Final Flashcards
What led to the French Revolution?
Bad harvests and a slowdown in manufacture
Who were the middle class in the French Revolution?
The middle class was called the bourgeoisie and included professionals
What led to the peasant rebellions in 1789?
High taxes, high cost of bread, and political inequality
How did Napoleons great empire collapse?
It collapsed from the strain of Napoleons many wars
What opened up new frontiers in the Second Industrial Revolution?
Textiles, railroads, iron, and coal
How did industrialization change people’s lives?
People’s lives became more divided between work and leisure
What did Sigmund Freud claim?
He claimed that human behavior was ruled by repressed childhood experiences
In the United States how limited was the wealth produced by the Second Industrial Revolution?
It was very limited
What problems were accompanied with rapid urbanization?
Poor sanitation and bad living conditions
Why did European nations begin to search for colonies overseas?
To help gain raw materials to feed their industries and open new markets for their products
What is dollar diplomacy?
It is the policy of joining a country’s economic and foreign policy interests
Why did Europeans want to colonize West Africa?
For the valuable raw materials
What was the rivalry between France and Britain over?
The colonial takeover of Southeast Asia
Why did tensions rise across Europe in WW1?
Countries began mobilizing for war after 1900
What was the Fourteen Points document?
Was proposed by Woodrow Wilson for peace across Europe
How was the war effect defined on the Western Front in WW1?
By trench warfare which place the war in a stalemate
What did the Treaty of Versailles do to Germany?
It blamed them for the war and required reparations from them
What led to the Bolshevik Revolution?
Czar Nickolas’s failed military and economic policies
What led to a civil war in Russia?
Opposition of the Bolshevik government
Who were the Allied Powers?
United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union
Who were the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
What ended WW2 in the Pacific?
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
During WW2 Japan was in such need of workers what did they do?
They brought in Korean and Chinese laborers to address the shortages
Why was bombing used in WW2?
To weaken moral and intimidate civilians
What forced the United States to enter WW2?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
What did the use of forced labor in Germany cause?
Industrial disruptions in areas that could have helped Germany
Who was the Chinese Communist Leader?
Mao Zedong
When was the closest a nuclear war ever came to actually happening?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What happened when China fell to communism?
The US fear of communism spreading only grew
What was the Marshall Plan?
It was used to restore the economies of Europe after WW2
What was the Truman Doctrine?
It promised financial assistance to countries threatened by communism
What was the Warsaw Pact?
It was an alliance between the Soviet Union and other communist countries in Eastern Europe
Why did the Soviet Union ally with North Korea?
It was an effort to takeover South Korea
