final exam #1 Flashcards
What best describes the reign of terror during the french revolution?
Reactionary purge of violence against suspected traitors
mussolini started this party in Italy by combining socialism, violent tactics, and propaganda to maintain control
Fascism
why did Japan attack pearl harbor?
Japan wanted to take out the US in one quick surprise attack
what were the Nuremberg laws meant to do?
strip the rights of citizenship of German Jews
what had a major impact on how to reconstruct Europe after WWII
Yalta Conference
writers like F. Scot Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway wrote about the moral decay following WWI and were known as the
Lost Generation
what military alliances formed as a result of the cold war?
Warsaw Pact & NATO
What did the desire to control the USSR’s natural resources, including oil, influence
Hitler to invade the Soviet Union
What was President Truman’s reason for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan
to end the war sooner & save massive American casualties
what was not part of the Axis powers during WWII?
USSR
what alliance were GB, USSR, and USA a part of during WWII
Allied Powers
In order for Germany to be able to invade Poland without Soviet opposition, Hitler…
made secret non-aggression pact with Stalin saying they would share Poland
the payment of forced reparations was one of the main reasons
German currency lost its value after WWI
the idea that Western nations should have the right to rule over populations they feel superior to
Social Darwinism
what made the industrial revolution possible?
Agricultural Revolution
