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54 Cards in this Set
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Sarajevo 1914
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where archduke ferdinad assasinated...started ww1
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Central Powers WW1
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Italy, Austria-Hungry, Germnay, Ottoman Empire
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Allies WW1
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France,Russia, GB. Russia pulled out early though bc of russian rev.
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trench warfare
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they dugged tunnels and they lived there to protect themselves
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zimmerman telegram
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brought US to WW1. Germany sent a telegram to Mexico asking to stat on their side and if they win they can have their territory back from US
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Fourteen Poins
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by woodrow wilson points that he thought things were wrong with the world
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Peace of Paris 1919
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WWI was settled due to this treaty aka. treaty of versilles
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weimar republic
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interwar name for Germany. before hitler came to power
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"war reparations"
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one of the concessions Germany was forced to make money asking for huge payment
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war guilt
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aaknowlege that germany started the war
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Fourteen Poins
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by woodrow wilson points that he thought things were wrong with the world
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Peace of Paris 1919
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WWI was settled due to this treaty aka. treaty of versilles
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weimar republic
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interwar name for Germany. before hitler came to power
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"war reparations"
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one of the concessions Germany was forced to make money asking for huge payment
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war guilt
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aaknowlege that germany started the war
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Bolsheviks
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were a group in the communist party that carried out russian revolution
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Bloody Sunday 1905
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a day when peaceful demonstrators were massacured. it exposed the way the government treated people
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Great Depression 1929
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a prolonged worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929
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Fascism
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political movement supported middle class and rejected idea of french rev., and 19th cent. liberalism. Mussolini early 1920s
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Fuhrer
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Hitler was the first person leader
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National Socialism (Nazism)
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A German national party that is a form of socialism
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Totalitarianism
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when a government has control of everything
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Allies of WWII
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GB, France, Soviet Union, US
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Axis WW2
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German, Italy, Japan
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Reichstag Fire 1933
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set a fire to the parliment in berlin nazi claim it was part if their threat to government
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Kristallnacht 1938
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first violent act against jews in 1938
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Gestapo
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secret police of the nazis. control group and terrorize people
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Reoccupation of the Rhineland of 1936
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Hitler sent troops to occupy france, made france fall
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Anschluss 1938
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Occupation of Austria by Germany 1938
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Munich Crisis 1938
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Final appeasment of Hitler by the UK and France. you can have bohemia if you stop after that
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Invasion of Poland
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germnay invaded poland sept. 1 1939 start of WW2
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Lebensraum
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Hitler's name for german expanison living space
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Blitzkrieg
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new type of war fare, fast way to kill people
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Pearl Harbor
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Dec. 7 1941 japan bombs pearl harbor and US joins war
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Final Solution
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Nazi Long range plan for the extermination of the jews
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Holocaust
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the germans trying to get rid of all the jews
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Battle of Britain
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sustained bombardment of english cities
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Berlin Wall
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divided east germany to west germany. powerfull image of coldwar
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Iron Curtain
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figure of speech. new division in west and division in west and division of rest of europe
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Marshall Plan
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US financial aid to europe after the war
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Truman doctrine
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american declaration that the US will support the people who went to become free
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Berlin Blockade
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first disagreement between US and SSR over Germany territory
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Satellite states
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soviet controlled by soviet union hungrey bolvaria poland romania checklozsvacia
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Nomenklatura
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new ruling class, everyone will be equal
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Politburo
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most elite communist party members-top guy general secretary
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Hungarian Rev. 1956
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attemped to free check. from soviet union and wanted independence
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Prague Spring 1968
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revolution attempt to free chekozovacia from hungrey wanted independence from soviet union
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Gorbachev
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soviet communist party secretary wanted to reform communist party in 1980
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Pope John Paul II
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helped Lech Walesa with solidarity movement
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Lech Walesa
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made independent trade union organization in poland satallite states. called solidarity movement. helped bring an end to communism
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Glasnost
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soviet union to reform communist open to critizsim
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Perestroika
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reform of economy soviet union
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solidarity
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trade union trying to protect middle class. protect power to working class. leads to collapse of USSR
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"new world order"
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Gorbachev
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