Nationalism- A love for one’s country.

Imperialism- The act of one country taking control of the other.

Treaty of Versailles- Treaty that blamed and brutally punished Germany and its allies for the war.

Idealism vs. Realism- Realists punished harsh idealists punished lightly.

Fourteen Points- Presented to the U.S. people to give cause for the war.

Self-determination- People vote on who they want to govern them.

War Guilt Clause- Clause that crippled Germany to almost nothing.

W.C.T.U. - Group of woman that banned the sale of alcohol in the U.S.

League of Nations- Group created after World War I to prevent any future wars.

Collective Security- Idea that if someone in the group was attacked the other countries would help.

Woodrow Wilson- President of the U.S. and created the fourteen points.

Economic Sanctions- Sanctions that cripple economies.

Hoare-Laval Plan- Plan to give Italy Ethiopia if they were to start fighting.

The Locarno Pact- A series of treaties between France and Germany that settled disputes.

Kellogg-Briand Pact- A treaty that tried to outlaw war.

Washington Conference- The first meeting of military strategy between the U.S and Britain following the United States entry into World War 2.

Bourgeoisie- The middle class of a country.

Proletariat- Workers or working class people.

Exploitation - The act of making land or area more profitable.

Dictatorship Of The Proletariat- A socialist state in which the working class has political power.

Cadet- A young trainee in the armed services or police force.

Bolshevik- A member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party.

Menshevik- A member of the non-Leninist wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers party.

October Manifesto- A document that served as a precursor to the Russian Empire's first constitution.

Fundamental Laws- Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government.

Provisional Government- A temporary government put in place until a real one is elected.

V.I. Lenin- Was a Russian communist politician, political theorist.

Joseph Stalin- Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party.

Leon Trotsky- Founder and first leader of the red army

Peace, Land, Bread- Separate from world war 2, more property, better living conditions.

April Thesis-  A series of directives issued by the Bolshevik leader on his return from exile.

Soviet- An elected local, district, or national council in the former USSR.

Alexander Kerensky- Served as the second Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government.

General Kornilov- A military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army.

Treaty Of Brest-Litovsk- It was a treaty that marked Russia’s exit from World War 1.

War Communism- A policy with the goal of keeping the Russian people stocked with food, weapons.

The Russian Civil War- A war in Russia between the Bolsheviks and the Whites.

Reds/Whites- The two main parties in Russia during World War 1.

Allied Intervention- A multi-national military expedition launched in 1918.

New Economic Policy- A policy used to boost the economy of Russia.

Comintern- An international Communist organization founded by Lenin in Moscow in 1919.

Treaty Of Rapallo- A treaty between Russia and Germany to give back all territorial claims.

Guns Or Butter- The "guns or butter" model is generally used as a simplification of national spending.

Command Economy- An economy where production, prices, incomes are determined by   government.

Collectivization- The organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism.

Kolkhoz- A collective farm in the former USSR.

Kulak- A peasant in Russia wealthy enough to own a farm and hire labor.

Five Year Plan- A plan for economic development on the basis of five years.

Gulags- A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.

The Purges- A series of measures to capture people thought as being spies (mostly Bolsheviks).

Gustav Stresemann- A German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor in 1923.

Duma- A legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia
 
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 The Paris Peace Conferences took place in Paris in 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 32 countries and nationalities. The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of the Allied victors following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers. They met, discussed various options and developed a series of treaties "Paris Peace Treaties" for the post war world. The results were a peace treaty that declared Germany guilty. Not happy with the results, the United States never joined the League of Nations, and signed separate peace treaties with the three countries it had declared war against.


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The Formation of the League of Nations took place in Paris, then eventually Geneva January 10th 1920. It was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the WW1. The outcome was that the League of Nations was created. The league failed its primary purpose to prevent war, it lasted 27 years.


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The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 19 1931, in Manchuria, when Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan. This took place because of the Mukden Incident. Under orders from their lieutenant, troops of the 2nd Division moved up the rail line and captured every city along its 730 mile length in a matter of days. After the Liaoning Provincial government fled Mukden, it was replaced by a Peoples Preservation Committee which declared  property of the Liaoning province from the Republic of China.


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The Invasion of Ethiopia took place on October 3rd 1935. Benito Mussolini the leader of Italy ordered Italian troops to invade Ethiopia. This was because the Emperor of Ethiopia appealed to the League of Nations for assistance to stop Italian aggression. Countries refused to support military intervention to defend Ethiopian security, but the head of the Canadian delegation proposed the imposition of economic sanctions, but unfortunately the Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie refused to support this. As a result no action was taken to prevent the Italian occupation of Ethiopia.


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The Ruhr Occupation took place in Germany between 1923 and 1925. It was a response to the failure of the German Weimar Republic to pay in the aftermath of World War I. French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr coalfields in order to enforce German payment. The results of this were the French troops left Dortmund.


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The Maginot Line was built from 1930-1940, and was in use from 1935-1969 in France. It was a line of defenses, which France constructed along its borders with Germany and Italy, in its experience in World War I, and up to World War II. The system successfully prevented a direct attack, but eventually it was ineffective, as the Germans invaded through Belgium, defeating the French army.


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