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| 5624285684 | monarchs of the great war | czar nicholas ii of russia, king george v of britain, kaiser wilhelm ii of germany | 0 | |
| 5624285685 | causes of wwi | nationalism, imperialism, alliances, militarism | 1 | |
| 5624285686 | the spark of wwi | gavrillo princep of the black hand assassinated archduke ferdinand of austria | 2 | |
| 5624285687 | july 28th | austria-hungary declared war on serbia | 3 | |
| 5624285688 | trench warfare | the soldiers dug trenches and fought in a stalemate for years | 4 | |
| 5624285689 | no mans land | the land in between the trenches | 5 | |
| 5624285690 | schlieffen plan | german army's plan for war against france and russia; would invade france because they couldn't fight the war on two fronts | 6 | |
| 5624285691 | trench foot | bacteria would eat the flesh of the soldiers feet because they were always walking in mud so their feet were always wet | 7 | |
| 5624285692 | zimmerman telegram | germany exposed; urging mexico to join the war and saying that they would aid them in regaining territory (texas, arizona, and new mexico) from the united states if they invaded it | 8 | |
| 5624285693 | battle of verdun | germans unsuccessfully tried to take verdun, france | 9 | |
| 5624285694 | convoy system | used to protect merchant fleets | 10 | |
| 5624285695 | unrestricted submarine warfare | german u- boats | 11 | |
| 5624285696 | lusitania | sunk by germans, 130 americans died; triggered united states into joining wwi | 12 | |
| 5624285697 | ottoman empire surrender in wwi | lost battles in the balkan peninsula | 13 | |
| 5624285698 | austria- hungary surrender in wwi | defeated in battle of vittorio in italy | 14 | |
| 5624285699 | germany surrenders | major flu outbreak, they were weak and pushed back to the borders of germany | 15 | |
| 5624285700 | 1919 | paris peace conference held; founded fascist party | 16 | |
| 5624285701 | the big four | president woodrow wilson, pm david lloyd-george of great britain, pm georges clemenceau of france, pm vittorio orlando of italy | 17 | |
| 5624285702 | war guilt clause | germany was responsible for war reparations but refused to pay them, forcing them to give up continental and colonial land holdings | 18 | |
| 5624285703 | treaty of versailles | guilt clause and german armed forces greatly weakened | 19 | |
| 5624285704 | political effects of the war | ending of major european monarchies, less land for austria-hungary, germany became weak socialist republic, russia became soviet union in 1922, japan continues to rise as a pacific power | 20 | |
| 5624285705 | fascism | a political movement that promotes an extreme force of nationalism, denial of individual rights, dictatorial one-party rule | 21 | |
| 5638446973 | october 1932 | mussolini marched with 30,000 to rome and demanded king to put him in charge | 22 | |
| 5638446974 | mussolini policies | abolished democracy, outlawed all political parties, jailed opponents, censorship | 23 | |
| 5638446975 | hitler policies | totalitarian state, SS arrested opposition, took command of economy, propaganda, deprived jews of rights | 24 | |
| 5638446976 | treaty of versailles effect on germany | rapid inflation and economy, loss of land, weak military | 25 | |
| 5638446977 | 1933 | hitler named chancellor of germany | 26 | |
| 5638446978 | mein kampf | "my struggle" written by adolf hitler | 27 | |
| 5638446979 | hitter's goals | master race, get rid of jews, slavs, and gypsies, and regain german lands | 28 | |
| 5638446980 | hirohito | japanese emperor who was an extreme nationalist and very popular with the people | 29 | |
| 5638446981 | hirohito policies | pulls out of league of nations, joined axis powers, pearl harbor | 30 | |
| 5638446982 | december 7, 1941 | pearl harbor attack by japan | 31 | |
| 5638446983 | doolittle raid | offensive against japan, boosted american morale | 32 | |
