Rise of Nationalism Flashcards
What is Domestic Policy?
a type of public policy overseeing administrative decisions that are directly related to all issues and activity within a state’s borders.
What is Foreign policy?
which refers to the ways a government advances its interests in external politics.
What are the short term and long term causes of WW1
Long Term:
M-ilitarism
A-lliances
N-ationalism
I-mperialism
Short term:
A-ssassination
What were the two groups that were involved with WW1?
Triple Entente (Allies): Britain, France, Russia
Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Italy
What was the Schlieffen Plan? Why didn’t it work?
General von schlieffen, head of German military created a plan to avoid a two headed war. This plan included the invasion of France immediately, then move to Eastern front to defeat Russia
It wasn’t successful because it took longer than expected to defeat France
What was the War Measures Act?
Gave emergency powers to the federal government to limit the rights and freedoms of Canadians during times of war, invasion, or insurrection
What is internment?
The imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups without trial
WW1 Internment?
A great number of Ukrainians immigrated to Canada, where they’d been offered free land and a better life. When the war began, Canada issued an order for the registration of individuals who were considered to be “enemy nationality” including Germans, Austrians, Ukrainians and more. Production of foreign newspapers were banned, immigration from Ukraine, Germany, and Austria was completely cut off
What is the Conscription? What was the Conscription Crisis?
Conscription: madatory miltiary service.
When Great Britain declared war, Canada was forced to enter the war as part of the British Empire.
What is Autonomy?
The right to control your own affairs through self-government
What is Expansionism?
Foriegn Policy of expanding your territory, usually (though not always) through military aggression
What is Appeasement?
Foreign policy of making political concessions (giving in) to an enemy power to avoid conflict
Sit back, let things happen
What is Isolationism?
Foreign policy in which a nations stays completely out of world affairs politically, economically, socially, and militaristically
What is Collective Security?
system by which states have attempted to prevent or stop wars.
Who were the “Big Four” after WW1. What were their interests?
-Britain. Wanted reparations and the disengagement on Germanys navy to ensure their colonial access
-France. Wanted revenge against Germany and protection from future aggression.
-Italy. Wanted land that was promised to it when they joined the allies.
-US. Wanted to create a humane treaty with Germany (Treaty of Versailles)
Treaty of Versailles: What does BRAT mean?
B-lame
(Germany had to sign the war guilt clause. (responsibility))
R-eparations
(Germany had to pay $33 Billion in reparations for damages caused by the war)
A-rmy
(Germany’s army was to be reduced, no German airforce, no tanks or submarines, etc.)
T-erritory
(land was returned to France, lost all colonies, etc.)
What was the main result of the Treaty of Versailles?
The League of Nations was foromed to ensure that war never broke out again
What were Wilson’s 14 points?
-Statement of principles for world peace after WW1
-Focused on progressive foreign policy ideals like free trade, open agreements, democracy, self-determination
What was the League of Nations? Who didn’t enter but instead entered into Isolationism?
Intergovernmental organization created to maintain world peace. Based on collective security, disarmament, and peaceful negotiations.
The United States.
Reminder: look at my Hitler flashcards outside of this deck. Hitler, the Holocaust, and WW2 won’t be in here <3
What is Holodomor?
“Death by Starvation”
Who was Josef Stalin?
Assumed the role of Supreme Leader of the Soviet Union. He instituted rapid industrialization, collectivized agriculture and let great purges to clean the land of the “undesirable people”
What did Josef Stalin do to counter Ukraine’s rising sense of self-determination? (3 points)
-He created state-controlled farms.
-Increased grain quotas
-Confiscated all of Ukraine’s food source and sealed its borders, preventing people from obtaining food
Who were the two main ethnic groups in Rwanda?
The Hutu and Tutsis
