An example of this was the quick build-up of French, German, and Russian troops before the war. Another example is the competition to build more warships between Britain and Germany.
What is militarism?
100
In 1917, this happened in Russia that got them out of the war.
What is the Russian Revolution?
100
This is an example of how the failures of Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations helped cause World War II.
What is Hitler rearming Germany, or allowing the Japanese to invade China?
100
This was involving or engaging in the deliberate crashing of a bomb-filled airplane into a military target.
What is kamikaze?
100
This was an association of nations to protect the independence of nations after World War I.
What is the League of Nations?
200
This was the complicated peace agreements between European nations before World War I that, instead of ensuring peace, lead to war.
What are the alliance systems?
200
In 1917, US troops went to the western front. This is how they helped turn the tide of the war.
What is give hope to the allies, or help win battles that lead Germany to realized they would not win?
200
This event stating in 1929, would cripple the world's economy and help cause World War II.
What was the stock market crash/Great Depression?
200
This was the idea of giving up without any terms or conditions decided upon beforehand.
What is unconditional surrender?
200
This man proposed the idea of the League of Nations.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
300
Before the war, Great Britain, France and Germany had colonies around the world. This was an example of...
What is Imperialism?
300
On November 9th 1918, this happened in Germany that helped end the war.
What is Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated (stepped down)?
300
This extreme pride and sense of superiority in one's country also helped lead to World War II.
What is Nationalism?
300
These are emergency rules made by the president which have the power of law.
What is executive order?
300
These countries were not members of the League of Nations at its beginning.
What are Germany, Russia, and the United States?
400
Many nations throughout Europe had pride for their country. Ethnic Serbs were opposed to Austrian rule because they believed they should have their own country. Pride in one's country is...
What is Nationalism?
400
On November 11th 1918, this agreement to lay down arms and pause the fighting happened.
What is an armistice?
400
Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and to a lesser degree Emperor Hirohito are examples of these types of leaders that rose to power before World War II.
What are totalitarian dictators?
400
This was a series of laws enacted in 1935 and 1936 to prevent U.S. arms sales and loans to nations at war. It was meant to keep us isolationist.
What are the Neutrality Acts?
400
This is why the League of Nations were unable to send troops to stop aggressive nations.
What is the lack of troops?
500
This event "spark"ed off the war in Europe in 1914.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
500
This was the peace agreement that ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
500
This is one example of appeasement before World War II.
What is allowing Hitler to take the Sudetenland, allowing Japan to take Manchuria, or allowing Italy to take Ethiopia?
500
This is characteristic of a political system in which the government exercises complete control over its citizen’s lives.
What is totalitarianism?
500
This is one official aim of the League.
What is discourage aggression from any country. Encourage co-operation in business and trade. Encourage disarmament. Improve working and living conditions for people across the world?