Module 6 Part 3 Flashcards
a cease-fire agreement, which may only be temporary as two belligerent parties attempt to negotiate a peace treaty
armistice
the Communist political party of Vladimir Lenin which overthrew the short-lived democratic government installed after the revolution that had deposed Tsar Nicholas II in 1917
Bolsheviks
the system put in place after WWI by the victorious Allies to govern provinces of the dismantled Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires, using arbitrarily drawn “mandates” from the League of Nations
mandate system
events in Imperial Russia that led to the overthrow of the unpopular monarch, Tsar Nicholas Romanov II, and the eventual installation of a Communist government under Bolshevik party leader Vladimir Lenin
Russian Revolution:
negotiated between Germany and Russia, and signed in March 1918, ending Russia’s involvement in the war and allowing Germany to commit all of its resources to defeat the Allies on the Western Front
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
a provision of the Treaty of Versailles which required all League of Nations members to promise that they would come to the aid of any other member who was attacked or suffered aggression at the hands of another nation
collective security
Woodrow Wilson’s postwar peace plan calling for openness in all matters of diplomacy, including free trade, freedom of the seas, and an end to secret treaties and negotiations
Fourteen Points
Republicans who opposed the Treaty of Versailles on all grounds
Irreconcilables
: President Wilson’s idea for an international body that would help to diffuse conflicts before they became wars by facilitating talks and negotiations, and pledging collective security in case of aggression
League of Nations:
Republicans who would support the Treaty of Versailles if sufficient amendments were introduced that could eliminate collective security
Reservationists
the right of groups of people (ethnic, religious, national, political, or other groups) to determine their own fate in terms of independence or sovereignty; essentially the opposite of imperial or colonial control
self-determination
the treaty negotiated by the Allies after WWI which set forth Wilson’s 14 Points and League of Nations, determined who would control the dissolved Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires, and placed the burden of guilt and reparations on Germany
Treaty of Versailles
the article of the Treaty of Versailles which required that Germany take full responsibility for starting and perpetuating the war; this clause has been the subject of controversy due to its role in the rise of Adolf Hitler and the events leading up to World War II
war guilt clause
raids conducted on suspected groups of radicals, Communists, anarchists, labor unions, or anyone else suspected of being anti-democracy or anti-capitalist, mostly immigrants from Europe
Palmer raid
the fear that Americans felt about the possibility of a Bolshevik revolution in the United States; fear over Communist infiltrators led Americans to restrict and discriminate against any forms of radical dissent, whether Communist or not
Red Scare
