161801903 | Balfour Declaration (1917) | formal statement from the British government stating that they approve a Jewish sovereign state | 0 | |
161801904 | Eastern Front | In WWI, the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks. | 1 | |
161801905 | Western Front | In WWI, the region of Northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other. | 2 | |
161801906 | League of Nations | an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; formed by allies without Russia | 3 | |
161801907 | Socialism in one country | Policy adopted by Stalin in the autumn of 1924, in which the notion of a worldwide socialist revolution was abandoned in favor of making the Soviet Union a successful socialist state. | 4 | |
161801908 | Treaty of Versailles | the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans; effected Germany during Great Depression | 5 | |
161801909 | World Court | a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations; established at the Hague | 6 | |
161801910 | Red Army | January of 1918, formed under Leon Trotsky who was War Commissar and creator of army. This military was "forged in crucible of civil war." Discipline was very strict and scattered throughout the army were POLITICAL COMMISSARS to educate the soldiers on the principles of the Bolshevik revolution and keep everyone in line (politically). Also acted as spies and reported any counterrevolutionary comments or activities. Army was very well organized, boosted morale of men and practiced good officer selection. Big contrast to tsarist army. With the help of Red Army, the Bolsheviks had established themselves back up to the borders of the Tsarist Empire in all directions except towards Europe. | 7 | |
161801911 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established by Bolshevik party under Lenin | 8 | |
161801912 | Solidarity | a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group; a movement to create unity | 9 | |
161801913 | Joseph Stalin | Took power after Lenin's death; totalitarian ruler; created fear in Russia; secret police; no one wanted to stop clapping first | 10 | |
161801914 | New Economic Policy | Policy proclaimed by Vladimir Lenin in 1924 to encourage the revival of the Soviet economy by allowing small private enterprises. Joseph Stalin ended the N.E.P. in 1928 and replaced it with a series of Five-Year Plans. | 11 | |
161801915 | Indian National Congress | A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class, and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi; created sense of Indian nationalism | 12 | |
161801916 | Lord Cromer | British high commander who seized power of the state due to economic mismanagement by the khedives and thus made decisions of state from 1883 to 1907, thus enabling Britain to control the Suez canal | 13 | |
161801917 | Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms | Increased the powers of Indian legislators at the all-India level and placed much of the provincial administration of India under local ministries controlled by legislative bodies with substantial numbers of elected Indias; passed in 1919 | 14 | |
161801918 | Morley-Minto Reforms | (1909) Constitutional changes in British India, introduced to increase Indian participation in the legislature. They were embodied in the Indian Councils Act (1909) following discussions between John Morley, Secretary of State for India (1905-14), and Lord Minto, viceroy (1905-10). | 15 | |
161801919 | Theodor Hertzl | founder of Zionism | 16 | |
161801920 | Mandates | terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants | 17 | |
161801921 | Negritude | an ideological position that holds African culture to be independent and valid on its own terms | 18 | |
161801922 | Gandhi | political and spiritual leader during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule | 19 | |
161801923 | Rowlatt Act | Placed severe restrictions on key Indian civil rights such as freedom of the press. Acted to offset the concessions granted under Montago-Chelmsford reforms of 1919. Revered the rights the British had given India from the British. | 20 | |
161801924 | Wafd Party | Egyptian nationalist party that emerged after an Egyptian delegation was refused a hearing at the Versailles treaty negotations | 21 | |
161801925 | B.G. Tilak | conservative Hindu who called for radical performance against the British in India; called for boycott of British products | 22 | |
161801926 | Zionism | a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine | 23 |
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