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| 10002102577 | Joseph Stalin | Communist dictator of the Soviet Union Took control of USSR after Vlademeir Lennin Five-Year Plan to industrialize USSR Increase power of communist government Ambitious, gave government complete control over economy industrialization and changing economy Brutal leader: NKVD: Secret police to invoke terror From aristrocrats to common people Did create a lot of oppurtunities for women and obedient people | 0 | |
| 10002136165 | Five Year Plans | plans outlined by Joseph Stalin in 1928 for the development of the Soviet Union's economy. State control over the economy Collectivization of agriculture Stalin forced people to produce a certain quota in order to meet the demands put stress on laborers Did increase production concentrated on the development of industry increase in coal production, iron production, etc... | 1 | |
| 10002149120 | Collectivization | a system in which private farms are eliminated and peasants work land owned by the government. Transformed into public farms Worked on by peasants Workers had to meet quotas small private farms made into one big network and distribute what was left. A caused famine that killed millions of people after a bad harvest Plans went too far and completely devastated lower class. | 2 | |
| 10002178288 | NKVD | Soviet secret police agency, a forerunner of the KGB. Implemented a blanket of terror throughout all levels of society Has existed for a while under Russia Russian leaders used this for a while Tied best to Stalins ideals | 3 | |
| 10002189132 | Purges | Joseph Stalin's policy of exiling or killing millions of his opponents in the Soviet Union. Anyone who opposed Stalin's way of government or leadership was executed or sent to labor camps called gulags. | 4 | |
| 10002196307 | gulags | harsh Soviet labor camps often located in Siberia It was a lot of physical labor and shortages of food Horrible situations torture Part of "cult of personality" screamed "i will do whatever it takes to turn the country around as its leader" People loved Stalin A new leader who takes charge and promises to get you a job. Russia was rapidly industrialized Many more jobs | 5 | |
| 10002215829 | Great Depression | the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s. President Hoover and FDR were presidents during the Great Depression. While Hoover was in office GD took place, people started to like FDR, who was determined to heal the country Causes: Stock market fall Borrowed money Too many loans Spiraled out of control --------------------------- One out of every 4 were unemployed 25% unemployment: worst ever FDR helped economy New deal for American people reelected 3 times New Deal: Series of programs that gave Americans jobs. Just so they would have an income and be in the economy again Passed a lot of bills to create jobs paid farmers passed a lot of acts that helped workers "higher wages" "form unions" --------------------------------------------- Other parts of the world: Easier for France and Britain who could lean on their colonies Germany and Japan were hit very badly Russia was trying to build their economy India and China were aloof: did not suffer as much | 6 | |
| 10002264518 | Facism | a political system based on a strong centralized government headed by a dictator Implemented in Italy with Benito Mussolini Invented facism Anti-communist ,anti-capitalism,anti-democratic Millitristic nationalism | 7 | |
| 10002304219 | Adolf Hitler | Austrian born Dictator of Germany, implement Fascism and caused WWII and Holocaust. Despised communism and democracy and favored militristic nationalism Strong anti-semitism Hatred of Jewish people Holocaust Treaty of Versallies Brought back old feelings to people Led to Holocaust Outlawed all political parties, turned media into an insturment of propaganda created concentration camps and secret police: Gestapo Created Nazi Party Declared Fuher | 8 | |
| 10002321008 | Nazi Party | obsession with racial purity Anti-semitism Homosexuals, Africans, anyone who wasn't "Aryan" Believed that Europeans were the truest desendents Disabled people Physical handicaps Laws passed that forced Jews out of Law professions and medicine | 9 | |
| 10002338692 | Beginning of War What did Hitler do to inch towards war? | 1. Violated Treaty of Versailles Withdrew from League of Nations Introduced conscription Built up military and made an airforce Italy Invaded Ethiopia sent troops to rhineland Continued to invade when nobody did anything invaded Austria invaded Checoslyvakia | 10 | |
| 10002363799 | Appeasement | policy of giving in to an aggressor's demands in order to keep the peace. Described U.S, Britian, and France during this time Democracies had fear of war Feared communism more did they fear Germany Super manipulative | 11 | |
| 10002388372 | Red Scare | fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life | 12 | |
