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| 9046944058 | World War I | The "Great War" (1914-1918), in essence a European civil war with global implications that was marked by massive casualties, the expansion of offensive military technology beyond tactics and means of defense, and a great deal of disillusionment with the whole idea of "progress." |  | 0 |
| 9046944059 | Treaty of Versailles | 1919 treaty that officially ended World War I; the immense penalties it placed on Germany are regarded as one of the causes of World War II |  | 1 |
| 9046944060 | Woodrow Wilson | After World War I, this United States president sought to reduce the risk of war by writing the Fourteen Points that influenced the creation of the League of Nations. | 2 | |
| 9046944061 | Fourteen Points | A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I. |  | 3 |
| 9046944062 | Great Depression | A severe, world wide economic crisis which lasted from the end of 1929 to the outbreak of World War II. |  | 4 |
| 9046944063 | New Deal | A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression. |  | 5 |
| 9046944064 | fascism | A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition |  | 6 |
| 9046944065 | Mussolini | founded fascism and ruled Italy for almost 21 years, most of that time as dictator. He dreamed of building Italy into a great empire, but he led his nation to defeat in World War II (1939-1945) and was executed by his own people. |  | 7 |
| 9046944066 | Nazism | Adolf Hitler used fascism to create this type of government based on totalitarian ideas and was used to unite Germany during the 1930s. |  | 8 |
| 9046944067 | Weimar Republic | German republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy. |  | 9 |
| 9046944068 | Hitler | (1889-1945) Totalitarian dictator of Germany; his invasion of European countries led to WWII. He espoused notions of racial superiority and was responsible for the mass murder of millions of Jews & others in the Holocaust. |  | 10 |
| 9046944069 | Revolutionary Right | Also known as Radical Nationalism, this was a movement in Japanese political life ca. 1930-1945 that was marked by extreme nationalism, a commitment to elite leadership focused around the emperor, and dedication to foreign expansion. |  | 11 |
| 9046944070 | 21 Demands | A list of demands that sought to make China a Japanese protectorate | 12 | |
| 9046944071 | World War II in Asia | A struggle essentially to halt Japanese imperial expansion in Asia, fought by the Japanese against primarily Chinese and American foes.Highlighted by naval and air warfare. |  | 13 |
| 9046944072 | World War II in Europe | A struggle essentially to halt German imperial expansion in Europe, fought by a coalition of allies that included Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States. |  | 14 |
| 9046944073 | total war | A war that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefields. |  | 15 |
| 9046944074 | holocaust | A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled. |  | 16 |
| 9046944075 | Etty Hillesum | a young Jewish grad student whose diary was published after her death; gave messages of hope and the worth of each person | 17 | |
| 9058916245 | Nazi German | The group of people who believed in Nazism and supported the Nazi Party | 18 |
