WHY!?!?
Why did Otto von Bismarck call the Berlin Conference?
To carve up Africa for colonialism
"L'Etat, c'est mois." ("The state, it is me.") -- Louis XIV reinforces the belief in what type of monarch during his reign?
Absolute/Absolutism
The year the stock market crashed.
1929
Treaty that ended the war and punished Germany.
Treaty of Versailles
Name one country that fell quickly to German control at the beginning of WWII.
France/Belgium
Why did Roosevelt believe that he could kick people out of latin America legally?
Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt Corollary
"The great questions of the day will not be decided by speeches and majority decisions.... but by blood and iron." -- Otto von Bismarck, 1862
What is von Bismarck arguing here?
Unification through military strength and warfare.
This organization condemned Japan's invasion of surrounding countrys
The League of Nations
What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact outlaw?
War
This policy allowed the US to loan weapons, troops, and money to its allies without getting involved in the war.
The Lend-Lease Act
Why was there such a high demand for coal during the Industrial Revolution?
The Steam Engine
"My children, when will you be free!?"- Father Miguel
what event is he referring to?
The Mexican Revolution
How did the Franco-Prussian War begin?
von Bismarck's "Ems Dispatch" where he edited the telegram to France.
What was the purpose of the trench during WWI?
To keep soldiers safe from enemy fire.
This president's policy was containment after WWII.
Harry Truman/Truman Doctrine
Why did Philip II hate Elizabeth I so much!?
She killed his cousin Mary, she was Protestant, she was sponsoring the Netherlands in their war against him.
What happened immediately after this quote? "Either the government will be given to us or we shall seize it by marching on Rome."
Mussolini was made head of the government
What was the main goal of the Congress of Vienna?
Expand and promote Absolutism/Squash Enlightenment Ideas
This occurred directly after WWI and was spread by soldiers coming home from the war.
The Spanish Flu
Name one thing Hitler did almost immediately after becoming chancellor.
created a state church, built concentration camps, passed Nuremberg Laws, established the gestapo
Why were rulers so controlling during the 1700 and 1800s throughout Europe!?
They were practicing absolutism.
Why did Thomas Jefferson say the following:
"The less that is said about any constitutional difficulty, the better."
He did not believe the constitution gave him the clear ability to go through with the Louisiana Purchase
Led the Spanish forces during the Spanish Civil War
General Franco
The New Deal
A German Counterattack after the success of D-Day. It was their final push to win the war.
The Battle of the Bulge
Why did McCarthyism spread so quickly?
The television/fear of the Soviet Union
"We are not interested in the quarrel." What is the "quarrel" in this statement from Queen Victoria
The American Civil War
Mussolini created this party
Fascist
Name the three nations of the Triple Entente.
Great Britain, France, Russia
What country invaded Manchuria?
Japan