Jews
With the widespread of anti-semitism in Europe, Theodor Herzl founded the idea that Jews were a nation and deserved the right to have self-determination in their ancestral homeland known as ‘Zion’.
What is Zionism?
A total of 12million people were murdered, half of those being Jewish people in concentration camps
what is the Holocaust?
We found out the Cubans had missiles pointed at us through a Spy Plane
what is the Cuban Missile Crisis
Laws set by the Nazis restricting Jewish privilege.
What are the Nuremburg Laws?
Allies told Hitler he shouldn’t be doing the things he’s doing. Appeasement: they let him do it anyway.
What is the munich conference and appeasement?
27 countries come together to avoid future war
What is the European union?
us and USSR tried to be better than each other in _____ races
What are Space races?
Russia wants Ukraine to be communist but Ukraine wants to join NATO
What is the Russo-Ukraine war?
Poor places housing hundreds of people often residing under one religion or race
What are Ghettos?
Germany had been on the losing side of WW1, so when he came along he said he could fix everything with the NAZIS (National Social German’s Workers). In the 1930s, he made himself chancellor with a brief bit of bribery that made it look like Hitler didn’t have as much power as he did. With some propaganda as well, ___ was voted and made Germany into a Fascist German country.
Treaty where nations talk it out like adults before going straight to war.
What is the United Nations?
Airlift: a system of resources being brought from West Berlin to East Berlin; every 3 minutes, a plan would land and drop supplies. West Berlin couldn’t fight back because that would mean war, so instead they built the Berlin wall.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union and introduced two major reforms: Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring). Glasnost allowed more freedom of speech and government transparency, while Perestroika aimed to reform the economy and make it more efficient. These changes unintentionally weakened the Soviet government’s control, leading to rising demands for independence in Soviet republics and more political freedoms. This ultimately contributed to the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev - Glasnost & Perestroika?
The night of Shattered Glass- Jewish shops were torched and broken into by the Nazis. Streets were covered with glass, which is how it got its name because of all the shattered shop windows.
What is Kristallnacht?
Germany invades Poland with its good friend Russia
What is the beginning of WW1?
After WW2, the Nazis were put on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity on November 20, 1945. 12 Nazis were sentenced to death, and 3 acquitted (or not guilty), others imprisoned.
What are the Nuremburg Laws?
pouring money into western Europe to help with repairs after WW2
What is the Marshall Plan?
Communist version of NATO
What was the Warsaw pact?
Camps that held the Nazis political rivals, along with Jews and men suspected of homosexuality.
What are concentration camps?
Germany got a cool new fighting style called Lightning War. AKA they went speedy quickly while invading with their new tanks and planes; tanks were an invention by Germany in WW2.
What is Blitzkrieg?
when American troops landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. This was the turning point in WW2, we freed France from German rule and started pushing back against the Axis powers.
What is D-Day?
stop communism spreading and support/fund any capitalistic countries trying to fight communism
What is the Truman Doctrine?
soldiers blocked off roads to stop Americans from getting into Korea via vehicle
What is the Berlin Blockade?