Start of WWI
What event is considered the "spark" of WWI?
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Who created the Fourteen Points, represented the U.S. at the Treaty of Versailles, and tried to get the U.S. to join the League of Nations?
President Woodrow Wilson
Dictator of the USSR who collectivized private property under his Five Year Plans, resulting in the death of millions.
Joseph Stalin
FDR's plan for saving the U.S. from the Great Depression through relief work.
New Deal
Hitler's elite guard that he created to protect himself.
The SS
List the four MAIN causes of WWI.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
What was the importance of the Zimmerman Telegram during WWI?
Germany tried to get Mexico to start a war with the U.S. to keep them out of the war in Europe.
The last czar of Russia who abdicated the throne in 1917 and was later murdered by the Communists.
Nicholas II
Cubism
The Fascist dictator who rose to power in Italy.
Benito Mussolini
Due to the failure of Kaiser Wilhelm II, which three countries formed the Triple Entente against Germany?
Britain, France, Russia
Who commanded U.S. forces during WWI?
General John Pershing
Leader of the Bolsheviks in Russia who overthrew the government in 1917 during the Communist Revolution.
Vladimir Lenin
The idea of selective breeding and sterilization to make a superior human race.
Eugenics
Which is not true about Hitler's rise to power? a) He strong-armed votes to become dictator, b) he had charisma and good leadership skills, c) he exploited anger over the "war guilt" clause, d) he had support from Communists
d) he had support from Communists
Instead, Hitler made it clear that he was anti-communist.
Which country did NOT fight for the Allies in WWI? a) U.S., b) Italy, c) Ottoman Empire, d) France
c) Ottoman Empire
Which new weapon used during WWI was banned in 1925 because it was considered uncivilized?
poison gas
Who was the German officer that pushed back the Russians on the Eastern Front during WWI?
Paul von Hindenburg
A philosophical movement that denied God's existence and universal truth, while focusing on subjectively choosing the purpose to life.
Existentialism
1) suppression of individual rights, 2) use of propaganda, 3) use of secret police, 4) one-party system
The alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottomans during WWI was called ___.
the Central Powers
This document was signed after WWI as a pledge for nations to not make war an instrument of national policy.
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Why did Russia get involved in the Balkan state before WWI, contributing to the region's unrest?
Russia considered itself the defender of "brother Slav." Russians and people in the Balkans were both Slavs.
Scientist who developed psychoanalysis for treating trauma and thought the mind has three levels of consciousness.
Sigmund Freud
Which is NOT true about fascism? a) glorifies the state, b) focuses on class struggle, c) focuses on national interests, c) government regulates the economy but does not own businesses
b) focuses on class struggle
Fascism often focuses on race struggle, not class struggle. Unlike communism, it does not seek a classless society.