Russian Revolution
This political party, led by Lenin, took control in November 1917.
Bolsheviks
This event in 1914 started WWI
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Member of the Black Hand that assassinated the heir to the Austrian throne
Gavrilo Princip
This 1929 event marked the end of the Roaring 20s and triggered a worldwide Great Depression
U.S. stock market crash
This surprise attack in 1941 led the United States to enter the war.
Pearl Harbor
This secret police force was created by Lenin to eliminate opposition.
Cheka
This fighting style involved soldiers living and fighting in long ditches that stretched across western Europe
Trench Warfare
This advisor to the tsarina gained influence due to claims of healing the royal son.
Grigori Rasputin
This nickname was given to young women in the 1920s who challenged traditional behavior by bobbing their hair and wearing shorter dresses.
Flappers
The 1939 invasion of this country by Germany officially started World War II.
Poland
The ruling family of Russia that was overthrown by the revolution
Romanovs
Mutual defense agreements that turned a regional conflict into a global war.
Alliances
This American president launched the New Deal to fight the Great Depression
FDR
This name refers to October 29, 1929, when the U.S. stock market crashed
Black Tuesday
This 1944 invasion of Normandy was the largest amphibious assault in history.
D-Day
During the Russian Civil War, who were the Reds?
Bolsheviks/Communists
Payments Germany was forced to make after WWI
Reparations
The "Big Three"
FDR, Stalin, & Churchill
This New Deal program provided financial support for the elderly and unemployed.
Social Security
"Lightning War"
Blitzkrieg
Became dictator of Russia after the death of Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Prior to WWI, this area was known as the "Powder Keg" of Europe
Balkans
This British prime minister followed a policy of appeasement toward Hitler.
Neville Chamberlain
She wrote, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
This turning point battle in the Pacific stopped Japanese expansion in 1942.
Battle of Midway