Ids Flashcards
Sepoy rebellion
1857
Who: Indian troops in Britain east India trading co.
What: rebellion by Indian troops in BEITCA
where: India
Why: parliament/ British gov’t takeover India furthering imperial reach.
Opium wars
Who: Chinese and British
What: integration of opium into Chinese society
Where: China, Hong Kong, Beijing
Why: lead to mass immigration which caused the boxer rebellion due to massive amounts of immigrants and missionaries
Charles Darwin
When: 1859 Who: British naturalist What: wrote origins of species Where: Galápagos Islands Why: his ideas are still used today in science
Social Darwinism
Who: Herbert spencer
What: applies darwin’s theories to people
Where: England
Why: contributes to justification of British racism
Berlin conference
When: 1884
Who: Europe
What: split Africa between European nations
Where: Berlin
Why: shows European disregard for other cultures In pursuit of European imperialism. Demonstrates competitive nature of European countries.
Emperor menelik II
When: 1899 Who: Ethiopian emperor What: defeated Italians Where: Ethiopia Why: the treaty of wechale was signed effectively menelik has granted Eritrea to Italy in exchange for recognition of Ethiopian sovereignty.
Rudyard Kipling
Who: author
What: wrote “white man’s burden”
Where: England
Why: demonstrates English belief that they need to care for lesser beings.
Emmeline Pankhurst
Who: British aristocrat
What: lead women’s suffragette movement
Where: England
Why: drastic actions shed light on the need for women’s vote
Schlieffen plan
When: 1914 Who: Germans What: strategic battle plan Where: Germany Why: its failure caused the war to continue on for much longer.
Gavrilo princip
Who: Serbian nationalist
What: assassinated archduke franz Ferdinand
Where: Bosnia
Why: started chain reaction that leads to WWI
Vladimir Lenin
Who: leader of Russia
What: took Russia out of WWI
Where: Russia
Why: had no succession plan when he died which allowed Stalin to get control of Russia
Lusitania
When: 1915 Who: Americans and Germans What: passenger boat Where: Atlantic Ocean Why: brought Americans to join WWI
Treaty of Brest-litovsk
When: 1918
Who: Russia and the allies
What: loss of Ukraine and ports in Black Sea
Where: Ukraine
Russia gave up all their fertile land and their seaports and the war is ended in the east
Treaty of Versailles
When: 1919
Who: Germany
What: creates Poland,creates League of Nations
Where: France
Why: the deal cripples Germany which allows for hitler to rise into power.
Mein kampf
When: 1923 Who: adolf hitler What: his book about his struggle Where: Germany Why: outlines Hitler's ideology and unifies their Germany with a common struggle
Fascism
When: 1930
Who: Italy (Mussolini) and Germany (Hitler)
What: political ideology about subordination of the individual to the state
Where: Italy and Germany
Why: allowed hitler to further his control of Germany and ditto for Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Who: leader of Russia
What: industrialized Russia. Institutes 5 year plan.
Where: Russia
Why: industrialization of Russia helps them keep up in WWII
Benito Mussolini
Who: prime minister of Italy
What: leader of nationalist fascist party
Where: Italy
Why: completely revolutionized Italy by getting rid of all other political parties and by establishing pact of steel led to secret military and economic cooperation
Policy of appeasement
When: 1938
Who: Neville chamberlain
What: policy for Britain and France to not intervene with Germany
Where: Munich
Why: represents lack of real action allowing Hitler to continue on his conquest
Anschluss with Austria
Who: Hitler
What: wanted territory in east
Where: Austria
Why: shit
Kristallnacht
Who: Germans
What: the night of the broke glass
Where: Germany
Why: demonstrates the superiority that the Germans believed that they possessed over Jews
Potato famine: who, what, when, where, why?
Irish, blight that wiped out potatoes 1 million deaths, in Ireland, it demonstrates England’s discrimination of the Irish in 1845
Ribbentrop agreement
When: 1939 Who: Russians and Germans What: non-aggression pact Where: Moscow, or Russia if you want Why: this is important because it cleared the way to invade Poland
Maginot line
When: 1939 Who: French What: bunkers/underground cities Where: French borders Why: they were ineffective, which showed how unprepared the allies were against the Germans and also showed the superiority of the blitzkrieg tactic
