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9172817727ProletariatThe laboring class; especially : the class of industrial workers who lack their own means of production and hence sell their labor to live.0
9172817728SocialismA stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.1
9172817729MarxismThe political, economic, and social principles and policies advocated by Marx; especially : a theory and practice of socialism including the labor theory of value, dialectical materialism, the class struggle, and dictatorship of the proletariat until the establishment of a classless society2
9172820300Communist ManifestoA pamphlet (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: first statement of the principles of modern communism.3
9172820301RomanticismA movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual.4
9172836197RealismConcern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.5
9172836198SuffragistsOne who advocates extension of the right to vote especially to women.6
9172839361Natural SelectionA natural process that results in the survival and reproductive success of individuals or groups best adjusted to their environment and that leads to the perpetuation of genetic qualities best suited to that particular environment.7
9172839362Social DarwanismThe theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform.8
9172842734ImperialismThe policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas; broadly : the extension or imposition of power, authority, or influence.9
9172842735Indirect RuleA system of government of one nation by another in which the governed people retain certain administrative, legal, and other powers.10
9172845541Direct RuleA system of government in which a province is controlled by a central government.11
9172845542AssimilationThe process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of another group.12
9172851710"White Man's Burden"The alleged duty of the white peoples to manage the affairs of the less developed nonwhite peoples13
9172854704Scramble for AfricaThe invasion, occupation, colonization and annexation of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914.14
9172857843Berlin ConferenceA meeting between European nations to create rules on how to peacefully divide Africa among them for colonization.15
9172857844Opium WarA war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.16
9172860697Taiping RebellionBroke out in south China in the 1850s and early 1860s; led by Hong Xiuquan, a semi-Christianized prophet; sought to overthrow Qing dynasty and Confucian basis of scholar-gentry17
9172860698Open Door PolicyA statement of principles initiated by the United States in 1899 and 1900 for the protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China and in support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity.18
9172863278Boxer RebellionOfficially supported peasant uprising of 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China.19
9172863279Meiji RestorationA turning point in Japanese history in 1868 when the last shogun was overthrown and the emperor assumed direct control over the nation. Marked by Japan's opening to the West and the establishment of a strong centralized government.20
9172868092ConscriptionCompulsory enrollment of persons especially for military service.21
9172868093MilitarismA policy of aggressive military preparedness.22
9172870982Trench WarfareWarfare in which the opposing forces attack and counterattack from a relatively permanent system of trenches protected by barbed-wire entanglements.23
9172870983Total Wara war in which every available weapon is used and the nation's full financial resources are devoted24
9172875133War Guilt ClauseThe opening article of the reparations section of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War. It was a statement that Germany was responsible for beginning World War I.25
9172875134Reparationsthe payment of damages specifically : compensation in money or materials payable by a defeated nation for damages to or expenditures sustained by another nation as a result of hostilities with the defeated nation26
9172878305Mandatesan official order or commission to do something.27
9172881438Schlieffen Plana plan intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries.28
917288143914 PointsThe fourteen goals of the United States in the peace negotiations after World War I. President Woodrow Wilson announced the Fourteen Points to Congress in early 1918. The "association of nations" Wilson mentioned became the League of Nations29
9172884199Treaty of VersaillesGermany and the Allies signed a peace treaty at the end of World War I. The United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy negotiated the treaty at the Peace Conference held in Versaille beginning on January 18, 1919.30
9172887558League of Nationspolitical organization established by the Allied powers at the end of World War I31
9172890549Triple-Alliancethe alliance in WWI from (1882-1915) of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.32
9172890550Triple-EntenteThe alliance in WWI of .Britain, France, Russia, Italy(In 1915), United States, Japan.33
9172895260Great DepressionThe economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.34
9172899121TotalitarianismThe system of government that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority.35
9172902542Fascisma political philosophy, movement, or regime that people are looked as a bundle-one body and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader36
