WWI
What does MAIN stand for?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism.
What was the Great Depression?
A world-wide economic downfall.
What was fascism?
A political system that appealed to extreme nationalism, glorified the military and armed struggle, and blamed problems on ethnic minorities.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
A German leader in 1900's that made it his duty to "exterminate" all "impurities" in order to make a "pure race."
What was the Mandate System?
A system created to rule the colonies and territories of the Central Powers, enabling Allied countries to increase their imperial holdings through a new form of colonization.
What was WWI also known as?
The Great War.
What is deficit spending?
Spending more than the government takes in.
What happened during the Russian Civil War (1918-1921)?
Hundred of thousands of Russians revolted against the government, urban factory workers and sailors went on strike, and peasants began to hoard their food stocks.
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
He was the founder of the Bolshevik Communist Party and led the November Revolution in 1917 which established a revolutionary soviet government based on a union of workers, peasants, and soldiers.
What is conscription?
Compulsory enlistment in the armed forces.
What were the WWI Allied powers composed of?
France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, and Greece.
What is corporatism?
A theory based on the notion that the sectors of the economy (the employers, the trade unions, and state officials) are seen as separate organs of the same body.
What is hyper nationalism?
A belief in the superiority of one's nation over all others and a single-minded promotion of national interests.
Who was Ghandi?
An Indian Nationalist and spiritual leader who developed the practice of nonviolent disobedience that forced Great Britain to grant independence to in in 1947.
What was the Holocaust?
An act of genocide in which the Nazis killed about 6 million Jews.
What were the WWI Central Powers composed of?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
What was the New Deal?
A group of policies and programs created by Roosevelt and his backers which, collectively, aimed to bring the country relief, recovery, and reform.
What is propaganda?
Communication meant to influence the attitudes and opinions of a community.
Who was Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
An Indian statesman who was the founder of Pakistan as a Muslim state.
What was self-determination?
The idea that people of the same ethnicity, language, culture, and political ideas should be united and should have the right to form an independent nation-state.
What was the League of Nations?
An organization in which all nations of the world would convene to discuss conflicts openly.
Who was John Maynard Keynes?
A British economist that rejected the laissez-faire ideal and concluded that intentional government action could improve the economy. He advocated for deficit spending.
What was the Munich Agreement?
An agreement that allowed Hitler to annex the Sudetenland in return for a promise that Germany would not take over any more Czech territory.
Who was Neville Chamberlain?
The Prime Minister of Great Britain. He is famous for appeasing Hitler at the Munich Conference.
What was the pact between Germany and Japan created by mutual distrust of communism in WWII?
The Anti-Comintern Pact.