The Modern World

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Assassination ends in the beg of the first war, start of WW1, Austrian Hungarian Empire

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Wealthier Peasants in Russia, soviets take over russia and turn land into "state farms", the Kulaks stand against this, they're against the Soviet Government

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Kulaks

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WW1, coming from the Germans to the mexicans (note to invade the US, it was intercepted by the americans)

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Zimmerman Note

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Written after WW1, if national emergency, the chancellor gets ability to take over Germany, "hitler". Emergency powers, hitler uses to take power, legally become dictator of Germany

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Article 48

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post war Germany, after WW1 up till Hitler becomes dictator

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Weimar Germany

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Ghandi, indias independent movement. Passive resistants, not violent. Leads indian resistance against British. Forbidden to manufacture own salt, ghandi marches to the sea for salt with followers daring the British to stop them. Took long enough to gain media exposure

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The Salt March

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Passinger ship, sunk by German Submarine. Big even causing Americans to join the war. "germans evil, must be stopped"

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The lusitania

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Alliances to promote peace in Europe. Formed before WW1. Great Britian, France, Russia V.S. Germany Austria and hungry

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Allied powers & Central powers

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After WW1, Find an alternative solution to work out problems. The US doesn't show up, meaning the organization was lacking from the beg

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League of nations

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how is germany treated? Treaty signed saying Germany has to admit they started the War.

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treaty of versailles

Front 11

during the time of the cold war, the us was trying to contain communism. Vietnamese lead a freedom fight. War can't be won, tons of lives were lost. Terrain, fighting, uniform vs uniform soldiers,loss of moral overtime

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vietnam war

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In russia, the tsar and Advisors, growing anger against government. tsar organizes elections.People go to the duma for proposals but Tsar can just overwrite them. Revolution is coming

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The Duma

Front 13

willing to reform things, changes need to be made. Thinking about a legit legislature, but he was blown up and killed.

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Tsar Alexander 11

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Tried introducing communism in Russia, at a slow pace. Not in russia when WW2 is going on because they knew he was going to cause a communist revolution. Communist have to unfold in russia and challenged by stalin. Unpleasant results

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Vladimir Lenin

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Replaces Lenin, has no interest in a slow pace of communism, forces russia to transform itself fast. Collectivization efforts, exployed in making food and industrialization and agriculture. Billions starving to death.Before WW2 he agrees pact with hitler not to go into war. Russia gets invaded anyways. After ww2 creates "safe zone", obsessed with industrialization.

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Joseph Stalin

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Stalin, agricultural to industrial forced by the government. In five years we want russia to be doing "this" amount in desired numbers. Prestige says "Communism in Russia, is working."

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5 years plans

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Ultra- Nationalism. Repression of minorities. Use of violent force in the country. Envisions of a strong military. They need help to expand. Single unified national identity. "burning books"

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Fascism

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sevond fiddle to hitler, invited to become prime minister. First to make a nation a fascist state. wants to do better then hitter. Encourages Italy to become "perfect. better than others with a strong military.

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Benito Mussolini

Front 19

Event that looks like one thing, but becomes something else. Communist V.S. Fascist. But was supposed to be left Vs Right. Germany was practicing fighting testing new ways of attacking cities providing a distraction of Germanys empire, not being noticed for what they were doing

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Spanish Civil War

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Failed Artist, Dictator of Germany, a great speaker with passion, inspired nationalism, grudge of Jews for causing ww1, convinced Germany is a better nation, better blood line. Living embodiment of fascism, loses to Russia in WW2 and allied powers, chancellor before dictator, wrote a book "Mein Kampf" meaning my struggle.

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Adolf Hitler

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Military alliance that every participant will defend. Involves US France and Great Britian, to deal with the Soviet Union, alliance devoted to hold the Soviets back. The warsaw pact is the other alliance, the soviets, communist used in eastern europe

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NATO and the Warsaw Pact

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13, or 14 billion dollars going into rebuilding destroyed countries. Like Germany and Japan. Capitalism at work putting Europe back on its feet, while keeping out communism

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The Marshall Plan

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"the living space" Nazi Germany needs more land to grow and expand

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Lebensraum

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"the night of broken glass" as a result of the Jewish German businesses being attacked, the jews are in danger

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"kristalnacht"

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Goes on Japanese radio telling Japanese people the war is over, and that there is no longer a reason to fight under his name. Lay down arms, must surrender to the US

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Emperor Hirohito

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egyption Governor committed to bring all arab people to together under his leadership. US sees him as an Egyptian Hitler. He then becomes leader of Egypt

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Abdel Nasser

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Final product of chinese and russian interest. their interest opposed each others.

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The sino-soviet split

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Communist leader of China (Chinese Stalin) forced industrialization, mass murderer

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Mao Zedong

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Battle of WW2 that decides whoever won the battle, wins the war. Soviets win over Germany.

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Stalingrad

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Re-location of muslims in india forming a separate nation.

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Pakistan

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In congo, looks to the soviet union for support, devoted to people. Leads to americas and is arrested. Executed

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Patrice Lumumba

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everyone who did not join. the US, Soviets, and Allies didn't join the nato or warsaw pact. Watching cold war

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Nonaligned nations

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Applies to communism, that it has to be stopped and contained

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Containment

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Orchestrating Russian satellite, pushing technology, trying to prove that the soviet union can beat or keep up with the US. He critiqued Statin. Got tangled in the Cuban missile crisis. Pushes arms race, and space race. Creation of the Berlin wall

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Seals the people of East Berlin up, prevents movement of people.

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The Berlin Wall

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Allowing people to criticize soviet government

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Glastnost

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Restructure making the soviet economy less communist, and more free market.

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perestroika

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In china. Wanting china to leap into modernization and produce more oil coal, and less in agriculture more in industry. The problem being 20 million chinese died because not enough people in fields

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Great Leap Forward

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First dropping of the atomic bomb.

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Hiroshima

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The US gets involved in the fight against communism, china gets invalid "unofficially."

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The Korean War

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Bring china up to speed, and transform their culture, national communism.

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The cultural Revolution

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Russian satellite, Soviests ahead of the US, encourages arms race, and space race.

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Sputnik

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Non-Violence in india. Largely responsible for leading india towards independence

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Mohandas Ghandi

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mao zedongs competitor, defeated

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chaing kai-shek

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missiles put in cuba right by the US

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Cuban Missile Crisis