ap world history unit 5 Flashcards

5624285684	monarchs of the great war	czar nicholas ii of russia, king george v of britain, kaiser wilhelm ii of germany	0
5624285685	causes of wwi	nationalism, imperialism, alliances, militarism	1
5624285686	the spark of wwi	gavrillo princep of the black hand assassinated archduke ferdinand of austria	2
5624285687	july 28th	austria-hungary declared war on serbia	3
5624285688	trench warfare	the soldiers dug trenches and fought in a stalemate for years	4
5624285689	no mans land	the land in between the trenches	5
5624285690	schlieffen plan	german army's plan for war against france and russia; would invade france because they couldn't fight the war on two fronts	6
5624285691	trench foot	bacteria would eat the flesh of the soldiers feet because they were always walking in mud so their feet were always wet	7
5624285692	zimmerman telegram	germany exposed; urging mexico to join the war and saying that they would aid them in regaining territory (texas, arizona, and new mexico) from the united states if they invaded it	8
5624285693	battle of verdun	germans unsuccessfully tried to take verdun, france	9
5624285694	convoy system	used to protect merchant fleets	10
5624285695	unrestricted submarine warfare	german u- boats	11
5624285696	lusitania	sunk by germans, 130 americans died; triggered united states into joining wwi	12
5624285697	ottoman empire surrender in wwi	lost battles in the balkan peninsula	13
5624285698	austria- hungary surrender in wwi	defeated in battle of vittorio in italy	14
5624285699	germany surrenders	major flu outbreak, they were weak and pushed back to the borders of germany	15
5624285700	1919	paris peace conference held; founded fascist party	16
5624285701	the big four	president woodrow wilson, pm david lloyd-george of great britain, pm georges clemenceau of france, pm vittorio orlando of italy	17
5624285702	war guilt clause	germany was responsible for war reparations but refused to pay them, forcing them to give up continental and colonial land holdings	18
5624285703	treaty of versailles	guilt clause and german armed forces greatly weakened	19
5624285704	political effects of the war	ending of major european monarchies, less land for austria-hungary, germany became weak socialist republic, russia became soviet union in 1922, japan continues to rise as a pacific power	20
5624285705	fascism	a political movement that promotes an extreme force of nationalism, denial of individual rights, dictatorial one-party rule	21
5638446973	october 1932	mussolini marched with 30,000 to rome and demanded king to put him in charge	22
5638446974	mussolini policies	abolished democracy, outlawed all political parties, jailed opponents, censorship	23
5638446975	hitler policies	totalitarian state, SS arrested opposition, took command of economy, propaganda, deprived jews of rights	24
5638446976	treaty of versailles effect on germany	rapid inflation and economy, loss of land, weak military	25
5638446977	1933	hitler named chancellor of germany	26
5638446978	mein kampf	"my struggle" written by adolf hitler	27
5638446979	hitter's goals	master race, get rid of jews, slavs, and gypsies, and regain german lands	28
5638446980	hirohito	japanese emperor who was an extreme nationalist and very popular with the people	29
5638446981	hirohito policies	pulls out of league of nations, joined axis powers, pearl harbor	30
5638446982	december 7, 1941	pearl harbor attack by japan	31
5638446983	doolittle raid	offensive against japan, boosted american morale	32
5638446984	battle of the coral sea	japanese aimed to attack australian air bases but the united states intelligence gathered information and attacked japan with australia	33
5638446985	battle of the philippines	usa won a major victory and japan would now be vulnerable to attack by air bases	34
5638446986	battle if guadalcanal	the allies first major offensive in the pacific where the japanese were constructing an airbase	35
5638446987	battle of iwo jima	very strategically important, emergency landing strip launched missions to allow for a sea and air blockade	36
5638446988	general douglas macarthur	assigned to defend the philippines from japan	37
5638446989	battle of okinawa	bloodiest battle in the pacific; part of the invasion force for japan; allies are victorious	38
5638446990	the manhattan project	extremely top secret, helped develop the atomic bombs(oakridge, tennessee)	39
5638446991	truman's ultimatum	truman told japanese leaders to surrender or they would face total destruction	40
5638446992	august 6th, 1945	hiroshima	41
5638446993	august 8, 1945	russia declares war on japan	42
5638446994	august 9th, 1945	nagasaki	43
5638446995	august 14th, 1945	japan surrenders	44
5638446996	september 2, 1945	japan surrenders on the battleship missouri	45
5638446997	1945-1991	the cold war	46
5638446998	cold war	ussr and usa in political conflict, military tensions, and economic competition	47
5638446999	yalta conference 1945	churchill, roosevelt, stalin; soviets feel alienated	48
5638447000	the long telegram	ussr at war woth capitalism, wanted to use western marxists as allies	49
5638447001	containment	policy in the usa to stop the soread of communism	50
5638447002	truman doctrine	usa would support people resisting subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressure	51
5638447003	nato	north atlantic treaty organization; usa and allies	52
5638447004	warsaw pact	soviet union and allies	53
5638447005	marshall plan	plan to rebuild europe after the war	54
5638447006	korean war	usa took the side of south korea	55
5638447007	dmz	demilitarized zone, most heavily guarded area in the world today	56
5638447008	proxy war	war between parties using substitutes to fight each other	57
5638447009	h bombs	bikini islands, extremely dangerous	58
5638447010	october 4, 1957	ussr launched sputnik; changed education in america and lead to intercontinental ballistic missles	59
5638447011	berlin wall	put up to keep people from escaping communism	60
5638447012	cuban missile crisis	cuba agreed to instal nuclear-armed soviet missiles; showdown at sea; resulted in withdrawal of missles in cuba and turkey	61
5638447013	mad	mutually assured destruction; nuke for a nuke	62
5638447014	tet offensive	caused americans to dislike their involvement in the vietnam war	63
5638447015	ho chi minh trail	supplied viet cong, military supplies hidden, booby traps and sneak attacks	64
5638447016	1973	the united states leaves vietnam	65
5638447017	afghanistan	another proxy war between usa and ussr	66
5638447018	1980 olympics	usa boycotted because russia was hosting them	67
5638447019	russia weak	equipment, tanks, and shoes were falling apart	68
5638447020	star wars missile defense system	reagan planned to develop technology that can intercept enemy nuclear missiles	69
5638447021	chinese protests	college students wanted democracy but they didn't know what it really was	70
5638447022	november 9th, 1989	berlin wall falls as a crowd of people start to dismantle it	71
5638447023	1991	german reunification	72
5638447024	collapse of soviet union	peaceful shift in power	73