Between the Wars

Why did the United States reject the League of Nations?

Americans feared that the League might lead them into more world involvement and another wat.

A member of the left-wing majority group of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party that seized power in that country in November 1917. The Bolsheviks later became the Russian Communist Party.

Bolshevik

Russian totalitarianism

Communism

A male monarch or emperor of Russia before 1917, especially one of the emperors who ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917. Russian for caesar, czar is also spelled tsar.

Czar

A female monarch or emperor of Russia before 1917. Also spelled tsarina.

Czarina

The main legislative assembly or parliament in czarist Russia.

Duma

Russian serfs were set free from the ownership of the nobles when Czar Alexander II signed the

Emancipation Manifesto

Mussolini sought Italian expansion by invading which country?

Ethiopia

By signing a treaty with _____, Germany violated the terms of the Peace of Paris.

Russia

In an attempt to keep the Romanov line from ever regaining the Russian throne, the imperial family was murdered by which group of people?

The Bolsheviks

The German Chancellor

Hilter

the Italian dictator

Mussolini

Hitler's Nazi organization

National Socialist Party

Select the factors that led to the Revolution of 1917.

Nobility owned all the land Food was in short supply Russia was involved in World War I Wages were low for the working class

The Provisional Government officially fell to Bolshevik control in the

October Revolution

the president of Germany

Paul von Hindenburg

The German act that led to the beginning of World War II was the invasion of

Poland

America enjoyed a prosperous economy during the 1920s.

Ture

The nation NOT immediately taking an active role against the German invasion of Poland included:

United States

To expand his nation's power, Hitler defied the terms of the Treaty of

Versailles

to formally withdraw from a high office especially the throne. To surrender power

abdicate

A state of society without government or laws.

anarchy

Affluent middle-class people. According to Marxist theory, it is the social class that owns most of the wealth and exploits the working class. From the French bourgeois.

bourgeoisie

To remove military equipment and troops from and declare neutral

demilitarize

After Czar Nicholas abdicated in favor of his brother, Mikhail learned that he __________ have the people's support.

did not

Even though he was not in the capital city, Czar Nicholas was well aware of the actual conditions of the rebellion because his wife was writing letters to him.

false

The frustration of European depression gave rise to democratic governments.

false

A one-party system of government in which each class has its distinct place but the individual is subject to the state and control is maintained by military force, secret police, and governmental regimentation of industry and finance.

fascism

In order to close the economic gap, Marx and Engels recommended nationalizing the "means of production" and putting them under the control of the

government

Military build-up _____________ industrial production and ______________ unemployment.

increases decreases

A public written declaration of beliefs and principles, policies, and objectives, especially one issued by a political movement or candidate. The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in late 1847.

manifesto

The local councils of workers and peasants, known as soviets, ______________ the new Provisional Government.

opposed

The poorest class of working people in society. According to Marxist theory, it is the social class of industrial workers who must earn their living by selling their labor.

proletariat

An economic setback in commercial and industrial activity.

recession

A local council in the early political organization of the Russian Revolution. Soviets (councils) of representatives were elected from among factory workers, soldiers, and peasants, as well as other groups in Russian society.

soviet

A one-party government maintained by political suppression usually combined with cultural and economic controls.

totalitarian

a government having complete control over its people and activities

totaltarianism

According to Karl Marx, laborers really produced all wealth, and the business owners (capitalists) were the recipients of the wealth in the form of profits.

true

France and Belgium used military force in an attempt to collect German reparations.

true

Germany's economy was near collapse due to the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

true

In the 1905 Revolution, the police and military authorities ________ in support of the czar.

were

Although the British and French economies were prosperous following the war, they had suffered a severe loss of manpower.

False

America supported Wilson in his plan for lasting world peace.

False

Italian totalitarianism

Fascism

Aggressive nations seeking to expand their power in the 1930s did NOT include:

France

The nation that was NOT invaded by Hitler's troops to expand German control was:

Italy

The Communist Manifesto was written by _______________ and __________________

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

When Italy attacked, Selassie looked to the ___________ for help.

League of Nations

The Bolsheviks were led by _____________ , while the Mensheviks were led by ______________

Lenin, Trotsky

Related to the philosophy and teachings of Karl Marx.

Marxist

A member of the liberal minority group of the Russian Social Democratic Party. The Mensheviks struggled against the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution.

Menshevik

Communism and fascism are two forms of totalitarianism.

True

Germany placed much of the blame for its economic plight on the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles

True

Germany, Italy, and Japan increased their military might to recover from their economic depression.

True

In the Russian Civil War, the Reds defeated the Whites.

True

Japan's seizure of Manchuria led to increased Japanese expansion through China and the Pacific.

True

The European nations were dependent on American loans, and when the American depression struck in 1929, it affected the whole world.

True