Test VII Flashcards
Ejidos
Farms created by Benito. Group of peasants live on community farm and work together.
Cristeros
Peasant revolt in Mexico by Catholic church. Make the church more important to government. Secularism
Pancho Villa
Complete Mexican revolution in north. Worked with Zapato. Robin Hood figure. Restructured society. Land distribution. Elected in 1920 to end revolution after 10 years
Alvaro Obregon
Leader of Mexican government 1920 liberal president gradual change. Brought over machine guns.
Emiliano Zapato
Complete Mexican revolution in SOUTH. Worked with Zapato. Robin Hood figure. Restructured society. Land distribution. Elected in 1920 to end revolution after 10 years.
Mexican Revolution
Fought over 10 years. Overthrow of Diez- took over max a million
Dominant Foreign Power in Latin America, post WWI
The United States. Monroe doc. Solidify the u.s. influence over west
Russian revolution 1917
Started in st. Pete. Earlier worker revolts, leads to a much bigger revolt. People blame Zhar Nickolous 2 for WWI. Many wanted to leave the war. No supplies are getting into Russia. Not industrialized. Bolsheviks murder the whole Zhar family. Starts the Soviet Union.
Soviets
Main gov in Russia. Can’t rule everyone. Set up small community governments
Alexander Kerensky
March revolution 1917. Provisional government. Temporary government. Want to set up new government after the war. Bolsheviks wanted to get out of the war and give the people what they wanted -peace, land, and bread. Through Alex out in October revolution.
Lenin’s Policy for WWI
Promised freedom for small business owners, food production goes up. Got Russia out of war- allies don’t care what happens to Russia treaty of briest-litovsk
Manchu Dynasty
Didn’t change much in government. Just lost the opium wars. China is in a vulnerable position. Hostile against Europeans. 11-12 try to become a republic. Thrown out of power in 1912. Then communist take over.
1911 revolt/revolutionary alliance
11-12 anti Ching (revolutionary alliance) end dynasty. Sun Yat-sen lead, brought Ching republic.
Japan gains in China after the war
Took Germany colonies. Didn’t get to keep them. Took over Manchuria.
May Fourth Movement
China. Resistance of Japanese in 1919. Power is given to Japan, makes China nervous. Revolt against all western influence. Treaty doesn’t give anything to China. Had it. Try to get all western influence out too China.
Chiang Kai-Shek
A military officer who succeeded Sun Yat-sen as the leader of the Guomindang or Nationalist party in China in mid 1920s. Became the most powerful leader in China in the 1930s, but his Nationalists forces were defeated and driven from China by communists after WWII.
Hitler’s economic plan
Write the wrongs of treaty. Says it can’t build up military, but he does. Put people back to work in war industry. Gearing up for war
Totalitarianism
Germany, Italy, Soviet Union. Seek to control lives of people. Secret police. Propaganda. One sided news.
General Francisco Franco’s Political Party
Fascist leader. Military dictator. Falmage. Hitler and Mussolini help.
Downfall of 1st Peronist Government
Argentina Juan Peron. Came to power twice. 1st- coloration labor union, business owners, military. Wife helped him rise to power. When they break apart, he falls from power.
Eva Peron
Face of his campaign. Dies before Juan is kicked out of power. Face of the people.
Axis / Allied powers
Axis- Germany, Italy, Japan.
Allied- France, Britain, U.S1941., Soviet Union1942.
Nationalists social party
Nazi party. Led by hitler. Took power in 1933.
End of appeasement
When hitter went against treaty. Just as long as he only takes one little piece of land. Making him happy. Poland is threaten. France declares war.
Vichy France
1940 France falls to Germany. Government in southern France. Puppet government. Vichy government carry out order of Germany.