AP World History Unit 6 Flashcards
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| 9884868847 | Bolsheviks | -Communists -Faction of Social Democrats in Russia -Rivals of Mensheviks -Seize Petrograd 1917 | 0 | |
| 9884898361 | League of Nations | -World organization to safeguard peace and foster international cooperation -Founded 1920 -Germany not allowed to join -Designed to solve conflict through diplomacy -U.S. doesn't join | 1 | |
| 9884909127 | Allied Powers of WW1 | -France, Britain, Russia, Serbia, Italy, U.S., Belgium | 2 | |
| 9884917630 | Mustafa Kemal Ataturk | -Founder of Republic of Turkey | 3 | |
| 9884928465 | Central Powers of WWI | -Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, Ottomans | 4 | |
| 9884934529 | Chiang Kai-Shek | -Leader of Nationalist faction of Guomindang | 5 | |
| 9884962939 | Fascism | -Radical authoritarian nationalism -Suppression of opposition -Control of industry and commerce -Dictatorial power | 6 | |
| 9884973032 | Great Depression | -Mostly during 1930's -Began in U.S. -Severe worldwide economic depression | 7 | |
| 9884987326 | Benito Mussolini | -Founder of fascism in Italy | 8 | |
| 9884992837 | New Deal, 1933-1937 | -Series of federal, public, and financial programs, reforms, and regulations enacted in the U.S. in response to the Great Depression | 9 | |
| 9885003382 | Nonviolent resistance1\ | -Achieving goals/change through protests, civil disobedience, etc. while not being violent | 10 | |
| 9885009723 | Joseph Stalin | -Secretary of Communist Party of Soviet Union -Wanted to industrialize USSR to increase power of Communist Party + USSR in 5 years using Five Year Plans | 11 | |
| 9885044160 | Mohandas Gandhi | -Leader of Indian independence movement against British rule | 12 | |
| 9885048705 | Apartheid | -Policy introduced in South Africa in 1948 by National Party -Segregation and discrimination on the grounds of race | 13 | |
| 9885056602 | Arab-Israeli War | -1948, state of Israel vs. Arab states over control of Palestine | 14 | |
| 9885065578 | Axis Powers of WW2 | Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia | 15 | |
| 9885078152 | Berlin Wall | -Built in 1961 by East German government to keep people from fleeing to noncommunist West Berlin | 16 | |
| 9885140247 | Fidel Castro | -Communist Cuban Prime Minister 1959-1976 | 17 | |
| 9885156241 | Mao Zedong | -Leader of Communist Party in China 1920's | 18 | |
| 9885196738 | Causes of WWI | -Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism -Secret Alliances: Triple Entente (France, Russia, Britain) and Triple Alliance (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy) -Balkan peninsula = powder keg of Europe * Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Serbia --> Russia backs up Serbia, Germany backs Austria-Hungary * Austria demands right to police Serbia and payment + land from Serbia --> Serbia refuses --> Austria declares war on Serbia - Germany invades France and Russia * Attacks neutral Belgium on the way to France --> Britain digs out treaty to find a reason to defend Belgium | 19 | |
| 9885315602 | Weapons of WWI | -Machine guns -U-boats (only Germany had them) -Chemical warfare -Flame throwers -Tanks -Planes -Propaganda | 20 | |
| 9885331123 | End of WWI | -Promises of freedom made to Asian and African colonies in exchange for support in fighting | 21 | |
| 9885360295 | Tsarist Russia collapses | -Germany takes industrial and agricultural land --> People lose faith in tsar --> Revolution begins March 1917 --> Tsar abdicates --> Kerensky --> Lenin returns from exile --> Bolshevik Revolution November 1917 --> Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and getting rid of tsar | 22 | |
| 9885390003 | Treaty of Versailles | -June 28 1919 -To punish Germany *Huge reparations + completely disarm --> Heavy inflation | 23 | |
| 9885417210 | Effects of WWI in U.S. | -U.S. emerges as leading creditor nation -U.S. established as military world power | 24 | |
| 9885432997 | Cultural changes after WWI | -Mother's Day celebration -Social class structures challenged in Europe (mostly in Great Britain) - Women expand rights -Prohibition in U.S. -Contraception introduced -Traditions questioned -Consumerism -Mass culture | 25 | |
| 9885466164 | New European nation-states formed after WWI | -Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia | 26 | |
| 9885473139 | Middle East redrawn after WWI | -Ottoman falls --> Britain and France create nation-states | 27 |