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MECHS WH 4week test
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the capitalist countries claim during the Global depression? | They claimed that the economy would regulate and correct itself. |
| The February (March) Revolution lead to the removal of _________________in March 1917. | The Czar Nicolas II |
| During the Russian Revolution there was a large______________population. | Peasant |
| Many western European countries adopted__________________ | democratic socialism |
| Who was the President in the beginning of the Great Depression? | President Hoover |
| Who was the first leader of the USSR? | Vladimir Lenin |
| What was the communist goal for Russia? | to industrialize Russia |
| The "______" were small revolutionary councils in Russia | Soviets |
| The Russian economy was mostly _________with very little ________ | agrarian; industry |
| What did the Romanov's use the secret police for? | used against enemies of the Czar |
| When did the US Stock market crash? | October 1929 |
| Who took control of Russia after the revolutions and ended Russian participation in WWI? | Vladimir Lenin |
| In the 1920's, farms and factories produced more__________than could be _____ | goods; sold |
| What does NEP stand for? | New Economic Policy |
| Who created the NEP | Vladimir Lenin |
| What were the three groups involved in the Russian civil war? | Bolsheviks (communist), Royalist (royal family), Green peasants |
| Did Russia have a large upper class population? | False, had a large peasant population |
| Did the Great depression only occur in America? | No, it spread to and beyond Europe. |
| What did industrial capitalism promote | Personal materialism and social inequalities |
| What did Hoover do to solve the problems of the Great Depression? | He didn't do anything |
| How did the US respond to the Great Depression? What kinds of programs were made under FDR presidency? | Various relief and welfare programs to aid the poor, unemployed and elderly |
| What did Lenin offer the Russian people? | Peace, land, and bread |
| When did the Russian Civil war start and end? | 1917-1920 |
| What country was physically untouched by WWI | the United states |
| What were the Russian strikes and riots over? | food and fuel shortages |
| What are three effects of the stock market crashing? | Stock prices plummeted, Banks and business closed, unemployed rose, people lost their savings. |
| When Russia leaves the WWI, what was the name of the Treaty? | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| What did some countries become interested in during the great depression? | Communism |
| What type of government was in place during the rule of the Romanov's? | Autocracy (rule by one person) |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal reform programs was designed to do what? | Restart economic growth and prevent problems |
| Who offered Germany a truce and allowed Russian involvement in WWI to end? | Vladimir Lenin |
| Who were the Reds during the Russian civil war? | Bolsheviks |
| Who were the whites during the Russian civil war ? | Royalist |
| What is the New Deal program? | A combination of reforms designed to restart economic growth and prevent problems in the future |
| What did the Bolsheviks of the USSR use during the war? | secret police |
| Compared the the rest of Europe what was Russia's economic issue? | Very poor industry |
| This type of people protected their homes and lands during the Russian Civil war | green peasants |
| What Treaty removes Russia from the war? | The Treaty of Brest-litovsk |
| During the great depression, there was an emergence of | empty factories, sour and bread lines, homeless people, and beggars |
| What are three symbols of the USSR flag? | Hammer, sickle, star |
| What are soviets? | small revolutionary councils formed by urban people |
| What ere some US government projects in response to the great depression? | dams, highways, bridges, and parks |
| Who took Russia from a poor, industrialized nation to a highly industrialized nation? | Lenin and Stalin |
| Industrial capitalism created vast social | inequalities |
| The leadership of Tzar Nicolas II would be described as | weak |
| FDR established what? | The New Deal Program |
| How long did the Great depression last? | about 10 years |
| During the Great Depression, capitalist countries thought the economy would _________but it ____________ | regulate itself and self correct didn't |
| When the Bolsheviks won, the ____________was established | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) |
| Was the imperial Russians a match for Germany's industrialization? | no, imperial Russia was no match |
| What programs were created in the US to aid the poor and unemployed? | Relief and welfare programs |
| When people lost their jobs,________soared | unemployment |
| Tsar Nicholas II used ____________against his enemies | secret police |
| Why did the demand for American products reduce in other countries? | Europeans started producing their own goods. |
| Wilson called for a reduction in arms, removal of______________, and an ed to secret diplomacy | trade barriers |
| The US refused to ratify what treaty? | Treaty of Versailles |
| What was the name of the pledge that stopped Germans from sinking merchant ships without warning? | Sussex pledge |
| Pres. Wilson's 14 points outlined what? | world peace |
| As a term of the Treaty of Versailles, what did Germany have to pay? | reparations/ payments of damages |
| What did the Treaty of Versailles allow the Nazi to do after WWI | It allowed the Nazi to use the terms of the treaty as justification to take over politically and economically |
| Germany continued to sink ships until American threatened to __________with Germany | end relations |
| Was the US congress OK with the Treaty of Versailles? | No, it was not ok or in favor of it |
| Who attended the Paris Peace Conference? | French, British, Italians, and USA |
| What did Germany lose in the Treaty of Versailles? | Land, overseas colonies, military size, and money (reparations) |
| Pres. Wilson__________across America and with Europeans leaders to gain support for his league of Nations plan | campaigned |
| British passenger ship, Lusitania, was sunk by ________. it carried 1200 passengers of which _______were Americans | German U-boat 128 Americans |