| 5638446984 | battle of the coral sea | japanese aimed to attack australian air bases but the united states intelligence gathered information and attacked japan with australia | 33 | |
| 5638446985 | battle of the philippines | usa won a major victory and japan would now be vulnerable to attack by air bases | 34 | |
| 5638446986 | battle if guadalcanal | the allies first major offensive in the pacific where the japanese were constructing an airbase | 35 | |
| 5638446987 | battle of iwo jima | very strategically important, emergency landing strip launched missions to allow for a sea and air blockade | 36 | |
| 5638446988 | general douglas macarthur | assigned to defend the philippines from japan | 37 | |
| 5638446989 | battle of okinawa | bloodiest battle in the pacific; part of the invasion force for japan; allies are victorious | 38 | |
| 5638446990 | the manhattan project | extremely top secret, helped develop the atomic bombs(oakridge, tennessee) | 39 | |
| 5638446991 | truman's ultimatum | truman told japanese leaders to surrender or they would face total destruction | 40 | |
| 5638446992 | august 6th, 1945 | hiroshima | 41 | |
| 5638446993 | august 8, 1945 | russia declares war on japan | 42 | |
| 5638446994 | august 9th, 1945 | nagasaki | 43 | |
| 5638446995 | august 14th, 1945 | japan surrenders | 44 | |
| 5638446996 | september 2, 1945 | japan surrenders on the battleship missouri | 45 | |
| 5638446997 | 1945-1991 | the cold war | 46 | |
| 5638446998 | cold war | ussr and usa in political conflict, military tensions, and economic competition | 47 | |
| 5638446999 | yalta conference 1945 | churchill, roosevelt, stalin; soviets feel alienated | 48 | |
| 5638447000 | the long telegram | ussr at war woth capitalism, wanted to use western marxists as allies | 49 | |
| 5638447001 | containment | policy in the usa to stop the soread of communism | 50 | |
| 5638447002 | truman doctrine | usa would support people resisting subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressure | 51 | |
| 5638447003 | nato | north atlantic treaty organization; usa and allies | 52 | |
| 5638447004 | warsaw pact | soviet union and allies | 53 | |
| 5638447005 | marshall plan | plan to rebuild europe after the war | 54 | |
| 5638447006 | korean war | usa took the side of south korea | 55 | |
| 5638447007 | dmz | demilitarized zone, most heavily guarded area in the world today | 56 | |
| 5638447008 | proxy war | war between parties using substitutes to fight each other | 57 | |
| 5638447009 | h bombs | bikini islands, extremely dangerous | 58 | |
| 5638447010 | october 4, 1957 | ussr launched sputnik; changed education in america and lead to intercontinental ballistic missles | 59 | |
| 5638447011 | berlin wall | put up to keep people from escaping communism | 60 | |
| 5638447012 | cuban missile crisis | cuba agreed to instal nuclear-armed soviet missiles; showdown at sea; resulted in withdrawal of missles in cuba and turkey | 61 | |
| 5638447013 | mad | mutually assured destruction; nuke for a nuke | 62 | |
| 5638447014 | tet offensive | caused americans to dislike their involvement in the vietnam war | 63 | |
| 5638447015 | ho chi minh trail | supplied viet cong, military supplies hidden, booby traps and sneak attacks | 64 | |
| 5638447016 | 1973 | the united states leaves vietnam | 65 | |
| 5638447017 | afghanistan | another proxy war between usa and ussr | 66 | |
| 5638447018 | 1980 olympics | usa boycotted because russia was hosting them | 67 | |
| 5638447019 | russia weak | equipment, tanks, and shoes were falling apart | 68 | |
| 5638447020 | star wars missile defense system | reagan planned to develop technology that can intercept enemy nuclear missiles | 69 | |
| 5638447021 | chinese protests | college students wanted democracy but they didn't know what it really was | 70 | |
| 5638447022 | november 9th, 1989 | berlin wall falls as a crowd of people start to dismantle it | 71 | |
| 5638447023 | 1991 | german reunification | 72 | |
| 5638447024 | collapse of soviet union | peaceful shift in power | 73 |
