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39 Cards in this Set
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Leader of the Nazi Party
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Adolf Hitler
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Russia's first dictator
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Vladimir Lenin
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Russia's second dictator
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Joseph Stalin
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Fascist leader of Italy
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Benito Mussolini
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The Father of Modern Physics
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Albert Einstein
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Chinese Communist leader
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Mao Zedong
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Assassinated heir of the Austrian throne
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Archduke Ferdinand
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American president who created federal agencies
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Franklin Roosevelt
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American president who began the League of Nations
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Woodrow Wilson
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Struggled to unite China through the Kuomintang Party
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Sun Yat-Sen
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Pact that would allow countries to settle disputes by negotiation rather than war
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Kellog-Briand Pact
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agreement to limit the number of warships a country could build
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Washington Naval Conference
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Countries involved in the Triple Entente
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Britain, Russia, and France
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Which countries established the friendly agreement known as the Entente Cordiale
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France and Britain
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Which country was blamed for WWI
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Germany
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What treaty ended WWI and made Germany pay for war damages?
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Treaty of Versailles
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a war in which all the resources of a country are devoted to destroying the enemy
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total war
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What action brought Britain into WWI?
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When Germany broke a treaty by invading neutral Belgium.
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What term was used to describe the Balkan region and why?
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The "powder keg" of Europe because any spark of war in this region could ignite a major war throughout Europe.
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Which Asian country's military developed a strong influence during the Meiji Restoration?
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Japan
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pioneered work in radioactive matter
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Pierre and Marie Curie
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Government formed in Germany after WWI
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Weimar Republic
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European country that was the largest producer of chemicals prior to WWI
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Germany
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When two armies fight each other without major gains on either side
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stalemate
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The Schlieffen Plan called for Germany to send forces through which neutral country?
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Belgium
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How many countries repaid their war debt to America after WWI?
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one - Finland
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Literature in America after WWI often reflected
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despair and emptiness of modern life
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What was one of the turning points in WWI (as discussed in class)?
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America's declaration of war on Germany
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Which Russian political party sought social and political change through peaceful methods?
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Mensheviks
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Which Russian political party sought social and political change through violence?
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Bolsheviks
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Which countries signed the Reinsurance Treaty?
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Russia and Germany
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Which country sought to dominate the Balkan region prior to WWI?
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Russia
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Who signed a treaty with Germany and took Russia out of WWI?
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Lenin
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Whose government programs failed to solve America's unemployment problem during the Great Depression?
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Roosevelt
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How did Lenin feel about religion?
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He was opposed to religion and felt that religion was against Marxist teaching.
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One contribution to the outbreak of WWI was faith in _ and _
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science and technology
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Which country's defeat by Germany resulted in the collapse of its central government?
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Russia
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How did the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act affect American trade and economy?
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The tariff resulted in the devastation of the American economy.
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What event occurred on June 28, 1914?
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the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand which led to the beginning of WWI
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