Ch.22 - 23 History of the World Test
Victor Emmanuel II
First king of Italy
Francis Ferdinand
His assassination led to the beginning of World War I
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Japan lost almost all of its remaining ships and airplanes
German bitterness towards European nations
The worst result of the Treaty of Versailles
Hiroshima
This city was wiped out and 90,000 people killed on August 6, 1945
September 2, 1945
This date also known as V-J Day that ended WW II
Austria
This nation declared war on Serbia that led to the beginning of WW I
D-Day
the LARGEST amphibious assault in history
Holocaust
6 million Jews and others were slaughtered by the Nazis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American general who led the invasion at Normandy
Lusitania
An English passenger liner sank by a U-boat off the coast of Ireland in 1915
Third International
An organization dedicated to spreading Communist revolution throughout the world and establishing a worldwide Communist state
Central Powers
Another name for Triple Alliance during WW I
Winston Churchill
Became the Prime Minister of Great Britain during the Battle of Britain and most of WW II
Ivan III
Became the first true national leader of a UNITED Russia
Michael Romanov
Began the Romanov dynasty that lasted 300 years
Fascist
Benito Mussolini became the leader of this party
Neville Chamberlain
British Prime Minister who allowed to surrender Sudetenland to Germany
Peter the Great
Built Built St. Petersburg to serve as his "window to the west"
Joseph Stalin
Communist dictator of Russia who signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact with Hitler
Billy Sunday
Converted Baseball star that became a famous evangelist
October 1917
Date for the Bolshevik Revolution,
Danish - Soren Kierkegaard
Formulated Existentialism - the viewpoint which denies that there is any truth or ultimate reality and says that man must make his own meaning
Ferdinand Foch
French Field Marshall who led the Allied forces and began to drive the Germans back.
Blitzkrieg
German words for lightning war
Battle of the Bulge
Germans launched their last great offensive in the West during WW II
Era of Bismarck
Germany became a strong industrial and military power between 1871 - 1890
June 22, 1941
Germany invaded Russia on this date
Zimmerman Note
Germany offered Mexico its lost land in the American Southwest in return for Mexico's help if the United States should enter the war.
November 11, 1918
Germany signed an armistice and ended WW I
Adolf Hitler
He became the "Der Fuhrer" of the Third Reich
Hindenburg
He became the supreme commander of all Central Power forces
Nicholas II
He created Duma, an elected legislative body with limited powers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
He proposed the New Deal which was supposed to help Americans recover from the Depression.
Alexander II
Known as "Czar Liberator"
Henry Petain
Leader of Vichy government in the southern France who he collaborated with the Germans
Vladimir Lenin
Leader of the first Communist State
Fransisco Franco
Led revolution against Spanish socialist government
Douglas MacArthur
Led the American troops in the Pacific was forced to leave the Philippines
Bernard Montgomery
Led the British troops against the Axis, Africa Corps
Charles de Gaulle
Led the Free French government
U.S.S.R. Soviet Socialist Republics
Lenin created this to bring all of non-Russian nationalities under one centralized Communist regime.
USA, Great Britain, France, Italy
Name the Big Four
Triple Entente
Name the alliance between England, France, Russia
Axis Powers
Name the alliance between Germany and Italy during WW II
Atomic Bomb
Perfected in 1945 and was used to make the Japanese surrender
Woodrow Wilson
President of the U.S. during WW I
Otto von Bismarck
Prussian chancellor of unified Germany
Wilhelm I
Prussian kaiser (emperor) of united Germany
Great purge
Stalin's reign of terror that rooted out anyone who posed even the slightest threat to his authority
December 7, 1941
The Japanese made a surprise attack on the U.S. naval fleet and airfield at Pearl Harbor on this date
Modernism
The Spiritual Condition of Europe that denied the basic doctrines of Christianity
Lend-Lease Act
The U.S. Congress allowed war material to be given to England on credit.
Battle of Coral Sea
The first naval battle in history in which the enemy ships NEVER saw each other
Poland
The invasion of this nation started WW II
Gallipoli Campaign
The largest British offensive in the east led by Winston Churchill
Chiang Kai-Shek
The leader of Nationalist - Chinese government asked the United States for assistance by declaring an embargo on Japan cutting off all oil exports to the nation
The Battle of Jutland
The most important naval battle of the war that took place in the North Sea
USA
The only nation who refused to join the League of Nations after WW I
Japan
Under Tripartite Treaty, what nation joined Germany, and Italy during War II
U-boats
Undersea boat or submarine
June 28, 1914
WW I started on this date
September 3, 1939
WW II started on this date
Proletariat
Working class
Communist Manifesto
Written by Marx that laid out a program for Communist revolution
Fascism
a form of socialism which allows people to keep their private property but takes away their freedom
automobile
became a symbol of prosperous twenties
Charles Lindberg
he made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1927
Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
he made the painful decision to drop the atomic bomb
Capitalism
the economic system based on private ownership and control of business industry
Socialism
the economic system based on state (government) ownership and control of business and industry
London
this city was bombed mercilessly for three months during the Battle of Britain