History Final: Vocab

enclosures

Fenced meadows and field, which kept peasants from using them for grazing and forced many to move to towns for work.

crop rotation

industrialization

factories

entrepreneur

Menelik

Raj

The term that refers to British rule after India came under the British crown during the reign of Queen Victoria

Emilio Aguinaldo

This Filipino nationalist fought for self-rule against the United States.

Sepoy Mutiny

This event was triggered by the alleged decision of the British to ignore Indian soldiers’ religious faith pertaining to their rifle cartridges being greased with beef and pork fat.

Queen Liliuokalani

This ruler attempted to reclaim Hawaii for its people but was overthrown by American Businessmen in Hawaii

Boxer Rebellion

“Pancho Villa”

Jose Marti

A writer who had been exiled from Cuba by the Spanish, returned to launch a second war for Cuban independence.

Open Door Policy

Russo-Japanese War

sphere of influence

Spanish-American War

A conflict that began in the late 1800s when the United States supported Cuban’s fight for independence

Treaty of Kanagawa

militarism

alliances

imperialism

This term is used for a policy of stronger nation taking over a weaker one for political, social or economic gain.

nationalism

“powder keg of Europe”

Schlieffen Plan

the role of Mexico in the U.S. entry into WWI

armistice

Fourteen Points

Central Powers

Allies

Kaiser Wilhelm

Otto von Bismark

total war

Mein Kampf

lebensraum

Nazism

fascism

socialism

communism

coalition government

“Il Duce”

Great Depression

Axis Powers

Allied Powers

nonaggression pact

Benito Mussolini

Charles De Gaulle

Winston Churchill

Joseph Stalin

Franklin Roosevelt

blitzkrieg

“The day that will live in infamy”

Battle of Britain

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of Midway

D-Day

Auschwitz

Hiroshima

Nagasaki

Nuremberg Trials

Tribunals