| Why did Americans not support the League of Nations? | They weren't interested in giving others the power to decide if the US would go to war or not. |
| Did Germany keep the promise of not sinking neutral ships? | No, they broke the promise |
| When was the Paris Peace Conference? | 1919 |
| Why wasn't Russia invited to the peace talks at the Paris Peace Conference | Russia had become a communist nation |
| With what countries did the US have close ties with in WWI | Britain and France |
| Who did not support the League of Nations plan | American citizens and congress |
| How did Germany react when they were blocked by the British? | Germany retaliated by sinking merchant ships |
| What was the purpose of the Sussex pledge? | Germany would not to sink merchant ships without warning or helping passengers on board |
| Which Country did the Lusitania belong to? | England |
| What did Germany agree to on Nov.11, 1918 | Armistice |
| Germans would start suing unrestricted ______________to sink any ships found | sub-marine warfare |
| Did the US join the League of Nations | NO! |
| Where did Wilson give his fourteen point speech | To the US congress and at the treaty of Versailles |
| On who was the terms of the Treaty of Versailles very harsh on? | Germany |
| What year did Wilson make his 14 points speech to congress | 1918 |
| When did Germany agree to an armistice? | Nov.11, 1918 |
| What countries were at the Treaty of Versailles? | USA, France, Britain, and Italy |
| How did Germany retaliate to the British blocking them from food and supplies | by sinking merchant ships |
| What was the purpose of the league of Nations? | to mediate international disputes to avoid war |
| In response to the British blockade Germany would start using______ | unrestricted sub-marine warfare |
| Germany declares what type of warfare? | unrestricted sub-marine warfare |
| What did European leaders want for Germany that Wilson did not? | harsher punishments |
| When Germany started using unrestricted sub-marine warfare to sink any ships they found, they violated what? | The principle of Freedom of the seas |
| What was the name of the offer Germany made to Mexico to join them? | The Zimmerman note |
| What did Germany offer Mexico in the Zimmerman note? | Land (Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico) |
| Did nationalism bring a positive or negative relationship among nations? | Negative, it led to fighting among nations |
| What year did Italy go from the Central powers to the Allied powers? | 1915 |
| What nation was under the control of stronger nations and didn't like it? | Serbia |
| When WWI began in Europe, what side was the US on? | They were neutral |
| Why did military leaders think it was better to attack first? | because it took time to mobilize troop |
| What are the four major causes of WWI? | Nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and alliance system |
| Who was assassinated in 1914? | Archduke Ferdinand and his wife |
| What region did Austria Hungary control in Europe? | The Balkans Region |
| Which countries were in the Triple Alliance? | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
| Which countries were in the Triple Entente? | Great Britain, France, and Russia |
| Who was Austria-Hungary's ally? | Germany |
| What were the trenches dug along France's Eastern border with Germany called? | Western Front |
| In what year did WWI start in Europe? | 1914 |
| When did the US get involved in WWI? | 1917 |
| Who was president of the US during WWI | Woodrow Wilson |
| What were the weapons introduced during WWI? | Machine guns, poison gas, submarines, and tanks |
| Which nation did not like being under imperial rule by the Austrian-Hungary nation? | Serbia |
| What is the Alliance system? | agreements between nations to aid one another if they were attacked |
| Who was Serbia's ally? | Russia |
| What empire controlled the Balkans ? | The Austria- Hungary Empire |
| Who killed the Archduke Fernanda ? | A man from Serbia |
| What is nationalism? | a strong devotion to the interests an culture of one's own nation, to the exclusion of other nations |
| Archduke Ferdinand was visiting countries that were ruled with __________ | Imperialism |
| What caused Austria- Hungary to declare war on little Serbia? | The assassination of it's leader |
| Austria- Hungary declared war on what country? | Serbia |
| What is nationalism lead to? | led to fighting among nations |
| Which US president was elected on the campaign promise of "I'll keep us out of war" | Woodrow Wilson |
| What is imperialism? | Controlling a weaker nation as a source of raw material and markets |
| What kind of war did Germany have to fight during WWI? | two front |
| What year did the power keg explode in? | 1914 |
| What was Europe's viewpoint on world war I ? | They didn't think it was going to last very long |
| What was the match that lit the fuse? | a man from Serbia shot the archduke and his wife |
| What are the motives for imperialism? | Industrialization nationalism, economic competition, social Darwinism, missionaries |
| What forces enabled imperialism? | technology |
| What happened at the Berlin conference | 14 European nations met to divide Africa |
| What was the political ideology of Mussolini | fascism |
| Fascism is based on the ideas of | nationalism and militarism. |
| The nation is more important than the individual is apart of what political ideology | Fascism |
| The black shirts followed who? | Benito Mussolini |
| The March on Rome in 1922 was a coup d’ etat to get__________in power | Benito Mussolini |
| Benito Mussolini had ___________policies in 1938 | Anti- Jewish |
| Who was the Emperor of Japan? | Hirohito |
| Who was the Prime Minister of Japan? | Hideki Tojo |
| Who needed to import all of their resources they needed to produce goods | Japan |
| Japanese military leaders thought that they needed ______________ | seize territory for resources |
| Hitler joined the Nazi part in | 1919 |
| Who wrote Mein Kampf (my struggle) | Hitler |
| Hitler promised to____________ | overturn the Treaty of Versailles – retake lost land and rebuild the army |
| Hitler became Chancellor and Fuhrer (head of government) in | 1934 |
| Who created a Creating a totalitarian state with one-party rule | Hitler and Mussolini |
| Who was Identify as “enemies of the state”? | Jews, Gypsies, Homosexual, Jehovah witnesses, and political leaders. |
| Who was apart of the Axis powers | Italy, Japan, Germany |
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