China
A leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and a central figure in the Chinese Civil War.
Mao Zedong
A leader of the Indian peaceful protest movement against British rule.
Mahatma Gandhi
A fascist leader who skillfully exploited postwar German grievances.
Adolf Hitler
Totalitarianism
The symbolic leader of Japan; he was allowed to keep his position after WWII.
Emperor Hirohito
A conflict that pitted Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese Nationalist Party against the CCP; the Nationalists initially held the upper hand thanks to their better-equipped military and control over urban centers.
The Chinese Civil War
This brutal event took place in April 1919 after a large crowd gathered to peacefully protest British rule at the Jallianwala Bagh.
The Amritsar Massacre
In 1938, Hitler annexed this independent country.
Austria
An Italian fascist leader who founded the National Fascist Party in 1919.
Benito Mussolini
The military leader of Japan during WWII whose rule was characterized by authoritarianism and discipline.
Hideki Tojo
An uprising that culminated in the overthrow of the ruling Qing Dynasty (I need a year in your answer!), and laid the foundation for the establishment of the Chinese Republic.
The Chinese Revolution of 1911
A pivotal moment in Persia's (Iran's?) history that led to the establishment of a modern Iranian nation.
Reza Pahlavi's 1921 Coup
An event that Hitler capitalized on to consolidate his political power and dismantle German democracy.
The Reichstag fire (Der Reichstagsbrand)
A 1922 mass demonstration and coup d'etat that resulted in fascism's seizure of power in Italy.
The March on Rome
In 1931, Japan invaded this region of China.
Manchuria
A student-led effort that sought to modernize China and resist foreign influence. Culminated in mass protests and a boycott of Japanese goods.
The May Fourth Movement of 1919
A series of laws instituted in February 1919 allowing political actors to be tried without a jury.
The Rowlatt Acts
In 1936, German troops reoccupied this part of western Germany, a flagrant violation of the Versailles Treaty.
The Rhineland
During this conflict, fascist Italy conquered Ethiopia. This conquest embodied Mussolini's aggressive, imperialistic foreign policy.
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-37)
Frustration over the perceived unequal treatment in the international arena, economic challenges, and political divisions fueled this ideology in interwar Japan. The authoritarian prime minister, Hideki Tojo, became a symbol of this philosophy.
Japanese militarism
During the Chinese Civil War, CCP forces embarked on this strategic retreat covering thousands of miles; became an important galvanizing symbol for Chinese Communists.
An act of nonviolent civil disobedience against British laws prohibiting Indians from collecting or selling their own salt.
The 1930 Salt March
In 1938, the European powers (led by Neville Chamberlain) agreed to grant Germany this largely German-speaking segment of Czechoslovakia.
The Sudetenland
This group was the primary target of Stalin's collectivization initiative in the countryside.
Kulaks (wealthy, landowning peasants)
The Japanese sought to expand its Empire primarily to secure more...
Resources, particularly steel and oil.