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world war
ww1 & russian revolution,ww2 & Holocaust, Cold War & reunification
Term | Definition |
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Allies | This alliance was made up of U.S.A, Great Britain & France(also won WW1) |
Central | This alliance was made up of Ottoman Empire, Germany & Austria-Hungary( lost WW1) |
Nicolas the 2nd | This man was the last Czar of Russia. People disliked him because of his mistreatment of the poor, refused to withdraw Russian troops from WW1, % because he shot workers on Bloody Sunday |
Bolsheviks | Political group who overthrew the czar 7 defeated the White army and established a communist government(they were the Red Army) |
Lenin | First Dictator of the soviet union brought communism to Russia. |
Treaty of Versailles | Treaty that ended WW1 caused severe Economic Depression in Germany |
Economic Depression | Time period when Germany's economy collapsed causing prices to inflate. made German money Useless. |
Nazism | A form of fascism or extreme nationalistic government in Germany that resulted in Dictatorship |
Adolf Hitler | Nazi leader of Germany during WW2 invaded Poland beginning the war he was also responsible for the holocaust |
holocaust | The mass murder of 6.5 Million Jews |
Allied powers | the alliance between Great Britain, France, Soviet Union and U.S.A ( won ww2) |
Axis powers | The alliance made up of Germany, Italy & japan( lost WW2) |
The Berlin Wall | A wall built to separate East & West Berlin after WW2 east-communist west-democractic |
Soviet Union | After WW2 this nation controlled Eastern Europe, East Germany, & East Berlin |
Cold War | A time period 1945-1990 when the U.S.A and Soviet Union threatened each other with Nukes but never used them |
Reunification | East + west Germany are a unified country again |
U.S.A & Soviet Union | These 2 nations became world superpowers after WW2 |
Communist | a type of government where they control all the benefits of the people |