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who is napoleon
french emperor
what is Prussia
empire from WW1
What is Zollverein
economic union created by Prussia
who is Otto van Bismark
Prussian emperor who wanted to bring power to the zollvereins
what is Otto van Bismarks Nickname
Iron Chancellor
Junker class?
a lower class in society
What is a Chancellor
Sort of like a prime minister
Congress of Vienna Goals?
Long term peace and it created a German confederation
Realpolitik meaning
Realistic politics
Nationalism meaning
extreme dedication to your country
What is a Tariff?
an attack
who won Austro-Prussian war and what impact did it have
Prussia wins the was and it annexes the northern states
Franco Prussian war, who wins and what is the impact
Prussia wins and France surrenders its land
Kaiser meaning
Emperor
Who is William I of Prussia
Convinced to become Kaiser
Reich?
Empire
Reichstag
Lower house
Suffrage
right to vote
industrialization
transformed economy
what 2 groups did Bismark target
socialists and anarchists
what is a kulturkampf
battle for civilization
socialism
means of production such as money done by state
social welfare
programed to help people
liberal
support change
Main causes of WW1
Militarism, Alliance, Central Powers, Nationalism, Imperialist competition and Central Powers + Allied Powers
What country is Serbia a part of when WW1 starts?
Austria Hungary
Who got assassinated
Franz Ferdinand
What is trench warfare
where WW1 was fought from
No man’s Land?
space in between trenches where nobody was
Purpose of airplanes in WW1?
to spy on other countries
Treaty of Versailles
Limited Germany’s Navy and Army
what is a dictator
a leader with complete power
who is adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany and believed in racial purity and expansionism
who is Joseph Stalin
Dictator of Russia/Soviet Union and wanted elimination of class and destruction
who is Benito Mussolini
Dictator of Italy and was a huge nationalist
Third Reich?
Hitler wanting to expand Germanys land
Blitzkrieg
German military strategy used to create disorganization amongst their enemy
Non-Agression pact
Hitler and Stalin agreeing not to act one another
Pearl Harbor
when Japan dropped bomb on Pearl Harbor Hawaii unexpectedly
Kamakize
Japanese suicide plane drivers meant to cause as much destruction as possible
Hiroshima?
got bombed by US on Aug 6 1945 and killed 80,000-120,000 people
Nagasaki?
got bombed by US on Aug 9 1945 and killed 35,000-70,000
How many people died in WW1
70 mil fought and 55 mil died
How much did WW1 cost
WW1 cost 4.1 trillion
what are the super nations after WW1
US and Soviet Union
