381731750 | Triple Alliance | An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI. | 0 | |
381731751 | Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Archduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914. His murder was one of the causes of WW I. | 1 | |
381731752 | Gavrilo Princip | Member of a terrorist organization called The Black Hand. Murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. Wanted to set Bosnia free from Austria-Hungary. | 2 | |
381731753 | Schlieffen Plan | Germany's military plan at the outbreak of World War I, in which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia. | 3 | |
381731754 | Central Powers | World War I alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire | 4 | |
381731755 | Isolationism | a national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs | 5 | |
381731756 | Zimmerman Telegram | Telegram sent by Germans to encourage a Mexican attack against the United States. Intercepted by the US in 1917. | 6 | |
381731757 | The 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. | 7 | |
381731758 | Soviets | a Russian council composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers. | 8 | |
381731759 | Red Army | Military organization constructed under leadership of Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik follower of Lenin; made use of people of humble background | 9 | |
381731760 | Great Depression | a severe, world wide economic crisis which lasted from the end of 1929 to the outbreak of World War II | 10 | |
381731761 | Fascism | A political philosophy that advocates a strong, centralized, nationalistic government headed by a powerful dictator | 11 | |
381731762 | Nazis | German political party joined by Adolf Hitler, emphasizing nationalism, racism, and war. When Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazi Party became the only legal party and an instrument of Hitler's absolute rule. (786) | 12 | |
381731763 | Blitzkrieg | "Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland n 1939 | 13 | |
381731764 | Anit-Comintern Pact | Agreement between Germany and Japan to fight against Communism | 14 | |
381731765 | United Nations | International organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace and cooperation. It replaced the League of Nations. | 15 | |
381731766 | Truman Doctrine | President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology | 16 | |
381731767 | Containment | a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate pecefully | 17 |
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