UNIT 6 MIND MAP REVIEW
Holocaust
World War 2
World War 1
New Weapons: submarines, machine guns, gas, airplanes, and tanks
The Lusitania- a passenger boat full of British civilians that was sunk by the German which ended up turning the tides for the Allies because the Germans agreed to stop attacking passenger ships to keep America out of the war.
U-boats- submarines used to hunt British military and supply ships in the Atlantic
The Balkan Peninsula- It was Located at the crossroads of three major empires Ottoman, Russian and Austro-Hungarian) and with access to several important waterways. (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia—with all or part of each of those countries located within the peninsula)
trench Warfare- men sitting in trenches and shooting into “No mans land” there was lots of death for minimal land gain.
Schlieffen Plan- a plan to quickly dispatch France before turning it’s forces on the non-industrialized Russia by quickly marching through Belgium to surround Paris
Franz Ferdinand- Archduke who was heir to the Empire and was assassinated by a 19 year old Serbian
Alliance System- The alliance system was a network of treaties, agreements and ententes that were negotiated and signed prior to 1914
WWI Effect on Women’s Rights- the number of women's suffrage movements went up as well as the number of women in the workforce increased. Their employment opportunities expanded beyond traditional women's professions, such as teaching and domestic work, and women were now employed in clerical positions, sales, and garment and textile factories
Imperialism- European nations competed fiercely with one another for control of foreign colonies in Africa and Asia. This also put them at odds with one another as they tried to vie for more power around the globe
Kaiser Wilhem II- inherits power in 1888, he forces Bismarck to resign
Nationalism- what brings nations together
Militarism- Policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war. Though at peace, European powers were investing in large armies and military technologies.
Otto Von Bismarck- realpolitik
Zimmerman Telegram- a message that was intersected by germans
Woodrow Wilson- resident of the US during WW1, does mostly good things
14 Points Plan-included the end of secret treaties, freedom of the seas, free trade, reduced national armies and navies, fairness towards colonial peoples, and establishing borders and nations based on self-determination allowing people to choose their own governments, and the establishment of a “League of Nations” to settle disputes and keep peace
League of Nations- The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.
Treaty of Versailles- placed sole responsibility for the War on Germany
New Nations created by WWI- The Empire of Austria-Hungary was split into new countries including Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
“Winners” of WWI: The US and Japan
Losers of WWI: Germany was ultimately the biggest loser of the war because sole responsibility was placed on them
Interwar Years
weimar republic
stalin
lenin
Mussolini
inflation
trotsky
major causes of the depression
wealth inequality, Agricultural Overproduction, Stock Market Crash of 1929
hitler
reichstag fire
appesment
Neville Chamberlain
blitzkrieg
battle of Britain
dunkirk
operation barbarossa
scorched earth stratagy
stalingrad
pearl harbor
midway
D-day
Kamikaze
manhatttan project
atomic bombs
anti-semitism
pogram
nuremburg laws
kristallnact
ghettos
final solution
concentration camps