Final Flashcards
Ngo Dien Diem
1954-1963. Educated in the west, not someone who sympathized with Vietnam people. He suppresses the Hindu religion. Sort of a dictator that’s supported by the west. Gets taken out, possibly by CIA. Only ruled in the south
Viet Minh
1954ish. Group of people who fought the Japanese in WWII and continued to fight the French afterwards because they wanted independence. French don’t make headway, war becomes unpopular and French evacuate in 1954.
Stalin
1928-1953. Leader after Lenin in Russia. Hardcore communism and foresaw Germany’s Industrialization so he prepared. Responsible for purges against “non-communists”
National Socialists
- Health of nation states, strong sense of cultural nationalism, corporatism- government should function like the body of the state, anti-democratic, anti-communist, anti-sematic. plan to expand
J.M. Keynes
- If you rely on the economy as it is then you’ll encounter times in which government should intervene. Says booms and busts will only get bigger. Writes “economic consequences of the peace” says economics are all so intertwined that if one economy falls then all will start to fall.
Appeasement
Process by which Hitler goes out and takes over Ruhr region, Austria and some of Czechoslovakia (in 1936) and all of Czechoslovakia (in 1939). Allies stand by him so they don’t cause tension.
February Revolution
Feb-Nov 1917. Faced with dealing with Russia role in war, the lack of food, and warmth, peasants revolting for land back. Unseats the zar, tries to set up electoral voting, they don’t get out of the war or surrender to the Germans.
Treaty of Versailles
- 1 of 5 treaties of the peace of Versailles. Germany surrendered unconditionally and blames whole war on Germany. Forced to demilitarize and lose their colonies. Make reparations- $31 billion total
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
- When U-boats don’t follow the naval warfare rules. They don’t warn non-war ships before they attack which means they kill civilians.
Verdun
1914-1916. French line of forts that French refuse to let fall. 315,000-French and 281,000- Germans die in first battle and 540,000 French and 430,000 Germans die in the second
Zapata
1917-1922. Wants to fight for land reform. Autonomy- each region decides what’s best for itself. Anti-foreign.
Madero
1911-1913. Wants Mexican people to revolt. Revolt occurs in 1911, they throw Diaz out. He wants clean politics. Talks to followers about land reform, labor unions, limiting foreigners, but doesn’t really support it. No purging Diaz’s followers. Killed because he kept enemies too close
Cardenas
1934-1940. Supports labor unions. Does not try to run for a second term. Supports a conservative candidate to follow after him. He wants to really enforce Mexican right to subsoil.
Taipang Rebellion
1850-1864. Starts with a crazy guy who was trying to be a Confucius bureaucrat but fails his exams multiple times. Wants to end Manchu Qing dynasty. He gets a quarter of the population to join. The government goes to the British for help.
Treaty of Nanking
- Most favored nation status, residence rights in 5 treaty parts- Hong Kong, Law tariffs, extraterritoriality, Indemnities’. British got whatever China trades with anyone else. This is a result of the Opium Wars.
Amristar
- The town of Amristar plans to meet, but British commander finds out and makes no meeting law for that day. People still meet because it’s a market day. General gives people 2 minutes to leave, then army fires into crowd killing many, most of which were just shopping.
Muslim League
- Wanted more say in their affairs so they formed their own league.
Guomintang
- Sun Vat Sen wants representative government, military wants to catch up with western military. Want to overthrow dynasty. Some radicals want to give land back peasants, social justice. get secret arms, stored secretly. China revolution starts because explosive go boom and send papers with members names on them flying.
