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336990308Triple AllianceAlliance between Germany, Italy, Austria Hungry.
336990309Triple EntenteRussia, France, Great Britain.
336990310Schlieffen PlanAttack plan by Germans, proposed by Schliffen, lightning quick attack against France. Proposed to go through Belgium then attack France, Belgium resisted, other countries took up their aid, long fight, used trench warfare.
336990311IsolationismA policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations.
336990312Zimmermann TelegramThe British intercepted a telegram from the German government to the Mexican government offering German support if Mexico declared war against the US; offered to return land Mexico lost the US.
336990313Fourteen PointsThe war aims outlined by President Wilson in 1918, which he believed would promote lasting peace; called for self-determination, freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and a league of nations.
336990314League of NationsAn international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations.
336990315SovietsCouncils composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers.
336990316BolsheviksLed by Vladimir Lenin it was the Russian communist party that took over the Russian goverment during WWI.
336990317April ThesesDemanded peace, land for peasants, and power to the soviets.
336990318Treaty of Brest-LitovskTreaty in which Russia lost substantial territory to the Germans. This ended Russian participation in the war.
336990319Red ArmyMilitary organization constructed under leadership of Leon Trotsky.
336990320Ataturk"Father of the Turks" who helped to create Republic of Turkey and wanted to modernize Turkey as well as separate religion and government.
336990321New Economic PolicyLenin's economy reform that re-established economic freedom in an attempt to build agriculture and industry.
336990322Five Year PlansPlans that Joseph Stalin introduced to industrialize the Soviet Union rapidly, beginning in 1928. They set goals for the output of steel, electricity, machinery, and most other products and were enforced by the police powers of the state.
336990323CollectivizationThe organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism.
336990324Weimar RepublicWas the democratic government which ruled over Germany form 1919 to 1933. Was Germany's first democracy and it failed miserably. It had leaders such as Stresseman and Hindenburg.
336990325National Socialist Party(Nazi Party) was a far-right, racist political party in Germany between 1920 and 1945.
336990326FascismA political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition.
336990327Adolf HitlerGerman Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945).
336990328RhinelandA region west of the Rhine river.
336990329AppeasementSatisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability.
336990330Nazi-Soviet PactA secret agreement between the Germans and the Russians that said that they would not attack each other.

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