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This economic class of people supported communism because they thought it would help dissolve the injustices that they faced under the Tsar’s rule.
What are peasants?
A component of total war used by governments to influence the attitudes and opinions of the public. Some examples include; posters, newspaper articles, and magazines.
What is propaganda?
The use of this newly developed type of technology resulted in the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What is the atomic bomb?
This act of genocide resulted in the deaths of about six million Jews. Jews, other persecuted groups, and Soviet Union prisoners of war were killed and put in mass graves, gassed in death camps, or worked to death in labor camps.
What is the Holocaust?
Because of this economic period after World War I, Governments had to impose high tariffs and taxes on imports in order to protect the very few jobs that were still left.
What is the Great Depression?
This man led movements in India that included civil disobedience to oppose British colonial rule. He believed that peaceful protests would make people see the injustice of British rule in India.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This person was the U.S. representative in the Big Three. He also heavily advocated for the establishment of the League of Nations.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Mexico had an abundance of this natural material, which provided them great wealth once they nationalized their production of it.
What is petroleum?
The attempted killing of a group of people based on their race, religion, and ethnicity.
What is Genocide?
This wealthy, innovative nation felt threatened by Europe’s fast-developing industrial power. This country also limited its trade with Europe because it viewed Europeans as less civilized.
What is China?
This attack on the United States by Japan encouraged women to succeed in jobs once thought to be done by men.
What is Pearl Harbor?
A political principle in which people of similar ethnicities, cultures, and more have the right to form their own independent nation and choose their own type of government.
What is self-determination?
The Soviet Union introduced collectivization of agriculture which resulted in famine and this form of death for millions.
What is starvation?
Hitler, the Nazis, and many other organizations supported the ideas of scientific racism and this form of hostility towards Jews, which is still present today.
What is anti-Semitism?
During the depression after World War I, this man rose to power in Germany after he made promises to help his country escape its economic depression and hyperinflation.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
Countries such as Russia, Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria were the only countries to allow this group of people to serve in the war. Russia even formed a battalion that was only composed of this group of people called the “Battalion of Death.”
What are women?
A national terrorist organization that sent out for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, on June 28, 1914.
What is the Black Hand?
This type of warfare tactic was used to defend against enemy fire. The use of this tactic also resulted in stalemates.
What is trench warfare?
Due to the rejection of Jews in Europe, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration. This declaration moved the Jews to their new permanent state in western Asia, which forcefully expelled Zionists from the land.
What is Palestine?
This policy was created to address the Great Depression in the United States. It brought new employment openings which helped economic issues. Its goal was to bring the country relief, recovery, and reform.
What is the New Deal?
After World War I, these movements erupted in colonies in South Asia and West Africa. The people participating had great pride in themselves, their culture, and their countries, which explains the name for these types of movements.
What are nationalist movements?
This organization, led by Vladimir Lenin, represented the revolutionary working class of Russia. In 1917, this communist organization seized power and set up a communist party with Lenin as the leader.
What are the Bolsheviks?
After World War I, soldiers returned home from the war and brought this illness home with them, which ended up becoming a pandemic in 1919 and killed over 20 million people.
What is the Spanish Flu/ Influenza virus?
This horrific act was against Muslims from Bosnia and Kosovo, killing or driving people who were not from the main ethnic group out of their homes.
What is ethnic cleansing?
In the Treaty of Versailles, the Allies forced Germany to pay for the war damages they caused during World War I. These payments were impossible to pay and led to Germany taking loans from the United States and over-printing money.
What are war reparations?