WWI 6th grade

Terms in this set (15)

repay the cost of the WWI; what Germany was forced to do

caused many European countries to experience extreme inflation and terrible economic conditions

rose to power in Germany by blaming the Jews for the bad economic issues that they were facing

came to power when workers in Russia overthrew the czar b/c they were angry over the cost of war and unfair treatment

Weimar Republic

in power in Germany before Hitler destroyed the democratic government and became a dictator

Jews were forced into concentration camps or death camps where they were murdered by breathing poisonous gas

tension between the US and the Soviet Union for loss or damage

the process of bringing back together

competition between the US and the Soviet Union to launch satellites and land on the moon

an agreement between nations to protect one another

the policy of abandoning and occupying colonies from an empire

pride in ones country

Treaty of Versailles

the treaty that ended WWI

Industrial Revolution

in the late 1700s when people invented machines that could make goods quickly and cheaply

Scramble for Africa

a period of rapid colonization of the African continent by European powers.

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