History exam pt. 2

The French National assembly swore the tennis court oath which was…

a vow to continue to meet until they had produced a french constitution.

Louis XVI was forced to accept the national assembly’s decrees because…

Thousands of armed Parisian women descended on the place and forced Louis and his family to move to Paris

sans-culottes

ordinary people without fine clothes

The committee of public safety was given broad powers to…

defend France from internal threats

in its attempts to create a new order the belief in reason, the national convention…

pursued a policy of dechristianization and even adopting a new calendar.

Napoleon’s coup d’etat overthrew the _______ to establish his consulate.

directory

3 major parts of Napoleon’s grand empire…

French empire, the dependent states, and the allied states.

What were the two major reasons that Napoleon’s grand empire collapsed?

France’s weak economy and the financial drain of Napoleon’s many wars

in his final battle, Napoleon was defeated by who

the British and the Prussians

The declaration of the rights of Man ant the Citizen proclaimed

equal rights for all men, but no political rights for women

Under the constitution of 1791, the ___________ would make the laws

legislative assembly

Who seized political power from the legislative assembly?

Paris Commune

_______________ was the brutal head of the Committee of Public Safety

Maximilien Robespierre

Promotion based on Napoleon’s new bureaucracy was

based on ability only

Napoleon’s final defeat was at

Waterloo

The _____________ was a meeting of European powers that established rules for dividing Africa without consulting African Rulers

Berlin Conference

An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products is called

geopolitics

What is the belief that one race is superior to others

Racism

What is the theory of “Survival of the fittest” when it is applied to countries taking over weaker nations

Social Darwinism

What was the US policy that Latin American countries were not to be considered as colonial opportunities for Europe?

Monroe Doctrine

The factory created a new labor system in which…

Workers had to work regular hours and do the same work over and over

Who developed the steam engine that could drive machinery?

James Watt

The _______ was crucial to Britain’s Industrial Revolution

Steam Engine

The social change brought by the Industrial Revolution was evident in the

emergence of the middle class and the working class

The pitiful conditions created by the industrial revolution gave use to…

Socialism

What was the name of the conference of European powers after the downfall of Napoleon?

Congress of Vienna

What was significant about the fall of the Bastille in 1789?

It was the beginning of the french revolution

What consumer goods do you think the inventions of Watt, Hargreaves, and Cartwright were used to manufacture?

Cotton Cloth

Which of the following was true of Britain’s population in the 19th century?

It grew less rapidly than that of the US

Using the graphs below, which of the following is true?

The population of the US grew more rapidly than the population of Britain

Which ideology is most likely likely to keep things as they are?

Conservationism

If a colony was run by _________, local elites were removed from power and replaced with a new set of officials from the mother country

Direct rule

The only free states in Africa by 1914 were

Liberia and Ethiopia

What year did Hitler come to power in Germany?

1933

What was a major cause of the Great Depression in 1929?

Stock Market Crash

Who led the Bolshevik Revolution and established Communism in Russia?

Vladimir Lenin

What was the name of Hitler’s first attempt to take power in Germany?

Beer Hall Putsch

What did Winston Churchill call the divide between democratic western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe after WWII?

Iron Curtain

What is Appeasement?

Allied policy before WWII that allowed Hitler to take over Europe

Which country was the first to industrialize?

Great Britain

Which country controlled parts of North, South, East, and west Africa?

Great Britain

Which country controlled parts of North, West, and Central Africa?

France

What was the name of the group that conspired to assassinate Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand?

Black Hand

In 1914, ____________ was considered an act of war

assassination of a member of royalty

The Western Front was characterized by

Trench warfare that kept both sides in virtually the same positions fro 4 years

Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire became known as the

Central Powers

The Treaty of Versailles was

The Treaty signed with Germany that many Germans felt was too harsh

World War 1 was a _________, meaning that it involved a complete mobilization of resources and people

Total War

What is the aggressive preparation for war that grew many nation’s armies?

Militarism

The Schlieffen Plan was

Germany’s plan to prevent a two-front war with Russia and France

World War 1 was more destructive than earlier wars because

modern weapons were more deadly

What were the main causes of WWI?

alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism

Which of the following is true regarding the role of women during WWI?

They kept their nations economies going during the war

___________ is a type of war where one’s enemy is worn down to the point of collapse by continuous losses in people, food, and other resources

War of Attrition

What caused the US to join the Allies in fighting WWI?

Germany’s use of unrestricted submarine warfare

Why was Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo?

He was on a state visit

What was the area between the trenches called in WWI?

No man’s land

Use the Graph, What country had the strongest economy?

Great Britain

Using the graphs, which country was least prepared for war?

Turkey

_____________ was the peace plan by Woodrow Wilson that called for the League of Nations

Fourteen Points

What ended Russia’s involvement in WWI?

Russian Revolution

What was the longest battle of WWI?

Battle of Verdun

What was the deadliest battle of WWI?

Battle of Somme

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese

Launched a surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor

What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific

Battle of Midway

Great Britain’s policy of _____________ toward Germany was based on the belief that the satisfaction of reasonable demand would maintain peace in Europe.

Appeasement

The ___________ was the period of political tension between the US and the Soviet Union after WWII

Cold War

The slaughter of European civilian, particularly European Jews, by the Nazis id known as

the Holocaust

Which countries were part of the allied powers?

UK, France, US, USSR

Which countries were part of the Axis powers?

Italy, Germany, Japan

What was the period called where Germany bombed London for 57 nights in a row?

The Blitz

Why was Mein Kampf significant?

Hitler predicted a war in Europe that would end with the extermination of Jews in Europe

What battle was the last battle fought in Europe in WWII?

Battle of Berlin

What battle convinced President Truman to drop the atomic bomb on Japan instead of launching an invasion?

Battle of Okinawa

Why did the US and the Soviet Union distrust each other after WWII ended?

The soviet union resented the delay of the US to enter the war, The US did not approve of Stalin’s rule, and the US was worried about the spread of communism

Prior to WWII, Hitler annexed _______ __and__ ________.

Austria and Czechoslovakia

The first people sent to concentration camps were

political opponents

What battle allowed the US and other allies to gain a foothold on mainland Europe to start pushing the Nazis back?

D-Day

How many people were murdered in the holocaust?

12 million

What is the enlightenment?

An intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems.