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World History II Final (possible sequencing)

Terms in this set (19)

- a widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857-1859
- first war for Indian independence
The "Indian Mutiny" (possible sequence question)
1884-1885: A meeting at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules to colonize Africa.
Berlin Conference (possible sequence question)
- heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo 1914.
- His death led to the "war to end all wars" (WW1)
- it set off a series of war declarations on numerous nations because of alliances that have been formed.
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (possible sequence question)
1919: significance...
- The great rulers and countries (excluding Germany and Russia) met in Versailles to negotiate the repercussions of WWI
- concluded with the Treaty of Versailles.
Paris Peace Conference (possible sequence question)
March 8-12, 1917... significance: UNSUCCESSFUL
- Led by Lenin to overthrow Russian Monarchy
- Restrictions on public meeting and associations were formed.
- Soviets were set up everywhere.
- Peasants and the socialist leaders pressed for a redistribution of land.
- Land committees were formed and peasants ceased land between July and September 1917.
The February Revolution (possible sequence question)
November 1917... Significance: SUCCESSFUL
- Cause: widespread corruption and inefficiency within the czarist imperial government, growing dissatisfaction among peasants, workers, and soldiers
- Bolshevik revolutionaries violently seized power in Petrograd
- overthrew Czar Nicholas II, the monarch whose family had ruled Russia for more than three centuries
The October Revolution aka Bolshevik Revolution (possible sequence question)
- 1936-1938
- Stalin's political campaign to eliminate opposing members of the Communist Party and anyone else he considered a threat.
- establishment of gulags (labor camps)
- 700,000 to 1.2 million deaths
The Great Terror (possible sequence question)
- 1933 and 1939
- a series of programs aimed at promoting economic recovery and putting Americans back to work through Federal activism.
- New Federal agencies attempted to control agricultural production, stabilize wages and prices, and create a vast public works program for the unemployed enacted by FDR after the Great Depression
- relief, recovery, reform
The New Deal (possible sequence question)
June 1934: significance...
- Hitler ordered SS to conduct a series of executions intended to consolidate his power and put an end to Ernst Rohm and his affiliation with the SA (SA wanted to remove Hitler from power and he didn't like that)
- This event destroyed all opposition to Hitler within the Nazi Party
- Nazi propaganda presented the murders as a "preventive measure" against an alleged imminent coup by the SA under Röhm
- gave power to the brutal SS
- showed the rest of the world that Hitler was a tyrant
The Night of the Long Knives (possible sequence question)
November 1938: Significance...
- "the night of broken glass".
- antisemitic mobs throughout Germany destroyed Jewish property and terrorized Jews.
- no government interference.
- turning point in history because before this event, Nuremberg Laws removed jewish civil liberties. This was the first time Nazis intended to cause jews physical harm.
Kristallnacht (possible sequence question)
December 7, 1941: Significance...
- The Japanese bombed the most important American naval base in the Pacific and home to the US Pacific Fleet.
- In strategic terms, the Japanese attack failed because most of the US fleet and aircraft carriers were not present at the time of the attack.
- this event launched the US into WW2
Pearl Harbor (possible sequence question)
Berlin, 1942:
- Senior Nazi officers and government officials get together regarding plans for the "Final Solution".
- idea for erection of concentration and labor camps
Wansee Conference (possible sequence question)
January 1943: Significance...
- conference between FDR and Churchill that led to the finalization of Allied strategic plans against the Axis powers
- It announced to the world that the Allies would accept nothing less than the "unconditional surrender" of the Axis powers.
Casablanca Conference (possible sequence question)
July 26, 1945
- Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany
- Goal: to finalize a post-war settlement, set up zones of control, and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction.

Results:
- controlled the education system so that there was no rise in Nazi teachings and instead a rise in democratic ideas
- All Nazi war criminals were to be trialed
Potsdam Conference (possible sequence question)
April 1955: Significance...
- representatives from twenty-nine governments of Asian and African nations gathered in Indonesia
-goal to discuss peace, the role of the "Third World" in the Cold War, economic development, and decolonization.
Bandung Conference (possible sequence question)
1953:
- attack on the army barracks on Santiago de Cuba
- an attempt to overthrow the dictator Fulgencio Batista.
- This is considered one of the most important organizations among the Cuban Revolution.
July 26 Movement (possible sequence question)
1991:
- the unsuccessful attempt by members of the Soviet Union's government to take control of the country from Gorbachev.
- Soviet Union fell a few months later.
August Coup (possible sequence question)
Neoliberalism
A strategy for economic development that calls for free markets, balanced budgets, privatization, free trade, and minimal government intervention in the economy.
1993:
- International organization comprised of Western European countries
- Europe's response to failed regimes such as the Soviet Union
- purpose is to promote peace, establish a unified economic and monetary system, promote inclusion and combat discrimination, break down barriers to trade and borders, encourage technological and scientific developments, etc.
European Union (possible sequence question)
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