Midterm Review Flashcards
Causes of WWI
Nationalism, Mitirarism, Imperialism, and the Alliance System
Georges Clemenceau
French prime minister, wanted Germany to pay
Woodrow Wilson
Had a 14 point plan for peace. In the end, he pushed the league of nations only
David Lloyd George
Wanted to make Germany pay but he wanted justice, not revenge
Main points of the Treaty of Versailles
Germany accepted the war guilt clause, would pay war reparations, disarm to an army of 100,000 and out of the rhinelands, and lose territory
Czar Nicholas II
Last czar of Russia, deposed in 1917. He and his family were executed by bolsheviks in 1918
Tsarina Alexandria
Nicholas’ wife. Her son Alexis was sickly, so she embraced Rasputin’s alternative medicine
Gregory Rasputin
Was kind of a whore. He helped Alexis and became a member of the royal entourage. It took several attempts to murder him in 1916.
Sergei Whitte
Supported capitalism and wanted to stay out of WWI. Died of a brain tumor.
Peter Stolypin
Minister of the Interior. Tried to stop political unrest after the 1905 revolution
Vladimir Lenin
Professional revolutionary, led a 3 year civil war starting in 1917 where the Bolsheviks assumed control of Russia. Died in1924
Leon Trotsky
Built up the Red army in the revolution. Thrown out of the party in 1927, settled in Mexico, and was assassinated in 1940
What does Nazi stand for?
National German Socialist German Worker’s Party, founded in 1920
When was Hitler first put in jail?
1923, for attempted overthrowing the Bavarian government
What was Mein Kampf?
The book that outlined his plans, while he was in jail
When was the Hitler Youth formed?
1926
When did the Nazi’s establish total control?
1933
When was the Luftwaffe formed?
1935
Jacob Riis
Pioneer photojournalist, wrote “The Problem of the Children” about wayward children in New York City living in poverty and away from school
Rudyard Kippling
Wrote “The White Man’s Burden,” about civilizing the africans
Edward D. Morel
Wrote “The Black Man’s Burden” about how their way of life was impacted by the white man. basically about their opression
Wilfred Owen
Wrote “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Disabled” basically about how bad the war was.
Emma Goldman
An anarchist who was considered dangerous and was deported back to Russia. There, she supported the Bolshevik revolution but then wrote about her disillusionment.
What got America into WWI?
The sinking of the Lusitania
