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16 Cards in this Set
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Western Front
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Used to describe the division between Germany and the allies. Lasted from 1914-1918 in WWI, and 1939-1945 in WWII. Consists of trenches in WWI, but in WWII those proved ineffective, or lasted for a short while.
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Treaty of Versailles
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(June 28, 1919) The Treaty that ended WWI. Required Germany to pay excessive reparations and give away territory. Partly caused WWII, put Germany in a place of despair but hopeful, perfect for Hitler to come in.
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Sun Yat-Sen
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(1870-1925) Revolutionary and political leader. Important role in the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty in 1911.
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Balfour Declaration
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(1917) A promise made by the British prime minister Balfour to give the Jewish people a home and land, due to the holocaust.
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Bolsheviks
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(1903-1952) Split apart at the Second Party Congress in 1903 and became the Communist party. Seized power over Russia during October Revolution and founded Soviet Union. Founded by Lenin. Renamed the communist party of the soviet union in 1952.
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Guomindang
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(1912-present) Currently the ruling party of Taiwan. Officials of this party had a meeting with Hitler. Party was in power when communist enclaves were located inside china.
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Vladimir Lenin
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(1870-1924) Russian Revolutionary leader. He was the leader of the communist government of Soviet Russia. Created soviet union, big role in WWII and red terror.
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Mandate System
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(1919) a legal status for territories taken from control of one country to another following WWI, as well as WWII, but put under the UN.
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Woodrow Wilson
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(1856-1924) President of the United States. Served two terms from 1913 to 1921. Focused his second term on WWI, and tried to maintain US neutral. Began a draft in 1917, and achieved national women’s suffrage.
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League of Nations
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(1919-1946) founded by the Treaty of Versailles by Woodrow Wilson. US never joined until it became the United Nations after WWII
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Causes of WWI
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(1914-1918) Causes are Nationalism, Imperialism, Alliances and Collapse, Arms Race
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Blaise Daigne
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(1872-1934) The first black African elected to be on the French National Assembly. Previously, he was a Senegalse political leader.
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Emiliano Zapata
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(1879-1919) A leading figure in the Mexican Revolution. Commanded a revolutionary force
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African national Congress
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(1912) Governing party of South Africa. Created to increase the rights of the black people, and established non-racial democracy in 1994.
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Pancho Villa
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(1878-1923) First Mexican Evolutional General. Printed Flat money to pay for his cause, and evaded Pershing’s attempts to capture him. Had wide support, and was very popular.
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