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9884868847Bolsheviks-Communists -Faction of Social Democrats in Russia -Rivals of Mensheviks -Seize Petrograd 19170
9884898361League of Nations-World organization to safeguard peace and foster international cooperation -Founded 1920 -Germany not allowed to join -Designed to solve conflict through diplomacy -U.S. doesn't join1
9884909127Allied Powers of WW1-France, Britain, Russia, Serbia, Italy, U.S., Belgium2
9884917630Mustafa Kemal Ataturk-Founder of Republic of Turkey3
9884928465Central Powers of WWI-Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, Ottomans4
9884934529Chiang Kai-Shek-Leader of Nationalist faction of Guomindang5
9884962939Fascism-Radical authoritarian nationalism -Suppression of opposition -Control of industry and commerce -Dictatorial power6
9884973032Great Depression-Mostly during 1930's -Began in U.S. -Severe worldwide economic depression7
9884987326Benito Mussolini-Founder of fascism in Italy8
9884992837New Deal, 1933-1937-Series of federal, public, and financial programs, reforms, and regulations enacted in the U.S. in response to the Great Depression9
9885003382Nonviolent resistance1\-Achieving goals/change through protests, civil disobedience, etc. while not being violent10
9885009723Joseph Stalin-Secretary of Communist Party of Soviet Union -Wanted to industrialize USSR to increase power of Communist Party + USSR in 5 years using Five Year Plans11
9885044160Mohandas Gandhi-Leader of Indian independence movement against British rule12
9885048705Apartheid-Policy introduced in South Africa in 1948 by National Party -Segregation and discrimination on the grounds of race13
9885056602Arab-Israeli War-1948, state of Israel vs. Arab states over control of Palestine14
9885065578Axis Powers of WW2Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia15
9885078152Berlin Wall-Built in 1961 by East German government to keep people from fleeing to noncommunist West Berlin16
9885140247Fidel Castro-Communist Cuban Prime Minister 1959-197617
9885156241Mao Zedong-Leader of Communist Party in China 1920's18
9885196738Causes of WWI-Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism -Secret Alliances: Triple Entente (France, Russia, Britain) and Triple Alliance (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy) -Balkan peninsula = powder keg of Europe * Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Serbia --> Russia backs up Serbia, Germany backs Austria-Hungary * Austria demands right to police Serbia and payment + land from Serbia --> Serbia refuses --> Austria declares war on Serbia - Germany invades France and Russia * Attacks neutral Belgium on the way to France --> Britain digs out treaty to find a reason to defend Belgium19
9885315602Weapons of WWI-Machine guns -U-boats (only Germany had them) -Chemical warfare -Flame throwers -Tanks -Planes -Propaganda20
9885331123End of WWI-Promises of freedom made to Asian and African colonies in exchange for support in fighting21
9885360295Tsarist Russia collapses-Germany takes industrial and agricultural land --> People lose faith in tsar --> Revolution begins March 1917 --> Tsar abdicates --> Kerensky --> Lenin returns from exile --> Bolshevik Revolution November 1917 --> Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and getting rid of tsar22
9885390003Treaty of Versailles-June 28 1919 -To punish Germany *Huge reparations + completely disarm --> Heavy inflation23
9885417210Effects of WWI in U.S.-U.S. emerges as leading creditor nation -U.S. established as military world power24
9885432997Cultural changes after WWI-Mother's Day celebration -Social class structures challenged in Europe (mostly in Great Britain) - Women expand rights -Prohibition in U.S. -Contraception introduced -Traditions questioned -Consumerism -Mass culture25
9885466164New European nation-states formed after WWI-Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia26
9885473139Middle East redrawn after WWI-Ottoman falls --> Britain and France create nation-states27

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