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great war
ww1
Germany’s policy of unrestricted submarine warfare
subs would sink without any warning, any ship found in the enemies waters
total war
A word used to describe how all people and resources were expected to be used for the war effort
rationing
Goods were on short supply so people could buy only small amounts of those items
propaganda
new and information put out by the government to influence thoughts and actions
Zimmerman note
A message from Germany asking Mexico to join the war and attack the US
central powers
Germany and Austria- Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
what brought ww1 to an end
treaty of Versailles
fourteen points
The plan for peace created by US president Woodrow Wilson
treaty of versailles
The main treaty that ended WW1 and was used to punish Germany
Joseph Stalin’s command economy
all economic decisions were made by workers and government officials
kulaks
strong resistance to religious persicution
goals of the five year plans
rapid industrial growth, stronger national offence, mondernization of the soviet economoy
great purge
campaign to eleminate traditional religious belifes
totalitarianism
government that takes control, centralized, state control over every aspect of public and private life
jiang jienshi
Nationalist leader who fought in the Civil War against communist forces
pogroms
Usually describe violence by Russians authorities against the Jewish people.
bolsheviks
A group of revolutionary Russian Marxists who took control of Russia’s gov’t
totalitarian state
A government in which a one party dictatorship regulate every aspect of citizens lives
mohandis k. ghandi
Charles lindbergh
the first person to fly across the Atlantic
f. Scott Fitzgerald
He was a novelist and short story writer, the author of “The Great Gatsby
things that contributed to the weaknesses of the weimar republic
uncontrolable severeve inflation, lack of democratic tradition, and large number of political parties
new deal
a series of programs and policies of Relief, Recovery and Reform to combat the effects of the Great Depression.
