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World History Final Study Guide
Hodgdon's World History class 2011-12
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History
10th Grade
06/06/2012

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Darwin's ideas and the growth of racism:
Definition
stronger survive-turns into racism because some say Jewish are weak and Germans are strong- some believed if you breed strong people with strong people, you will have strong offspring(more impressive)
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Trench Warfare causes and effects:
Definition
Cause: beginning use of machine guns (hand to hand combat is no longer used)
Effects: slow moving war because the fight stays in the same area.
(don't forget the firestep in figure)
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Controversies involving the Treaty of Versailles:
Definition
After WWI is over- treaty punishes Germany: $30 billion fine, takes away military jobs (no longer needed without war)
U.S. doesn't want to get involved because we don't believe in the war. Hitler's fame with the people was born from this because he promises new jobs
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Controversies involving the Japanese attack on Pear Harbor:
Definition
Before the attack (Pearl Harbor), U.S. was not involved in the war. However, when U.S. stopped trading oil with Japan, they decided they want to knock us out completely, but failed (Pearl Harbor was only small area of U.S. in Hawaii.) U.S. enters war after this
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Why German's supported Adolf Hitler:
Definition
Job creation, good use of propaganda (persuaded the people), drastically cut unemployment rate to almost nonexistent, was a good speaker (again persuaded the people)
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Cold War effects on Europe:
Definition
U.S. and Russia were new powerful countries. new controversies on Berlin, they cut it in half and U.S. would air drop supplies to people. (this made german's angry)
Term
Tet Offensive
Definition
North Vietnamese attack on 40 towns and then run away
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Karl Marx
Definition
wrote communist manufest
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Sigmund Freud
Definition
did dream analysis during French Revolution
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Suez Canal
Definition
French start building it then other countries start getting involved because it will save them a long time since they won't have to go around Africa
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Sepoy Mutiny
Definition
Indians refused to use guns because animal fat was used to oil guns and their religion was against using anything that used animal materials
Term
WWI causes
Definition
Alliances, Francis Ferdinand
Term
Triple Alliance
Definition
Germany, Austria-Hungry, and Italy
Term
Schlieffen Plan
Definition
plan Germans design to fight a two-front war
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U-Boats
Definition
German submarines
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Lusitania
Definition
American ship blown up by Germans
Term
Treaty of Versailles
Definition
Blames Germany for WWI
Term
Woodrow Wilson
Definition
American president during WWI- comes up with the idea of fair punishment for Germany
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Fascism
Definition
put countries needs above your own
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Surrealism
Definition
Art form that rebells against all other art forms
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Blitzkrieg
Definition
Planes with bombs, then tanks, then people
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Proletariats vs. Bourgeosie
Definition
pro-people that work in the factories
Bour- owners of the factories (make money by hurting the pros by cutting costs
Term
Marie Curie
Definition
does experimentation with radiation, her research leads to nuclear weapons
Term
1848 Revolutions
Definition
almost every European country has a revolution except for Great Britain.
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Dunkirk
Definition
battle where brittish troops are able to get across the chanel and are able to avoid getting surrounded by germans
Term
mai lai
Definition
vietnam battle where us soldiers kill 537 civillians
Term
Joseph Goebbles
Definition
Propaganda minister for the Nazi Party. designs all the posters
Term
Suez Canal
Definition
Egyptians build it and British take over
Term
Nazi-soviet pact
Definition
Hitler and Mussolini make pact and split poland
Term
Mein Kampf
Definition
book that Hitler writes in prison (means my struggle)
Term
Romanticism
Definition
art form used to stir emotions
Term
Big Three
Definition
Russia, England, US
Term
Enableing act
Definition
Hitler is allowed to ignore the constitution for two years
Term
US. policy to stop Communism
Definition
containment
Term
Kristallnacht targeted this group
Definition
Jews
Term
Famous inventor of lightbulb
Definition
edison
Term
he led russia during WWII
Definition
Stalin
Term
He led Indian people against British
Definition
Gandhi
Term
Battle where Napoleon is destroyed
Definition
Waterloo
Term
Battle where Napoleon is destroyed
Definition
Waterloo
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