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Russian who immigrated into the U.S. who advocated for worker and woman’s rights. Also an Anarchist (1900-2001)

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Emma Goldman

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What does total war mean? (1900-2001)

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It means that everyone in the warring societies is contributing to the war effort and the nations economies are optimized for war

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What caused WWI? (1900-2001)

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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand (Austrian Prince)
Alliances
Militarism
Industrialisation
Nationalism

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Who was in/what as the name of each alliance in WWI? (1900-2001)

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Triple Entente: France, Britain, Russia
Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria, Italy

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Front between the Allied forces and Germany during WWI. Mostly trench warfare. (1900-2001)

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Western Front

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What happened to women’s rights when the men went off to war? (1900-2001)

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They got better

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After the start of WWI, what was anarchy seen as? (1900-2001)

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Outdated

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Front between Russia and Germany during WWI. There was low Russian morale because Germany had better technology (1900-2001)

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Eastern Front

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Front in central Asia between Ottomans and Allies during WWI. Ally colonies fought a lot here (1900-2001)

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Southern Front

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French W. Africans that fought on the Southern Front in WWI (1900-2001)

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Senegalese Sharpshooters

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Who won/how did they win WWI? (1900-2001)

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The Allies because the U.S. joined them

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Why did the U.S. join WWI? (1900-2001)

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The Germans sank a passenger ship

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Conference that ended WWI and resulted in the treaty of Versailles and the formation of the League of nations (1900-2001)

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Paris Peace Conference

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What country was blamed for WWI? (1900-2001)

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Germany, causing them to go into an economic turmoil with reparations payments and have their colonies redistributed

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International Organization created after WWI that didn’t have much control (1900-2001)

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League of Nations

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Democratic Government Germany created after WWI that faced tons of war debts (1900-2001)

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Weimar Republic

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What happened in Germany as a result of war debts? (1900-2001)

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Inflation like crazy

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System that redistributed Ottoman and German provinces after WWI (1900-2001)

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Mandate System

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Attempt by Turks to get rid of Armenians (1900-2001)

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Armenian Genocide

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Why did Indians fight in WWI? (1900-2001)

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Because they thought that they would be made independent

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What did the Balfour Declaration say in 1917?

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The British have to make a home in Palestine for Jews

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Founder of the Republic of China who started the nationalist party (1900-2001)

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Sun-Yat Sen

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A student led protest in China against imperialism (1900-2001)

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May 4th Movement

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Leader of the Communist Party of China from 1949 to 1976

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Mao Zedong

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Russian political party ran by Vladimir Lenin that was communist (1900-2001)

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Bolsheviks

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Russian policy made by Lenin that was later reversed by Stalin. It allowed for some private businesses (1900-2001)

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New Economic Policy

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War in Russia between the Communists and the Rich (1900-2001)

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Russian Civil war

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What ally did not have a vote at the Paris Peace conference because they left the war early (1900-2001)

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Russia

29
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Who was Lenin’s successor? (1900-2001)

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Joseph Stalin

30
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What is collectivization? (1900-2001)

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When a communist government takes over farms (by force) to redistribute the food from that farm all over the state.

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Turkish nationalist and novelist who served on Turkish Parlement, taugh English, and served in the Army. Also a Woman (1900-2001)

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Halide Edib

32
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Order the major events in the time period 1900-2001 (WW1,globalization,WW2,Cold war,Depression)

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WWI
The Great Depression
WWII
The Cold War
globalization

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What were the effects of the great depression? (1900-2001)

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Deflation and Unemployment

34
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What decade did the great depression happen in?

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1930s

35
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Guy that suggested that Governments needed to spend money to revive their economy during the depression (1900-2001)

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John Maynard Keynes

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U.S. President during the Great Depression and WWII. Created the new deal to get out of the depression (1900-2001)

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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What is Fascism? (1900-2001)

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Extreme nationalism, dictatorship, and militarism

38
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Stalin executed Lenin’s old friends and some old officers to make sure that there was not going to be a coup (1900-2001)

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The Great Purges

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Charismatic fascist prime minister of Italy who allied with the Nazis and got his funds because he was a not communist or an anarchist (1900-2001)

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Benito Mussolini

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Leader of the Nazis who persecuted Jews, communists, LGBTQIA+s, and handicapped people and is the person who started WWII (1900-2001)

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Adolf Hitler

41
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What were some sudden changes that happened when Hitler rose to power? (1900-2001)

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He became a Dictator
Hitler youth instead of boy scouts
Censorship
Restricting Religious leaders

42
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Why was Hitler Elected? (1900-2001)

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Because the people of his party thought that they could control him from behind the scenes

43
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What is some good stuff to come out of Nazi Germany? (1900-2001)

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Autobahn
low unemployment
big military

44
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Why did Japan invade Manchuria? (1900-2001)

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It needed resources because of industrialization

45
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Ottoman who established Turkey in 1923

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Mustafa Kemal

46
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Ghandi lead a lot of people to the ocean to make salt in protest of Britain’s monopoly on it (1900-2001)

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Salt March

47
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British army fired on a peaceful Indian crowd, which lead to Indians wanting self-governance (1900-2001)

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Amritsar Massacre

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Muslim political party that advocated for a separate state for Muslims (1900-2001)

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Muslim league

49
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Rebellion led by women against British tax. Rebellion done by celebrating cultural traditions (1900-2001)

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Igbo Women’s war

50
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Did people think that Hitler was a threat? (1900-2001)

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no

51
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Japan occupied the Nanjing providence of China and killed lots of Chinese people because they thought they were racially superior (1900-2001)

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Rape of Nanjing

52
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Who did Ethiopia defend against? (1900-2001)

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Italy

53
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What was the “prelude to WWII”? (1900-2001)

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Spanish civil war

54
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Overall, what happened in the period from 1900-2001?

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Global wars
Decolonization
Globalization

55
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The land that Hitler wanted to take over to feed Germany (1900-2001)

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Lebensraum

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What were the two main reasons for WWII? (1900-2001)

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Aggression and apeasement

57
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What was the Munich Conference? (1900-2001)

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Conference between Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France to make Czechloslovakia surrender the Sudeten region

58
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Name the 4 non-aligned countries during the Cold War?

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Ghana, India, Indonesia, Egypt

59
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What difficult question were new countries faced with during the cold war?

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Capatalist or Communist

60
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Person who negotiated independence for Ghana but was then assasinated

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Kwame Nkrumah

61
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Leader of the Vietnamese revolution

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Ho Chi Minh

62
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How did India not get messed with during the Cold War?

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Nukes

63
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Guatemalen President who was overthrown by the CIA because he attempted land reform where lots of bananas were grown

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Jacobo Árbenz

64
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Cuban President who was supported by the USSR

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Fidel Castro

65
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USSR invaded this place because they wanted them to continue to be communist. A proxy war

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Afghanistan

66
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The use of new technologies to increase food supply. Helped a lot in Mexico and India

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Green Revolution

67
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Mexican president during the Mexican revolution who was very corrupt and sold land to U.S. business interests

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Porferio Diaz

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