World War II
City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.
What is Hiroshima?
An American inventor who is best known for the inventions of the electric light bulb, phonograph, and motion pictures.
Who is Thomas Edison?
July 4, 1776; the document that America used to claim its independence from Britain while still at war; listed enlightenment ideas and what the colonies wanted from their independence versus what they had
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Due largely to the political turmoil in France, this revolution was a violent struggle among ethnic and enslaved groups in an attempt to limit race discrimination. Napoleon's troops failed to suppress the revolt.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
What is Colonialism?
Surprise attack by the Japanese on the main U.S. Pacific Fleet harbored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii destroyed 18 U.S. ships and 200 aircraft.
What is Pearl Harbor?
English political philosopher who argued that governments were created to protect life, liberty, and property and that the people had a right to rebel when a monarch violated these natural rights
Who is John Locke?
Created by the leaders victorious allies Nations: France, Britain, US, and signed by Germany to help stop WWI. The treaty stripped Germany of all Army, Navy, Airforce. Germany had to repair war damages Germany had to acknowledge guilt for causing WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
In 1839-1842 when the negotiations between the Chinese and British came to a stalemate, this revolution broke out. The obsolete Bannerman soldiers and the Qing lack of navy led to British victory when the invaders approached Nanjing, the former Ming capital at this event.
What are the Opium Wars?
The manufacture of many identical products by the division of labor into many small, repetitive tasks.
What is mass production?
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO
What is the Warsaw Pact?
Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists. Established China as the People's Republic of China and ruled from 1949 until 1976.
Who is Mao Zedong?
Simon Bolivar wrote this letter from Africa after he was exiled describing how he envisioned latin America being run successfully.
What is the Jamaica Letter?
A civil war caused by social unhappiness and foreign intrusion. Capturing Nanjing in 1853, the movement grew to include Chinese who were opposed to Manchu rule.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
The exaltation of the powerful over the weak, men over women, rich over poor, Europeans over other races, and humans over nature. These ideas gave a scientific-sounding justification for the power of the privileged.
What is Social Darwinism?
An international crisis in October 1962, the closest approach to nuclear war at any time between the U.S. and the USSR.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Chancellor of Prussia from 1862 until 1871, when he became chancellor of Germany. A conservative nationalist, he led Prussia to victory against Austria and France and was responsible for the creation of the German Empire.
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?
An uprising in China directed against foreign influence. It was suppressed by an international force of some eighteen thousand soldiers, including several thousand Americans. This paved the way for the revolution of 1911, which led to the establishment of the Republic of China in 1912.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
It opened to shipping in 1869 and shortened the sea voyage between Europe and Asia. Its strategic importance led to the British conquest of Egypt in 1882.
What is the Suez Canal?
First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Russia, in Moscow, in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.
What is Sputnik?
The most important military leader in the struggle for independence in South America. Born in Venezuela, he led military forces there and in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
U.S. foreign policy regarding domination of the Americas in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to take control of any independent state in North or South America would be viewed as "the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Japanese attack on Chinese capital from 1937-1938 when Japanese aggressors slaughtered 100,000 civilians in order to gain control of China.
What is the Rape of Nanking?
Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the 15th century until the corps was abolished in 1826.
What is a Janissary?