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Online World History Vocab Lesson 15
World History Vocabulary
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Social Studies
9th Grade
01/16/2012

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Central Powers
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The members of this during World War I were: German Empire, Kingdom of Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, and the Austria-Hungarian Empire. 

 

They dissolved after losing the war.

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Allied Powers
Definition

They included the United States, Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, Canada, and Greece.

 

These countries formed an alliance during World War II.

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Zimmerman Telegram
Definition
German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmerman sent a telegram to Mexico from the Germans, saying that if they join the German cause then Mexico can get some of the United States land. This telegram was a major event that sent the United States into the war.
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Wilson's Fourteen Points
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The points that were in Woodrow Wilson's speech, which became the basis for a peace agreement. Germany and it's allies made a truce as a result. 
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War Guilt Clause
Definition
This said that Germany had to accept the blame for starting the war. The Treaty of Versailles had a part in it too.
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Treaty of Versailles
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This dealt with both the League of Nations (26 clauses) and Germany's punishment (414 clauses). 

 

The document had a total of 440 clauses.

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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Definition
The assassination of him and his wife led to World War II starting. It was the leading event.
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Alliance System
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This led to Europe being divided into two "antagonistic power blocs," which meant that Europe was feeling hostile toward a group of countries that were going for the same purpose.
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Civil Disobedience
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Gandhi used this as a way to persuade many people, including the famous Martin Luther King Jr.
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Kristallnacht
Definition
Also known as "Night of the Broken Glass" and it was said to be the start of Hitler's attack against the Jews. It was just the beginning of the Holocaust.
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Munich Conference
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This conference was when Britain, France, and Italy got together to tell Hitler that he could acquire Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland so that war could be avoided.
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Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
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This was signed in 1939 between Germany and the Soviet Union. It set forth a one-front war when the war was to be started by Germany.
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Spanish Civil War
Definition

This was said to be the "culmination of a prolonged period of national political unrest."

 

It was the starting battle of World War II.

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Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Definition
This was a surprise attack made on the United States by Japan. It officially brought the United States into World War II.
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Normandy
Definition
American and British military snuck onto this beach and made a surprise attack on Hitler and his forces, on June 6th 1944.
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Germany and its allies invaded the Soviet Union, which became known as this battle.

 

Taking Stalingrad was important to Hitler because it would create both safety and a trading route for Germany.

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Battle of Midway
Definition
This battle is known as the most important battle of the Pacific Campaign during World War II because it helped to destroy Japan's Navy.
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Japanese Internment Camps
Definition

The United States took in Japanese people living in the states and put them in these camps as a safety precaution.

 

The U.S. was scared that there were spies for the Japanese.

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Nuremburg Trials
Definition
These trials was when the Nazi Germany military/political leaders were brought to trial against the crimes that they were being prosecuted with, in front of the international Military Tribunal.
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