History Final

the Balkans had a lot of territory that Russia wanted

The assignation of the heir of the Austrian empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand

efficiently call up your military and reserves and make sure there was no jam of men in one place..detailed plan of where they were supposed to be at each time

developed after the 2 alliances have been formed..it was designed for Germany to win a war that they had to fight France and Russia at the same time.

Knock off France and try to move back to block off the Russian invasion

France slows the Germans down as much as they can to try to get them off of their timetables..then the Russian army will come in from the back door and try to take over the Germans

Verdun- French vs Germany

Somme- Britain vs Germany

After these battles, the casualties were so high all 3 sides wanted to end the war but no one would admit it

Lusitania got torpedoed by a German sub in 1915

Zimmerman Telegram- telegram that gets intercepted that Germany is asking help from Mexico to invade the US

• Germany lost colonies and territories
• Small German military
• Germany is forced to sign War Guilt Clause-pay money to the allies for destruction and loss of life
• President Wilson insisted that you need a League of Nations

• Called for Germany, France, and Belgium to never go to war again. To make sure they are not going to fight, they will agree to not have military on their borders.
• Britain and Italy agreed to take sides if they do go to war again

US doesn't join the League of Nations, causing it to be very weak and they can't stop WWII

• bailed out Germany's economy in 1920s..restructures Germanys payments and gives them 200 million to pay bills
• Helps out Germany and US..makes Germany and Western Europe more dependant on the US for natural resources

Raise the tariff on foreign goods so high that people will buy domestic..then it will help your economy expand

• Created Fascism
• Was pro-war and a socialist and nationalism
• Powerful leader of Italy
• Anit-communist
• Violent
• Made Prime Minister in 1932

ease into communism..new economic plan allows Russian farmers to levy a tax on their crops

• takes over after Lenin
• scraps the new economic plan and makes a 5 year plan..expands idustrial Russia within 5 years

committee to expand communism throughout the world

arrest and eliminate any rivals of the USSR

• made up of a lot of old WWI German vets
• Hitler emerged as the leader, he used violence to make people obey his commands

his idea was to appoint Hitler as Prime Minister because he wouldn't know what to do, then he will look for advice and help from other council members

• 1. Expansion
• 2. Rearmanment
• 3. Exonomic Recovery

• Japan invaded Manchuria bc of the their natural resources
• Germany starts to rearm
• Italy invades Ethiopia
• Japan invades China
• Spanish Civil War
• Starts Sept 1 1939 when Poland is invaded by Germany

• 1. Uses Air Force to bomb ground targets
• 2. Sends in Army Artillery
• 3. Tanks come in
• 4. Infantry comes in and cleans everything up

Germany loses majority of their highly trained soldiers

• December 7th 1941
• Japan wanted to cripple the US Pacific fleet
• Brought the US into WWII

US is able to sink 4 Japan carrier fleets, which was most of their carriers, so they won't be able to launch any defense in the Pacific

US will only attack islands that were valuable to Japan..big enough islands that would hold an air field and a harbor

using island hopping, but the Japs do not give up after a few days..high casualties for US

• Began in 1938
• Crystal Night- first time the Nazi's actually were sent out to attack a population

last time the allies of WWII will sit down and agree on something and work together..talks about how terrortory will be occupied

• Soviets were being really secretive and makes everyone nervous by not holding up their end of the bargain
• Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Poland quickly change their governments and become pro-communist

tell Truman that the Soviets are setting up a communist government, but all you gotta do to stop communism is contain it and not let it spread

any country refusing the takeover of communism, then the US will become an ally and come to aid of their country

Extends aid to countries where communism might spread...any country that received damage during WWII will be entitled to US aid..this helps contain communism

• because the Soviets shut down all access to West Berlin for the US..so the US would fly in support and care packages
• leads to NATO..if one country is attacked then all countries are attacked

Soviet Union signed it with their allies and if you attacked one then you attacked them all

is US tried to attack Soviets, then the Soviets will see it coming and send an attack back

• Soviets start building missile sites in Cuba, and US demands them to stop building them..so they blockade Cuba for 10 days.
• After this missile sites were taken out of Cuba and Turkey

in the 70s- Detente= stop trying to kill each other, make militarys equal stength..agreed to not take he other sides territory

1980- Reagn elected..military starts to expand which improves the economy

• Soviets new leader after cold war..announces Glasnost in Soviet Union- greater freedom of creativity and expression
• Perestroika- limit very many free market practices..helps out the soviet economy

People in communist countries started wanted more freedom, which would cause communism to fall apart

lead to the European Union

• The French Revolution- France kept spending alot of money but not getting money from taxes. They lost the French and Indian war, which caused them to lose alot of colonies and money
• Assembly of Notables- was made to brainstorm some ideas on how to fix the debt
• The Directory- committee of leaders that monitored the government in 1795, mandates a draft for the military..so now the French economy was drive to equipping the army

• Germany after WWI- Germany came out of the war very weak and poor.
• Treaty of Versailles- Germany lost colonies and territories, Shrunk their military, War Guilt Clause- pay money to the allies for destruction and loss of life
• Dalves Plan- bailed out Germany's economy in the 1920, restructures Germanys payment of War Guilt Clause, also gave Germany 200 million to pay bills

• French Absolutism- Where Louis the 14th had Divine Right of Kings..where he persuades his people he has power from God
• Office of Intendants- assigned to go make sure everyone was obeying the Kings rules and tax collection is done efficeintly
• Because of the absolutism, no one really has a say so how the government is going to be ran

• The Iron Curtain- the soviets began to turn into a communist government and also started turning countries around them (Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Poland) into communist as well
• They had committern- a committee to help spread the communism to surround areas
• Communism in Russia would last up til the 1991, when the people in the communist countries started to want more freedom than the government would allow them

• Triangular Trade- Took guns to Africa, got gold or slaves, took slaves to America, and then gets tobacco in exchange.
• Countries start to rely heavily on their colonies to help produce raw materials

• Many countries rely on America and other colonies to help produce weapons and have alliance during WWI and WWII
• But after America is attacked they take alliance with Britain and send help to help fight in the wars
• America would supply finicial aid to alot of countries too