Historical Terms Flashcards
14th Amendment
Restored and protected the rights of freed slaves in 1868.
18th Amendment
Prohibited alcohol in 1919.
19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote in 1920.
Abolitionism
The movement to abolish slavery in the U.S.
Balfour Declaration
Great Britain’s 1917 proclamation supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Blitzkrieg
“Lightning War”
Surprise air attacks immediately followed by massive ground attacks. Hitler used it in WW2.
Caste
One of the four hereditary classes of society in Hinduism
Code of Hammurabi
Babylonian legal code establishing governmental responsibility for criminal justice.
The Communist Manifesto
Written by Marc and Engels
Cuneiform
Sumerian form of writing
Cyrillic
Alphabet of Russian and Slavic languages
Détente
A cooling of Cold War tensions under Nixon and Brezhnev
Diaspora
The scattering of ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world
Domino theory
The idea that if one nation falls to communism, others will as well.
The 14 Points
Post WW1 peace plan made by Wilson; major points include the League of Nations and the concept of national self-determination.
Geneva Convention
1954 Conference that split Vietnam in two along the 17th parallel
Glasnost
A 1985 policy emphasizing openness in sharing of ideas and information; Gorbachev’s idea.
Magna Carta
1215 document that specifies English political and civil liberties.
NATO
A 1949 defense alliance.
Warsaw Pact
A 1955 defense alliance organized by the USSR and several Eastern European nations.
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery in 1865.
