WW1
What was the 14 point plan?
Plan by president Wilson to prevent another major war
What was a major factor to the decline of the world economy?
WW1
Who took control of Russia and began pushing them into the industrial age?
Joseph Stalin
What prompted the US to enter the war?
Pearl Harbor
What was the name of the Atomic Bomb project?
Manhattan project
What is generally looked at as the most immediate cause of WW1
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary
Who came to power in Germany during this time?
Hitler
Who was the Facist leader that took control of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
What book did Hitler write in prison?
Mein Kampf (my struggle)
Who was the most Famous American Ace?
Eddie Rickenbacker
What was the first battle of the war and who won?
Battle of the Marne, Allied powers
What happened to the American banks when European countries couldn't pay off their debt?
They closed
Who created the USSR and when?
Vladimir Lenin, 1922
Who did the Germans sign a nonaggression pact with that they betrayed?
Russia
What plane carried the A bomb over Hiroshima?
Enola Gay
Who was the most famous German Ace? (nicknamed the red baron)
Manfred Von Richtofen
What did FDR do to combat the great depression?
Created the new deal
What political system did many countries adopt after WW1?
Totalitarianism
Which country never formally joined the axis powers but helped in the invasion of the USSR?
Finland
Name 2 of the three programs of FDR's New deal
1. Federal Emergency Relief Administration
2. Agricultural Adjustment Administration
3. Public Works Administration
Name the 5 of the 6 countries that made up the allied powers (US is not one of them)
Serbia, Russia, France, Britain, Japan, Italy
What did Great Britain do to combat the Great Depression?
economic retrenchment, cut down on unnecessary spending
What did Russia's leader implement to push them into the industrial age?
5 year plan
What date (400pts) did Pearl Harbor get bombed and by who (100pts)?
12-7-1941
Who were the 4 main countries of the Central powers in WW1?
Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary