HY 102 Exam 3

USSR
Single party government that uses propaganda, repression, surveillance, and terror in an attempt to control every aspect of society.

USSR
Seized control of the USSR after Lenin died. Seized the land of kulaks on the countryside by killing and starving them. With his forced industrialization and five-year plans coal and steel production increased 1,400%. By the end of his life he became paranoid and made anti-Semitic comments

United States
A global depression that originated in the United States when the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday

Germany
Radical ideology consisting of hating Jews and non-Aryans (which was not an actual race) and wanted to create "pure Germans"

Germany
After the Wiemar Republic ended the Third Reich came about with Hitler as its chancellor.

Spain
War between the Republicans who were loyal to the established Spanish republic against the Nationalists who were a rebel group led by Francisco Franco. The Nationalist were victorious and Franco ruled until his death in 1975

USSR
People sent to Stalin's labor camp for minor offenses. They were beaten and killed

Germany
Massive concentration camps the size of 5,000 football stadiums. A labor and extermination camp where 6,000 Jews were gassed each day. There 4-6 million Jews were killed and about 12 million other races and groups

Germany
Hitler's plan of a genocide of Jewish people in an industrial fashion with showers of poison gas and other methods

Spain
Spanish Nationalist that led the revolt in the Spanish civil war. The Nationalists were victorious and he ruled as dictator until his death in 1975

Germany, Italy, Japan
Those three countries fought against the allied powers which included the United States, Britain, the USSR, and France

Germany
"living space" which Hitler sought to conquer by means of the Holocaust

United Kingdom
British politician who took the place as Prime Minister in the United Kingdom during World War II

Hawaii
Japanese planes bombed US ships which led to the US declaring war on Japan and other axis powers. Also US placed Japanese in internment camps after this occurred

Normandy, France
Allied forces landed in Normandy, France and made a devastating attack on Germany. Allied offensives and Soviets captured Berlin

Hiroshima, Japan
US president Harry Truman decided to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 70000 civilians in Hiroshima died

International Organization
Replaced the ineffective League of Nations after WWII to prevent such a war from occurring again.

Yalta, Crimea
Allied leaders met after the end of WWII. During this time Germany was divided into 4 occupation zones (Soviet, US, British, and French) and the United Nations was created

Between Eastern Europe and the West
Term from Winston Churchill that described the tensions between the US and USSR

Europe
US provision of massive economic aid to Europe to prevent leftist communism and alleviate terrible poverty with $12 billion but Stalin tightened his grip as a result

India
Led the non-violent and self-rule movement in India against Britain. Encouraged the individual making of resources. Led to a Partition of India into a predominately Hindu India and predominately Muslim Pakistan. Because the partition was not popular and the tensions between the two religions grew, a radical Hindu zealot assassinated him.

USSR
US devised this doctrine doctrine which used economic and military aid to block Soviet communist expansion

Berlin, Germany
Stalin blocked the Western Zones west of Berlin and cut off power and food supplies to starve the people of Allied power. The US provided aid to West Berlin via airplanes. The blockade lasted for 11 months and it resulted in heightened tensions between USSR and US

Land of Israel
A form of nationalism of Jews that supports a Jewish nation state in the territory to be liberated from antisemitic discrimination, exclusion, and persecution.

US, Canada, Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Provided a military force to fight for countries - US, Canada, and Europe

USSR
Took power after the death of Stalin, he met with leaders of the west, released prisoners from Gulags, ended Stalin's repressive policies, and provided limited intellectual freedom. He sought to co-exist peacefully with the US though he opposed them

Vietnam
The US vs. North Vietnam and the Vietcong (South Vietnamese communist guerrillas. US became involved because of their belief in the "domino theory" that once a country fell into communism then others would.

USSR
Provided military for the Soviet Union

Germany
East German government built this wall to stop the flow of East Germans to West Germany. It was built overnight and torn down in 1989.

Cuba
Soviet Allied Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba and the US attempted to invade Cuba in the Bay of Pigs but failed. The Soviets based nuclear missiles on Cuba. negotiations between Kennedy and Khrushchev led to the Soviet removal of weapons and the American pledge never to invade Cuba.

Great Britain
First female Prime Minister in Great Britain. Thatcherism was neo-liberalism (promotes private enterprise), privatization (the sale of government-owned enterprise), anti-trad union, cuts in social welfare spending, and tax cuts

USSR
Policies put in place by Mikhail Gorbachev of openness and restructuring to relinquish some control of government to promote economy and intellectual freedom. It put an end to censorship and led to the demise of the Soviet Union

USSR
President of the Soviet Union. Was critical of the repressive aspects of Communism and put in place policies of perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness).

Serbia
President of Serbia when Yugoslavia, the former communist confederation of 6 republics (including Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina) was transitioning to market economics. Serbs invaded Croatia and an ethnic-cleansing took place in Bosnia-Herzegovina where 200,000 Bosnians were killed

Europe
An economic and political union located primarily in Europe. Created the currency euro in 1999 to promote economic liberalization