Chapter 21 vocab Flashcards

330271756	Cold War	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare. Between USA and Britain on one side and USSR and the other Eastern block on the other. Join: NATO, Marshall Plan The Marshall Plan occurred 3 years before this war and NATO was created to help with the Soviet aggression.	0
330271757	European Economic Community	an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members. Gradually it developed into the European Union. Join: Green Movement, United Nations They are all organizations of nations forming alliances to better their situation.	1
330271758	Fascism	a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism. Join: Jingoism, Stab in the Back The government uses these to cause the population of their nation to think a certain way.	2
330271759	Great Depression	a severe, world wide economic crisis which lasted from the end of 1929 to the outbreak of World War II. Join: Total war, New Feminism This happened until World War II where it became total war and during this women worked especially hard and sprouted New Feminism.	3
330271760	Green Movement	Political movement and party that arose in several western European nation in the 1970s that opposed unfettered free market economies and unchecked industrial pollution. Join: EEC, United Nations They are all organizations of nations forming alliances to better their situation.	4
330271761	Guns or Butter	A notion about the relationship between a nation's investment in defense (guns) and civilian (butter) spending Join: European Economic Community, Green Movement The government has to decide what to trade and often made organizations like the EEC and Green Movement to make trading easier and regulate it.	5
330271762	Jingoism	Warlike nationalist sentiment in Europe spread to and among the population by their government through propaganda. Join: Fascism, Stab in the Back The government uses these to cause the population of their nation to think a certain way.	6
330271763	League of Nations	International peacekeeping organization created after World War I; first proposed by U.S. president Woodrow Wilson as part of his Fourteen Points. Join: United Nations, European Economic Community They are all organizations of nations forming alliances to better their situation.	7
330271764	Marshall Plan	Huge U.S. government initiative to aid in the post-World War II restoration of Europe that was masterminded by U.S. secretary of state George Marshall and put into effect in 1947 Join: NATO, Cold War This occurred 3 years before the Cold war and NATO was created to help with the Soviet aggression.	8
330271765	Rape of Nanjing	The Japanese army's systematic killing, mutilation, and rape of the Chinese civilian population of Nanjing in 1983.	9
330271766	NATO	The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military and political alliance founded in 1949 that committed the United States to the defense of Europe in the event of Soviet aggression. Join: Marshall Plan, Cold war The Marshall Plan occurred 3 years before the Cold war and this was created to help with the Soviet aggression.	10
330271767	New Feminism	A wave of women's rights agitation reappeared in the 1960s promoting literal equality; even down to domestic chores and family planning. Two early leaders were Simone de Beauvoir and Betty Friedan. Join: Great Depression, Total war The Great depression happened until World War II where it became total war and during this women worked especially hard and inspired this.	11
330271768	Stab in the Back	Myth promoted in Germany after the war that, on the brink of victory, socialists and Jewish politicians conspired to surrender to the Allies; used by Nazis as part of their drive to power in the 1920s Join: Jingoism, Fascism The government uses these to cause the population of their nation to think a certain way.	12
330271769	Technocrat	A type of bureaucrat in this era who often had training in engineering or economics. hired to support the welfare state bureaucracy. Join: Great Depression, Welfare state Due to the great depression these kind of bureaucrats were hired to help support the welfare state.	13
330271770	Total War	War that requires each country involved to mobilize its entire population in the effort to defeat the enemy. Join: Great depression, New Feminism The Great depression happened until World War II where it became this and during this women worked especially hard and sprouted New Feminism.	14
330271771	Treaty of Versailles	1919 treaty that officially ended World War I; the immense penalties it placed on Germany are regarded as one of the causes of World War II. Join: Stab in the Back, Fascism They are some of the causes and effects of World War II. This and Stab in the Back are thought to be the cause and Fascism occurred during it.	15
330271772	United Nations	International peacekeeping organization and forum for international opinion, established in 1945 Join: League of Nations, Green Movement They are all organizations of nations forming alliances to better their situation.	16
330271773	Welfare state	State-run "cradle to grave" care that developed in western Europe and spread in varying forms to the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Join: Technocrats, Great Depression Due to the great depression technocrats were hired to help support this.	17