Events
Stalin’s effort in the 1930s to eliminate anyone he deemed to be a threat to him and his power
What is the Great Purge?
Meeting of European nations after the Napoleonic Wars in 1814-1815 to restore order and legitimate rule to Europe
What is the Congress of Vienna?
All means of production are owned by the government, no private property, everything is shared equally (in theory…), is usually led by a dictator
What is Communism?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What is the United States?
Opium War, China vs _______
What is England?
Hitler’s plan to systematically eliminate Jews
What is the Final Solution?
Agreement that ended the fighting in World War I
What is the Armistice?
Government by the people.
What is Democracy?
Benito Mussolini
What is Italy?
World War II, Allies vs ___________
What is the Axis Powers?
Wars fought by France in order to prove their might and expand the rule of the French Empire in the early 1800's.
What are the Napoleonic Wars?
The agreement that ended the second world war.
What is the Potsdam Conference?
Government has total control over its citizens’ lives.
What is Totalitarianism?
Louis XIV
World War I, Allies vs _______
What is the Central Powers?
The Catalyst "Spark" that caused World War I to begin.
What is the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
in 1854 giving the US access to Japanese ports
What is the Treaty of Kanagawa?
Monarch has all of the power and does not have to answer to anyone else.
What is Absolute Monarchy?
Henry of Navarre
What is France?
The Boxer Rebellion, China vs _______
What is England (Europeans)?
Revolution in Russia in November 1917, Executed the Czar and his entire family.
What is the Bolshevik Revolution (October Revolution)?
Instead of pure punishment - encouraged self-determination, future wars might be avoided. Woodrow Wilson believed that if victors punished losers, there would be resentment in Europe and future wars could result.
What is the Fourteen Points Plan?
Extreme nationalism and inequality, individual rights are suppressed, led by a dictator.
What is Fascism?
Henry VIII
What is England?
Taiping Rebellion, China vs _______