World History Rice Flashcards
what triggered the economic crisis which led to the French Revolution?
Bad harvests and a slowdown in manufacturing
what was the middle class ?
the bourgeoisie, which included professionals
What caused Napoleons great empire to collapse ?
from the strain of Napoleon’s many wars
Industrialization and Nationalism:
what opened up new frontiers in the Second Revolution?
Textiles, railroads, iron, and coal
what was a result of industrialization?
peoples lives became more divided between work and leisure
Sigmund Freud claimed that ______ ?
human behavior was ruled by repressed childhood experiences
In the US, wealth produced by the _______ was limited _____ ?
Second Industrial Revolution, to very few
what were just a few of the many problems that accompanied with rapid urbanization?
poor sanitation and bad living conditions
Imperialism:
European nations began to search for colonies overseas to _______ ?
help gain raw materials to feed their industries and open up new markets for their products
what is dollar diplomacy ?
the policy of joining a country’s economic and foreign policy interests
Why did the Europeans want to colonize West Africa?
for the valuable raw materials there
why did a rivalry begin between France and Britain ?
over the colonial takeover of southeast asia
World War 1:
When did tensions start to rise across europe ?
as countries began mobilizing for war after 1900
Who proposed the Fourteen Points document and why ?
Woodrow Wilson for peace across europe
the war effort on the Western Front was defined by ______ ?
trench warfare, which placed the war in a stalemate
What did the Treaty of Versailles do ?
how’d Germany responsible for the war, and required reparations from them
what led to the Bolshevik Revolution?
Czar Nicholas’s failed military and economic policies
what led to the Civil War in Russia ?
Opposition of the Bolshevik government
World War 2:
what was the Allied Powers?
United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union
what was the Axis Powers ?
Germany, Italy, Japan
what ended the War in the Pacific?
bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
what did Japan do because it was in need of workers during WW2 ?
they brought Korean and Chinese laborers to address labor shortages
what was bombing used for during WW2 ?
to weaken morale and intimidate civilians
what forced the US to enter war ?
the bombing of Pearl Harbor
what caused industrial disruptions in areas that could have helped Germany ?
the use of forced labor in Germany
Cold War:
Who was the Chinese Communist Leader ?
Mao Zedong
what was the closest nuclear war ever came to actually happening ?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
As China fell to Communism ____?
the US fear of its spread only grew
what was used to restore the economies of Europe after WW2 ?
The Marshall Plan
what did the Truman Doctrine do ?
promised financial assistance to countries threatened by communism
what was the Warsaw Pact ?
was an alliance between the Soviet Union and the other communist countries in Eastern Europe
Who was the Soviet Union allied with and why ?
North Korea, in efforts to take over South Korea
what led to the peasant rebellions in 1789
high taxes, high cost of bread, and political inequality