| 10079198140 | The Long March | A 6,000-mile long journey where Chinese Communists fled the Nationalists that took over the country. Lasted 368 days. - Mao Zedong chairmen of Soviet Republic of China - Nationalists lead by Chiang Kai-shek - The launched campaign against Mao - Zedong - Mao removed as chairmen of Republic of China - Communists fled | 13 | |
| 10079247413 | Chinese Civil War | The renewed war between Chiang's Nationalists and the Chinese Communists led by Mao Zedong. 1945-1949 Ended with the defeat of the nationalists and their exile to Taiwan Peoples Republic of China created New Constitution Communist principles and Mao's ideas | 14 | |
| 10079206192 | Mao Zedong | Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China Planned to redistribute land from wealthy to poor. His goal was complete social reform for China. | 15 | |
| 10079221552 | China in the 1920s | Civil War broke out between Nationalists and Communists. Communist leader: Mao Zedong Nationalist leader: Chiang Kai-shek. | 16 | |
| 10079234171 | Guerrilla Fighting | Small bands of fighters would weaken the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks. Communists employed guerilla tactics to resist nationalist campaigns in China. | 17 | |
| 10079257631 | Sino Japanese War | Japan gained Taiwan the war between Japan and China over control of Korea in 1894 - 1895 The marked emergence of Japan and demonstrated the weakness of Chinese empire | 18 | |
| 10079266996 | Second World War | 1939 - 1945 Allies vs Axis Allies: U.S. Britain, France, China, Soviet Union, Canada and Australia and New Zealand Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan Over half deaths were civilians Terror and strategic bombing genocide-Holocaust Led to Cold War Pearl Harbor D-Day United Nations | 19 | |
| 10079298181 | Start of WWII | Built up tensions between ally and axis powers Italy's invasion of Ethiopia Hitler's occupation of Chekoslovakia War between Japan and China Germany's invasion of Poland Britain and France Declare War on Germany u.s backed out at first Japan left League of Nations- added tensions Violated bunch of what was outlined in the treaty of Versallies Germany and Italy's intervention in the Spanish Civil War | 20 | |
| 10079331015 | Collective Security | agreement by a group of nations to defend the other in case of an attack on any member The Soviet Union entered into this policy with the West | 21 | |
| 10079338398 | Munich Agreement | the appeasement of Hitler, giving him the Sudetenland of the former Czechoslovakia. 1938 Signed by Britian and France Agreed to let Hitler take Sudetenland in exchange for his promise to expand to further 1939- Hitler invaded the rest of Czecholovakia and claimed Polish territory Embarressment to Britian and FRance Germany's invasion of Poland began WWII | 22 | |
| 10079365186 | Blitzkrieg | "Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939 in WWII Use of tanks and airplanes and the targeting directly at enemy territory Completely destroy the enemy | 23 | |
| 10079372045 | Hitler's victories | Victory over Poland in 6 weeks Defeat of Norway, Denmark, Belguim, Netherlands and France. | 24 | |
| 10079376966 | Battle of Britian | 1940-41- Series of bombing raids launched against British cities by the German air force Germany's failed attempt to subdue Britain in 1940 in preparation for the invasion Series of bombing raids launched against British cities by the German air force Axis powers were succeeded a lot because they had control of the seas use of radar. Britain were holding its own - Had economic aim from U.S and Canada. | 25 | |
| 10079390630 | Lend-Lease program | US policy to lend weapons to Allied nations during WWII. Lend now, pay later U.S claimed to be nuetral in 1941 by Franklin Roosevelt | 26 | |
| 10079404497 | Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. | Brought U.S into war Last straw for the U.S Decided to join Allied powers Axis powers were on a roll at this point Invaded soviet union-surrounded biggest city | 27 | |
| 10079413862 | 3 Stategic Ally victories | Battle of Midway: Battle of El Alamein Stalingrad | 28 | |
| 10079418700 | End of World War II | Axis powers collapsed in 1945 after allies gained complete control of the skies and instituted strategic bombing Bombing countryside to defeat civillians Japan surrendered after U.S dropped atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Radioactive affected people even after the bombing Civillian killed more New technologies of warfare Radar helped Britain Advances in airfare Long ranged Submarines Creation of the United Nations Much stronger than League of Nations | 29 | |
| 10079441851 | Holocaust | the mass murder of 6 million Jews by Germany's Nazi regime during World War II Use of concentration camps and city neighborhoods called ghettos Use of special action squads Idea of final solution: extermination of Jews was needed to make perfect Germany Led to Nuremburg trials against German Nazis for what they did Genocide defined for first time Universal declaration of human rights | 30 |
