Set 5 249-259 Flashcards

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