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Gandhi

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believed in non-violent, civil-disobedience tactics

President of the Indian National Congress

opposed British rule

led the salt march to oppose the salt tax

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Japan

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with the allies in WW1

expansionist tendencies led to a deterioration in its diplomatic position

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factors contributing to the outbreak of WW1

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German/British rivalry

The European balance of power was upset (Germany became too strong)

European Nationalism

Conflict between Austria & the kingdom of Serbia

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Serbia’s WW1 outlook

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desired a Greater Serbia, wanted to unite with the millions of southern Slavs

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Russia’s WW1 outlook

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Pan-slavism:

called for the solidarity of Russians with their Slavic cousins in E. Europe

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Western Front

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in france

had trenches

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Zimmerman’s note

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intercepted message between Mexico and Germany saying Mexico should side with Germany

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reasons for US intervention in WW1

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unrestricted submarine warfare

Zimmerman note

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the big 4 at the paris peace talks

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Orlando(IT)
Lloyd-George(GB)
Clemenceau(FR)
Wilson(US)

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Wilson’s error

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failed to include even one Republican senator in his delegation

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soviet

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elected governing council in the former Soviet Union

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Bolsheviks

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“majority”

they were confirmed atheists who believed God had no place in their vision of a better society

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Revolutions of 1917

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hardships/losses during WW I led to widespread discontent

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Soviet Union

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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War communism

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the state took over the means of production and devestated the economy

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NEP

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in soviet union

allowed the remainder of the economic system to return to private enterprise

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Stalin

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began a series of Five-Year Plans for industry development

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Russian industrialization

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constructed: railroads, power plants, steel mills

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Russian purges

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Stalin was paranoid about threats from within the Communist Party

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Great depression causes

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lack of industrial diversification

overproduction

agricultural surplus and the consequent fall of prices

an overexpansion of credit

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Great depression effects on other countries

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Japan: strengthened militarist groups

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Merchants response to the great depression

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reduce prices

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The New Deal

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bold experimentation

unprecedented heavy federal government intervention

stressed its principles in the three R’s: Relief, Recovery, Reform

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the Hundred Days

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FDR summons Congress into special session

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Facism

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a form of totalitarian government where the state is the focus of life

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Mussolini

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made Italy the first Fascist State & transformed it into a dictatorship

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Nazis

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Germans were entitled to conquer/subjugate other races

The Jew is enemy

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The Munich Conference

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Hitler demands the Sudetenland

GB & FR let him have it

thought this avoided a world war

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Sudetenland

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Czechoslovakian territory

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spanish civil war

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proves to be a “dress rehearsal” for further conflict

31
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German invasion of Poland

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blitzkrieg

conquered in 4 weeks

partitioned

32
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declarations of war

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Italy declares war on France in 1940

Germany declares war on the US in 1941

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Ardennes Forrest

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Germany goes through this to out-flank the Maginot line

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Phony War

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Germany relocates from their victorious eastern position to the western area

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Leningrad

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sieged by the Germans

lasts 900 days

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Stalingrad

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furthest advance of Germany into Russia

37
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George Patton

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his forces rescue the 101st during the battle of the bulge

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Jewish experience in Warsaw

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disease and malnutrition

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Battle of the Bulge

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surprise German offensive under the cover of fog

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Operation Overlord

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largest amphibious invasion in history

lead into D-Day

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US fire-bombing of cities

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Tokyo where a ton of people die
Nagoya
Kobe
Osaka

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Bataan death march

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Filipino troops forced to march to POW camps

43
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Okinawa

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site of US amphibious landing

ideal base for final assault

US faces kamikaze attacks

tons of Japanese die

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Midway

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helps preserve the safety of Pearl Harbor

Japan essentially relinquishes Pacific naval advantage

45
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The Red army

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comprised of dedicated Bolsheviks

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