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Napoleon's final defeat, after he had returned from his 1st exile.
Waterloo
The second island to which Napoleon was exiled. (in the Atlantic)
St. Helena
Napoleon's attempt to destroy England's economy.
Continental System
Refers to the period after Napoleon had escaped from Elba.
100 Days
The guerilla action in Spain which began Napoleon's downfall.
Peninsular War
The Russian czar who defied Napoleon.
Alexander I
The English admiral who saved his country from invasion.
Horatio Nelson
The "united Germany" that was created by Napoleon.
Confederation of the Rhine
English general who led the war in Spain against Napoleon.
Duke of Wellington
Refers to a military takeover of a civilian government.
Coup d'etat
The system of laws introduced into France in the early 1800's.
Code Napoleon
The middle class government that Napoleon overthrew.
Directory
The naval battle at which Napoleon's dream of invading England was ended.
Trafalgar
The formerly Italian island, on which Napoleon was born.
Corsica
The Italian island to which Napoleon was 1st exiled.
Elba
Meetings held in the capital of the Hapsburg empire, after Napoleon's defeat.
Congress of Vienna
Series of European alliances established after the defeat of Napoleon.
Concert of Europe
Condition in which no one country can become a threat to others.
Balance of Power
Tough, practical politics, which try to put aside idealism and emotions.
Realpolitik
Prussian chancellor (prime minister) who said he would forge a united Germany, by "Blood and iron."
Otto von Bismarck
Germany's plan for winning the war on two fronts.
Schlieffen Plan
Military agreement among Britain, France, and Russia.
Triple Entente
Pre-war military agreement between Germany, Italy, and Austria.
Triple Alliance
Emperor of Germany during WWI.
Wilhelm II
Britain's prime minister, and their delegate at Versailles.
David Lloyd George
US leader who proposed the Fourteen Points at Versailles.
Woodrow Wilson
Agreement after the end of WWI between Germany and the Allies.
Treaty of Versailles
France's premier and delegate at Versailles.
Georges Clemenceau
The radical, exiled in Switzerland, who was aided in his return to Russia by the Germans.
Vladimir Lenin
After Lenin died, he was succeeded, following a power struggle, by this man.
Joseph Stalin
Lenin's slogan, designed to get the support of a broad cross-section of the Russian people.
"Land, Peace, Bread"
After the Russians pulled out of WWI, a civil war broke out in Russia. Lenin's supporters in this conflict were identified by what color?
Reds
The color of the anti-communist forces in this civil war in Russia.
Whites
This man was the "architect" of the Communist army.
Leon Trotsky
Lenin's economic program, after the Civil War.
New Economic Policy
This peasant middle class was eliminated in the Soviet economic program of the 1930's.
Kulaks
Stalin set up a Constitution in 1936, which established this 15 member body as the true ruling group in the Soviet Union.
Politburo
This was the Soviet-style Parliament.
Supreme Soviet
In 1919, this organization was established to spread a pro-Soviet viewpoint around the world.
Comintern
He took over in Italy, by threatening the government with his private of "Black Shirts."
Benito Mussolini
The Fascist general who led his forces against the Republic in Spain.
Fransisco Franco
The government of Germany, from the end of WWI to the Hitler takeover, is referred to as the:
Weimar Republic
The aging president of Germany, a former hero-general of WWI, who appointed Hitler to the post of chancellor.
Paul von Hindenburg
Hitler's title.
Der Fuhrer
Mussolini's title.
IL Duce
Title of Hitler's Germany.
3rd Reich.
Hitler wrote a book, while in prison, in which he outlined his intentions. The title of this book is:
Mein Kampf
At this meeting, the British and French agreed to give up Czechoslovakia in order to appease Hitler.
Munich Conference
The British Prime Minister at the Munich Conference.
Neville Chamberlain
This international organization failed to act effectively against the expansion of the Fascist powers.
League of Nations
This African country was invaded by Italy in 1936.
Ethiopia
At this coastal region of France, the U.S. launched their attack on the Germans.
Normandy
The air conflict during which the Royal airforce defeated the Luftwaffe.
Battle of Britain
The Prime Minister who rallied the British during their successful defense against the German attacks.
Winston Churchill
Where the Japanese attacked the American fleet in Hawaii.
Pearl Harbor
The "supreme commander" of the Allied forces in Europe.
Dwight Eisenhower
The battle at which the Russians began their counteroffensive, which resulted in the Nazi defeat in Eastern Europe.
Stalingrad
The naval battle at which the Americans launched their counterattack against the Japanese in the Pacific.
Midway
Name for the long-term programs which dominated the Soviet economy during the 1930's.
Five Year Plans
At this town, the Russians signed a peace treaty with the Germans, in 1918.
Brest-Litovsk
Communist group that took over France after the Franco-Prussian war.
The Commune
Part of Ireland in the north that remained in British Empire.
Ulster
Made after WWI Slavic nations ruled by Serbia
Yugoslavia
People who leave a country for political reasons.
Emigres
The way things were before the war.
Status Quo
Foreign minister of Austria.
Metternich
Napoleon's French foreign minister.
Tallyrand
Second Emperor of France.
Napoleon III
Conflict where the Ottomans stopped Russians into Black Sea.
Crimean War
Straits that Russia wanted.
Bosporus and Dardanelles
Originally controlled by Turks but Russia wanted it.
Black Sea
Battle of El Alamein; Britain eventually occupied it.
Suez Canal
War where U.S. supported the French.
Vietnam
Napoleon III invaded it during the civil war.
Mexico
Put in charge of Mexico by Napoleon III; Franz Ferdinand's brother.
Archduke Maximilian
Easter Germany.
Prussia
Two French provinces that were lost to Germany but won back by France.
Alsace-Lorraine
Telegram that Bismarck altered to insult French.
Ems Telegram
Austria-Hungary
Dual Monarchy
Ruled in England.
Queen Victoria
Jewish officer who was put in prison falsely.
Dreyfus Affair
Slavic people who wanted their own nation.
Slavic Nationals
Ottoman Empire.
"sick man of Europe"
Where Franz Ferdinand was killed.
Sarajevo, Bosnia
Germans gave the Austrians this to attack Serbia.
Blank check
Powder keg for WWI that Turks controlled.
Balkan Peninsula
Killed Franz Ferdinand.
Gavrilo Princip
Monk who was close to Czarina.
Rasputin
Overthrown by Bolsheviks.
Alexander Kerensky
End of WWI.
November 11, 1918
Agreement between Germany and Russia not to fight.
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact.