Final Exam Flashcards
Robert Borden
-WW1 PM
-War leader
Who was the Red Baron
-Manfred Von Richthofen
-German fighter jet with the most shoot downs throughout war
Sgt. Cedric Popkins
-Australian ground machine gunner
-Real shooter of the Red Baron (Roy Brown is credited however)
Adolph Hitler
-Nazi leader (Germany)
-Preached bringing greatness back to Germany & expansion, anti-semitism
-Angered by the Treaty of Versaille
Woodrow Wilson
-WW1 US President
-Created the league of nations
William L Mckenzie King
-PM of Canada
1921-1926, 1926-1930
Arthur Currie
-General in WW1
-Led Canadian troops to victory at Vimy Ridge
Manfred Von Richtofen
-Pilot of the Red Baron
-German fighter jet credited with the most shoot downs
R.B Bennett
-PM of Canada 1930-1935
-Refused to believe the Great Depression was real
-Public discontent
-Created Gov. relief camps (similar to US “New Deal) in order to put young men to work
Winston Churchill
-British PM during WW2
-known for leading Britain to victory
Franklin Roosevelt
Vladimir Lenin
-Leader of the Bolshevik Party
-Established the USSR (Soviet Union)
-Communist Russia
-Party funded by the USA
Benito Mussolini
-Facist Italian leader
-Had split support
-Hung by his own people
Reinhard Heydrich
-Creator of the final solution of Jewish People (Wannsee Conference)
Heinrich Himmler
-Creator of the Final Solution of how to deal with Jewish People (Wannsee Conference)
-Head of SS & minister of interior
Statute of Westminster
An act that gave Canada more independence from Britian
Munich Pact
-British & French Pm signed an agreement with Germany to give away Czechoslovakia in attempt to advert war
Treaty of Versaille
-Post WW1 treaty
-Made Germany take full responsibility for the war (reparation payments, limited military, giving back European territory)
-Signed in France in a traincar
League of Nations
-One of Wilson’s 14 points
-World wide gov. organization to maintain world peace by discussing issues
Axis Power
-Communist/Facist countries
-Japan, Germany, Italy