nationalism
loyalty and devotion to a nation
Berlin Conference
Meeting where the major European powers negotiated and claimed territory in Africa
Social Darwinism
Survival of the fittest
White Man's Burden
conquer other nations and make them civilized
eugenics (n)
science that can be used to oppress people (improved selection)
Militarism
A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war
pacifism
there's always some kind of non-violent solution
responsibility to protect doctrine (R2P)
there are certain situations when war is ok
Isolationism
A policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries
Genocide (n)
the deliberate destruction of a group of people
Total War
war that requires the use of all of society's resources (everyone contributes to the war effort)
Rationing
allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity).
Propaganda
information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
Allied Powers
Great Britain, France, Russia
Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Eastern Front
Region along German-Russian border where much fighting took place
Western Front
Battle zone between France and Germany where much of the fighting took place in trenches
Trench Warfare
fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire, as in World War I
Woodrow Wilson
President of the United States during WWI. He wanted peace & democracy.
Fourteen Points
Woodrow Wilson's plan for world peace, proposed in 1918
Self determination
The ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will
League of Nations
An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace.
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty particularly known for its harsh reparations towards the Germans after World War I.
Racism
Belief that one race is superior to another
Anti-Semitism
prejudice against jews
scapegoating
an individual or group unfairly blamed for someone else's troubles
Weimar Republic
Government of Germany after World War 1
Nazi Party
powerful political party led by Hitler in Germany
Hitler
German Nazi dictator during World War II
Mein Kampf
Influential book Written by Adolf Hitler describing his life and ideology.
Aryans
master race (Germans)
Nuremburg Laws
Laws that take away the rights of Jews
Kristallnacht
Night of Broken Glass," when Nazis attacked Jews throughout Germany
St. Louis
the boat that the Jewish people traveled on to go to Cuba but was sent back to Germany because the president didn't want want them there and neither did the U.S.
Balfour Declaration
statement issued by Britain in 1917 favoring the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine
Evian Conference
conference to discuss refugee problem during the holocaust decided not to raise the quota
Ghettos
a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.
Final Solution
genocide of the Jews
Hitler Youth
Organizations set up under Hitler to train an educate German young people in Nazi beliefs
Appeasement
Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict
Third Reich
German Empire
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Munich Conference
Meeting of world powers in 1938 that allowed Hitler to take part of Czechoslovakia
Blitzerkrieg
lighting war
Battle of Britain
a series of air raids led by the Germans on England; never defeated Britain
Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister
Alan Turing
cracked the Nazi secret code with a machine he invented
Neutrality Acts
U.S didnt fight in the war but started the land-lease program
land lease program
lending weapons to the British
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and that brought the U.S into WW2
Oskar Schindler
A German who saved 1,100 Jewish people in Poland
British East India Company
Joint stock company that obtained government monopoly over trade in India
Coolie Trade
European slave trade, force Indians to work as slaves
Sepoy Mutiny
an 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India
Indian National Congress
Indian nationalist party that demanded self-rule within the British empire.
Muslim League
Political Party in India create to protect Muslim interests
Rowlett Acts
the government could put people in jail freely without trial
Amristar Massacre
400-1000 people were massacred by the British soldiers
Gandhi
Someone who kept the faith and used only non-violent protesting
Satyagraha
British people are really confused, when you love your enemy
Civil Disobedience
refusing to obey laws considered unjust
Passive resistance
Nonviolent action or opposition to authority in accord with religious or moral beliefs.
Salt March
Gandhi and his followers marched 240 miles to the sea to make salt
Meiji Restoration
the modernization and industrialization of Japan in the 1800's
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Two Japanese cities on which the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs to end World War II.
Capitalism
An economic system based on private ownership of capital
Communism
an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions
Russian Revolution
Lenin gets kicked out and S.U becomes communist
Stalin
Leader of Soviet Union
totalitarian government
usually controlled by one power or one political party
Containment
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
Vietnam War
independence for Vietnam
Roosevelt
interacted with Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Communist leader of North Vietnam independent movement
Truman
didn't support Ho Chi Minh
Eisenhower
didn't help the French
Kennedy
didn't send troops to Vietnam
Johnson
declared war on Vietnam
Ngo Dihn Diem
Leader of South Vietnam, handpicked by US to follow our orders
My Lai Massacre
The killing of 200 Vietnamese old men, women and children by American soldiers
Khmer Rouge
Communist party of Vietnam conflict.
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Supply route from North Vietnam to Viet Cong in South Vietnam
Lon Nol
Anti-communist leader, opposed Cambodian government, favored by the US, corrupt
Pol Pot
Brutal Khmer Rouge dictator of Cambodia
Vietcong
communist guerrillas