Chapter 28 Flashcards

158520146	The Great War	Known as World War I and the War to End All Wars: a global military conflict that embroiled most of the world's great powers from 1914 to 1919.	0
158520147	Kaiser Wilhelm II:	was the Kaiser of Germany at the time of the First World War reigning from 1888-1918. He pushed for a more aggressive foreign policy by means of colonies and a strong navy to compete with Britain. His actions added to the growing tensions in pre-1914 Europe.	1
158520148	Triple Alliance:	An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI.	2
158520149	Triple Entente:	An alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI.	3
158520150	The Great Powers:	The industralized colonizing nations of Europe before WWI; England, France, Germany, Russia, and Italy; their rivalries led to the war	4
158520151	Allied Forces:	the military alliance of the USA, britain, france, and other countries during WWII	5
158520152	Central Powers:	in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies	6
158520153	Jingoism:	warlike national sentiments that spread widely among the middle and working classes throughout Europe.	7
158520154	Dreadnought:	new class of ship created by the British due to the Anglo-German Naval Race. made many British ships obsolete. stayed in port during wwi.	8
158520155	Archduke Ferdinand:	heir to the throne of Austria Hungary; assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a bosnian serb.; sparked WWI	9
158520156	Sarajevo:	capital and largest city of Bosnia	10
158520157	Blank check:	Reference to the full support provided by William II to Austria-Hungary in its conflict with Serbia. Also refers to the promise of support given by Russia to Serbia to develop a Slavic state.	11
158520158	White dominions:	Colonies in which European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population; small numbers of native inhabitants were typically reduced by disease and wars of conquest; typical of British holdings in North America and Australia with growing independence in the 19th century	12
158520159	Western Front:.	In WWI, the region of Northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other.	13
158520160	Eastern Front:	In WWI, the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.	14
158520161	Tsar Nicholas II:	Last Tsar of Russia and then end of the Romanov line. Was executed along with the rest of his family under the order of Lenin. In WWI ordered a partial mobilization against Austria-Hungary, forcing a chain reaction of mobilization.	15
158520162	Propaganda:	information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.	16
158520163	Bolsheviks	Radical Marxist political party founded by Vladimir Lenin in 1903. Under Lenin's leadership, the Bolsheviks seized power in November 1917 during the Russian Revolution.	17
158520164	New women:	Women began to participate in clubs, ride bicycles, go to dance halls, nad assert their independance in a place other than the home	18
158520165	Jutland	largest naval battle of WWI; only full-scale clash of battleships in WWI; fought between the German and British fleets; the German's were attempting to lure out some of the British fleet to trap and destroy, because Germany's navy was much smaller; Britain intercepted Germany's plans, and therefore escaped their trap; neither side actually 'won' the battle, however they both claimed to have done so.	19
158520166	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	20
158520167	Woodrow Wilson:	28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize	21
158520168	Georges Clemenceau:	French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929)	22
158520169	David Lloyd George:	He was the British representative at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He pushed for a revenge-based treaty at Versailles, hampering the 14 points.	23
158520170	Armistice:	a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms	24
158520171	Stab in the back:	Myth promoted in Germany after the war that, on the brink of victory, socialists and Jewish politicians conspired to surreder to the Allies; used by Nazis as part of their drive to power in the 1920's	25
158520172	Self-determination:	...	26
158520173	Ho Chi Minh:	...	27
158520174	Indian Congress Party:	...	28
158520175	Mohandas Gandhi:	...	29
158520176	Satyagraha:	...	30
158520177	Effendi:	...	31
158520178	Dinshawai:	...	32
158520179	Mandates:	...	33
158520180	Zionists:	...	34
158520181	Lord Balfour:	...	35
158520182	Pogroms:	...	36
158520183	Theodor Herzl:	...	37
158520184	Alfred Dreyfus:	...	38
158520185	World Zionist Organization:	...	39
158520186	Gamal Abdel Nasser:	...	40
158520187	Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. DuBois:	...	41
158520188	Pan-Africanism:	...	42
158520189	Negritude:	...	43
158520190	Armenian genocide:	...	44
158520191	Adolf Hitler:	...	45
158520192	League of Nations:	...	46
158520193	Hussein:	...	47
158520194	Leon Pinsker:	...	48
158520195	Wafd party:	...	49
158520196	Leópold Sédar Senghor:	...	50
158520197	trench warfare	Fighting with trenches, mines, and barbed wire. Horrible living conditions, great slaughter, no gains, stalemate, used in WWI.	51
158520198	Gallipoli	A poorly planned and badly executed Allied campaign to capture the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli during 1915 in World War I. Intended to open up a sea lane to the Russians through the Black Sea, the attempt failed with more than 50 percent casualties on both sides.	52