the US President during most of the Great Depression and most of World War II.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This German military action was a sudden mass attack, used in battles at the beginning of World War II. Germany overran much of Europe and North Africa using this tactic.
What was the “blitzkrieg”?
The name of the artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
What was Sputnik?
The assassination of this Archduke triggered the beginning of World War I
Who was Archduke Ferdinand?
This was a term used by Marxists/Communists, which means "Workers."
What is "Proletariat"?
The name given to the worldwide economic crash in the 1930's.
What was the "Great Depression"?
D-Day—June 6, 1944—was the invasion of this country, in order to liberate it from Germany.
What was France?
The USA responded to the USSR satellite, "Sputnik" by forming this government agency to lead the American side in the space race.
What is NASA (or National Aeronautics and Space Administration)?
This is what Britain and France wanted for Germany at the end of World War II
What is punishment?
This person was the totalitarian leader who ruled in the USSR during and after World War II.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
Before World War II, American president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, proposed the “______________,” a program of government reform to improve the economy, in order to help bring America out of the Great Depression.
What was the New Deal?
German President Paul von Hindenburg appointed this person as Chancellor of Germany in 1933.
Who was Adolf Hitler
In August 1961: the Soviet Union build a wall separating East and West Berlin to prevent people from fleeing Communist controlled Eastern Europe. The popular name for this structure was “__________.”
What was The Berlin Wall?