Unit 9 History Terms (For Exam)
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- Duma
- russian parliament
- Truman Doctrine
- President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
- Karl Marx
- German journalist and philosopher, founder of the Marxist branch of socialism. He is known for two books: The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital
- Hitler
- nazi dictator. plan to conquer the world. claimed germans superior. ordered 12 million people killed
- Nazi
- party created by hitler. highly nationalistic anti communist.
- Marshall Plan
- a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)
- Alexandra
- She took over the everyday running of the government, while nicholas was running the war.
- socialism
- system whereby the government owns all industries and runs them for the benefit of all people
- Peter
- ("_____ the Great") ruled from 1682 to 1725. Built the grand city of St. Petersburg. He was a Russian Czar.
- Bolsheviks
- people who follow Lenin. They became known as the Red Army, and fought the White army in civil war.
- totalitarian state
- it is where the government has complete control over people's lives.
- appeasement
- the policy of talking things out as opposed to war
- triple alliance
- formed in 1882 by Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy
- Catherine
- ("_________ the Great") Came to power in 1762. Supported learning and the arts, but did little to improve the lives of the Russian people.
- Berlin Wall
- a wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West
- detente
- relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China
- stock market
- this thing crashed and caused the great depression.
- central powers
- another name for the triple alliance
- Allied powers
- another name for the triple entente
- Lenin
- follower of karl marx. people who folllow lenin are known as bolsheviks. Leader of the red army. Motto was "Peace, land, and bread."
- Gestapo
- nazi secret police
- reparations
- money given to rebuild war-torn warzones
- conscription
- the drafting of young men to serve in the armed forces for a set numbet of years
- militarism
- strong interest in armed power
- Yalta Conference
- where Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill debated Germany's consequences for losing WWII
- command economy
- stalin created this by placing all parts of the economy under government control
- propaganda
- hitler used - is the spread of info or rumors to help or hurt a cause
- Winston Churchill
- British statesperson, author, and prime minister of Britain from 1940 to 1945
- armistice
- agreement to stop fighting
- Archduke Ferdinand
- future ruler of austria hungary. he was visiting the Bosnia capital, Sarajevo, when a young serbian nationalist shot and killed him and his wife
- social security act
- created by the new deal. gave money to people that were retired, disabled, or unable to work.
- purges
- What Stalin ordered all who opposed him to be killed or put in prison
- VE Day
- the day Allied forces won the war in Europe and essentially won WWII
- Fascists
- members of the political party that stress strong government control, military strength, and intense nationalism
- inflation
- a continuing increase in prices (in germany, money was worthless)
- Fourteen Points
- A peace agreement thingy where countries had to reduce arms, have more open peace agreements (instead of secret ones), and wilson wanted the nations of thw world to form an international association to keep the peace.
- Roosevelt
- had bold ideas to save the economy (new deal)
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- the 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba
- iron curtain
- a political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region
- Limited War
- a small scale war without nuclear weapons that involves just one area of the world
- Great Depression
- worst economic decline in the world's history
- Anti Semitism
- hatred for Jews
- nationalism
- strong feelings of pride in a nation
- Treaty of Versailles
- A treaty that agreed to some of wilson's points, but for the most part, it was very different from what wilson wanted. Germany had to take full responsibility for the war
- Wilson
- A president during WWI. Came up with the Fourteen Points which ensured peace.
- Nicholas II
- ("________ II") Ineffective leader of Russia during WWI. Russia suffered defeat under him.
- tariff
- a tax on goods and services
- czar
- means caesar, or ruler
- Pearl Harbor
- An inlet on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii; site of the Japanese bombing attack that brought the United States into WWII
- communism
- everything owned by the government so that no one starves but no one lives with too much money
- collectives
- large farms on which people worked together as a group (forced by Stalin).
- Ho Chi Minh
- vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969)
- D Day
- the first time the Allies had a victory in Europe by taking Normandy; also the first time they beat the Germans
- Cold War
- " War of words and threats" between the US and USSR from 1945-1990. It was a political and economic stuggle between these nations.
- Holocaust
- the mass extermination of Jews by Hitler and the Nazis
- triple entente
- France, Russia, and Britain
- Stalin
- took over the USSR after Lenin died. Had a goal of making the USSR the leading industrial nation.
- new deal
- roosevelt's program to boost the economy. gave money to farmers for them to keep their land. he created millions of new jobs.
- Mussolini
- Italian dictator and Fascist prime minister of Italy
- parliament
- an assembly of people who meet to vote
- super race
- Aryans