9172902543LebensraumTerritory believed especially by Nazis to be necessary for national existence or economic self-sufficiency37
9172909363CollectivizationA political or economic theory advocating collective control especially over production and distribution of farming; also : a system marked by such control38
9172912275KristallnachtAlso known as The Night of the Broken Glass. On this night, November 9, 1938, almost 200 synagogues were destroyed, over 8,000 Jewish shops were sacked and looted by Nazis, and tens of thousands of Jews were removed to concentration camps.39
9172915775Munich PactAn agreement between Britain and Germany in 1938, under which Germany was allowed to extend its territory into parts of Czechoslovakia in which German-speaking peoples lived. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain negotiated on behalf of Britain, and Chancellor Adolf Hitler on behalf of Germany.40
9172915776Appeasementa policy of appeasing an enemy or potential aggressor by making concessions41
9172922135Non-Aggression PactA treaty made by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 that opened the way for both nations to invade Poland.42
9172933502BlitzkriegWar conducted with great speed and force; specifically : a violent surprise offensive by massed air forces and mechanized ground forces in close coordination.43
9173021653Nuremberg TrialsA series of trials held between 1945 and 1949 in which the Allies prosecuted German military leaders, political officials, industrialists, and financiers for crimes they had committed during World War II.44
9172933503Final SolutionThe Nazi program for extermination of all Jews in Europe.45
9172936495Island HoppingTo travel from island to island in a chain46
9172936496Truman Doctrinethe principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection47
9172936497Marshall PlanA program by which the United States gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after the devastation of World War II.48
9172940082NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a military alliance of European and North American democracies founded after World War II to strengthen international ties between member states—especially the United States and Europe—and to serve as a counter-balance to the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.49
9172940083Warsaw PactA military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to NATO, included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.50
9172943094Containmentthe policy, process, or result of preventing the expansion of a hostile power or ideology.51
9172943095Domino TheoryA theory that if one nation becomes Communist-controlled the neighboring nations will also become Communist-controlled52
9172946219M.A.D.Mutual assured destruction or mutually assured destruction is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.53
9172946220Iron CurtainA political, military, and ideological barrier that cuts off and isolates an area; specifically, often capitalized : one formerly isolating an area under Soviet control.54
9172950086VietcongA guerrilla member of the Vietnamese Communist movement.55
9172961202Détentethe easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries56
9172965263Contrasa member of a guerrilla force in Nicaragua that opposed the left-wing Sandinista government 1979-90, and was supported by the US for much of that time. It was officially disbanded in 1990, after the Sandinistas' electoral defeat.57
9172965264Glasnostthe policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 198558
9172969139Great Leap Forwardan effort made by the Communist Party of China (CPC) under the leadership of Mao Zedong to transform China into a society capable of competing with other Western industrialized nations, within a short, five-year time period.59
9172969140Cultural RevolutionA comprehensive reform movement in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1966 to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the country's institutions and leadership. It was characterized by political zealotry, purges of intellectuals, and social and economic chaos.60
9172973285Civil DisobedienceRefusal to obey governmental demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the government61
9172976538Iranian RevolutionThe 1979 overthrow of Iran's monarchy and the establishment of an Islamic Republic.62
9172976539ApartheidRacial segregation; specifically : a former policy of segregation and political and economic discrimination against non-European groups in the Republic of South Africa63
9172980412Camp David AccordsA peace treaty between Israel and Egypt issuing from talks at Camp David between Egyptian President Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Begin, and the host, U.S. President Carter: signed in 1979.64
9172980413OPECThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is a group consisting of 12 of the world's major oil-exporting nations. was founded in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum policies of its members, and to provide member states with technical and economic aid.65
9173021652A.N.C.the African National Congress: a political party in South Africa that for many years fought against the system of apartheid. In 1994, the ANC formed the first government in South Africa to be elected by both black and white people and it has stayed in power since then.66

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