Enlightenment
The Haitian, American, and French Revolution share these ideals.
Enlightenment
Characteristic of WWI and WWII, this is a war fought using all resources, military and civilian.
Total War
This "truce" ended WWI.
Armistice
Totalitarian dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924-1953
Joseph Stalin
Mary Wollstonecraft’s daughter—who shares her mother’s name—is famous for writing this book, which is often considered the first science fiction novel.
Frankenstein
Political ideology born from Enlightenment ideals with a focus on freedom for the individual, protection of basic rights/civil liberties, and representative government.
Liberalism
Endorsed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, this provided enfranchisement to women and was a symbol for the global women’s suffrage movement.
19th Amendment
This ideology was on the rise. It places the nation above the individuals, calls for a centralized government, dictatorial leader, and economic and social regimentation.
Fascism
A post-WWII plan that would provide financial assistance to Europe after WWII to help Europe rebuild.
Marshall Plan
In 1752, Ann Fanshawe —eldest daughter of the Mayor of London— wore a silk dress featuring designs of these two plants in reference to her father’s previous job as a brewer.
Barley and hops
A transition from the medieval worldview to a rational, secular, and materialistic one.
Scientific Revolution
A meeting between European Powers after the fall of Napoleon to restore the balance of power and assert principles of conservatism, including a policy of intervention.
Congress of Vienna (1814-15)
This form of debt servitude, alongside convict leasing, was iteration of systemic racism against the African American community into the 1940s.
Peonage
Humanitarian operation carried out by the U.S. and the UK to bring supplies to Germany’s capital during a USSR blockade shortly after the end of WWII.
Berlin Airlift
Emperor's of the Qing dynasty conducted “tours of inspection” in all corners of the realm engaging leading ______'s to accompany and record these tours.
Artists
Adam Smith, English Enlightenment thinker, felt that individuals should be able to pursue their own economic self-interest with little government involvement using this outlook.
Laissez-faire
Association of nations that would offer the mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to ALL nations; was rejected by the United States.
League of Nations
President Woodrow Wilson outlined his vision for creating a post war world that was “safe for democracy”—including a proposal for what would become the League of Nations— in this statement.
Fourteen Points
A meeting between Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin Roosevelt where Churchill and Roosevelt pressured Stalin to hold free elections in Eastern Europe
Yalta Conference
This queen of the United Kingdom famously adored miniature objects for her dolls houses and even commissioned book publishers to create miniature readable books.
Queen Mary of the United Kingdom (1910-1936)
English writer who wrote the Vindication of the Rights of Women and challenged views held by Enlightenment thinkers like Rousseau.
Mary Wollstonecraft
U.S. Presidential order that called for forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.
Order 9066
A series of riots due to increased racial tensions following WWI in nearly 30 cities across the U.S.
"Red Summer" 1919
Vietnamese nationalist and anti-colonialist who appealed to the U.S. for independence/right to be communist.
Ho Chi Mihn
The people of the Mandan tribe in North America were fond of this fermented meat that is similar to pepperoni.
Bison