History WWI Flashcards
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
militarism
belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
imperialism
The building of power by controlling over colonies.
Treaty of Versailles
the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
Joseph Mcarthy
accused tons of us citizens of being communist, had them “blacklisted”
Martin Luther King Jr.
u.s. baptist minister and civil rights leader. a noted orator, he opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations. he was assassinated in memphis, tennessee. nobel peace prize (1964)
Malcolm X
black muslim who argued for separation, not integration. he changed his views, but was assassinated in 1965.
Lyndon B. Johnson
the us president who privately wanted to stay out of vietnam but sent soldiers because his goal was to stop the spread of communism
John F. Kennedy
35th u.s. president. 1961-1963 (assassinated). democratic
president of the us during the bay of pigs invasion and the cuban missile crisis
Woodrow Wilson
u.s. president, who led usa into wwi. he proposed the 14 points. he attended the peace conference at versailles.
Ho Chi Minh
vietnamese communist statesman who fought the japanese in world war ii and the french until 1954 and south vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969)
Joseph Stalin
russian leader who succeeded lenin as head of the communist party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
Adolf Hilter
(20 april 1889 - 30 april 1945) was the leader of the national socialist german workers party (the nazi party). he was appointed chancellor of germany in 1933, and became führer (leader) in 1934, remaining in power until his suicide in 1945.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
leader of the allied forces in europe during ww2–leader of troops in africa and commander in dday invasion-elected president-president during integration of little rock central high school
Winston Churchill
a noted british statesman who led britain throughout most of world war ii and along with roosevelt planned many allied campaigns. he predicted an iron curtain that would separate communist europe from the rest of the west.
Harry S. Truman
president of the us after roosevelt’s death; approved the use of the atomic bomb against japan
Ronald Regan
the president of the us at the end of the cold war who encouraged americans to mistrust communists
Richard Nixon
he was elected to be us president after johnson decided to not to run for us president again. he promised peace with honor in vietnam which means withdrawing american soliders from south vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
south vietnamese president that was catholic and strongly opposed communism. his poor leadership and corrupt government spelled doom.
Herbert Hoover
south vietnamese president that was catholic and strongly opposed communism. his poor leadership and corrupt government spelled doom
Bill Clinton
42nd president advocated economic and healthcare reform; second president to be impeached
Mikhail Gorbachev
soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the cold war and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931)
Fidel Castro
cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a marxist socialist state in cuba (born in 1927)
Cuban Missile Crisis
In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union came close to nuclear war when President Kennedy insisted that Nikita Khrushchev remove the 42 missiles he had secretly deployed in Cuba. The Soviets eventually did so, nuclear war was averted, and the crisis ended.
