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CLEP Western Civilization: WW 1 - Early 20th century

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1. The insurrection by which Benito Mussolini came to power in Italy in late October 1922. The March marked the beginning of fascist rule and meant the doom of the preceding parliamentary regimes of socialists and liberals.






2. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: Rumania - Serbia - and Montenegro should be evacuated; occupied territories restored; ______ accorded free and secure access to the sea; and the relations of the several Balkan states






3. Defeat of the Spanish Pacific fleet by the U.S. Navy - resulting in the fall of the Philippines and contributing to the final U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War






4. Fighting behind rows of trenches - mines - and barbed wire: the cost in lives was staggering and the gains in territory minimal






5. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike. (Creation of the League of Nations)






6. Weapons: flamethrower - machine gun - poison gas - Artillery vehicles: tanks - aircraft - U-boat






7. The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne; he married a commoner - which caused a great deal of controversy; assassinated in Sarajevo - Bosnia






8. Pact in which Britain and Russia settled their colonial disputes in Persia - Afghanistan - and Tibet. It delineated spheres of influence in Persia - stipulated that neither country would interfere in Tibet's internal affairs - and recognized Britain'






9. American offensive in coordination with British and French assaults along the German line which eventually broke through - resulting in the immediate request for peace by Germany






10. Following the Brest-Litovsk Treaty - Berlin launched an enormous assault in the west which came within 20 miles of capturing Paris before running out of steam






11. Signed by Benito Mussolini for the Italian government and by cardinal secretary of state Pietro Gasparri for the papacy and confirmed by the Italian constitution of 1948 - this treaty gave the papacy control of the Vatican City in exchange for recogn






12. Franco-German dispute over control of the provinces of Alsace-Lorraine - Disintegration of European Turkey - Bosnian Crisis of 1908 - The fragility of European politics






13. First Lord of the Admiralty (later demoted) to fight in trenches - after which he was repromoted to his previous position






14. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: A _________________ should be effected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.






15. Multilateral agreement attempting to eliminate war as an instrument of national policy. It was the most grandiose of a series of peacekeeping efforts after World War I.






16. The political revolution that brought about the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and returned control of the country to direct imperial rule under the emperor Meiji - beginning an era of major political - economic - and social change






17. Prime Minister of France during WWI






18. A series of Anglo-French assaults on German entrenchments along the river Somme. A minimal amount of ground was gained at the cost of 1.12 million casualties in total






19. Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe


20. Enormous but inconclusive naval confrontation between the German and British navies in the North Sea. 25 ships and 8 -000 sailors were lost with the British suffering the worst casualties; German fleet returned to its anchorage and never left port ag






21. Adolf Hitler's attempt to start an insurrection in Germany against the Weimar Republic on Nov. 8-9 - 1923. Hitler and his small Nazi Party associated themselves with General Erich Ludendorff - a right-wing German military leader of World War I






22. Totalitarian movement led by Adolf Hitler as head of the Nazi Party in Germany. It shared many elements with Italian fascism - but it was far more extreme both in its ideas and in its practice.






23. The economic policy of the government of the Soviet Union from 1921 to 1928 - representing a temporary retreat from its previous policy of extreme centralization and doctrinaire socialism.






24. Leader of the Russian Bolsheviks






25. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: The Turkish portions of the present ______________ should be assured a secure sovereignty - but the other nationalities which are now under Turkish rule should be assured an undoubted






26. One of the thirteen out of the Fourteen Points that was rejected: The evacuation of all ____________ and such a settlement of all questions affecting Russia as will secure the best and freest cooperation of the other nations of the world in obtaining






27. Huge German victory over invading Russian armies inn East Prussia - inflicting 78 -000 casualties at a cost of 5 -000. Russians began retreat after this battle






28. The assassin of Franz Ferdinand






29. German commander who was victorious over the Russians at the Battle of Tannenberg






30. German admiral - the chief builder of the German Navy in the 17 years preceding World War I and a dominant personality of the emperor William II's reign.






31. The first of its kind of battleship in the Royal Navy - named after this new - deadly model






32. The war that broke out after the explosion of the USS Maine was blamed on the Spanish forces in Cuba






33. An intercepted German message that helped draw the United States into World War I (1914-1918). The message was an attempt by Germany to persuade Mexico to go to war against the United States






34. Leader of Russia's Provisional Government






35. Arrangement for Germany's payment of reparations after World War I. On the initiative of the British and U.S. governments - a committee of experts - presided over by an American financier - Charles G. Dawes - produced a report on the question of Germ






36. Alliance that bound Britain and Japan to assist one another in safeguarding their respective interests in China and Korea. Directed against Russian expansionism in the Far East - it was a cornerstone of British and Japanese policy in Asia until after






37. The originally-French territories that were annexed by Germans






38. Statement of British support for 'the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.' It was made in a letter from the British foreign secretary






39. A secret agreement between Germany and Russia arranged by Otto von Bismarck. The treaty provided that each party would remain neutral if the other became involved in a war with a third great power and that this would not apply if Germany attacked Fra






40. [needs definition]






41. The government of Germany from 1919 to 1933






42. Emperor of Germany; he fired Bismarck






43. American Air Force Ace with (26 kills)






44. The agreement that concluded the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) - which ended in China's defeat; China had to recognize the independence of Korea - to cede Taiwan - the Pescadores Islands - and the South Manchurian Peninsula to Japan; to pay an in






45. The Treaty that included the terms of surrender for the Germans after WWI - which the United States Congress refused to sign






46. French General and Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe (except for American forces) in WWI






47. A communist theorist and agitator - a leader in Russia's October Revolution in 1917 - and later the commissar of foreign affairs and of war in the Soviet Union;... In the struggle for power after Lenin's death - Stalin emerged as victor - and this m






48. Act passed Aug. 10 - 1911 - in the British Parliament which deprived the House of Lords of its absolute power of veto on legislation.






49. The Prussian strategy to attack France by going through Belgium - march from the west of Paris towards the French rear - and then crushing the French forces in the 'Nutcracker'






50. A series of letters exchanged during World War I - between Husayn ibn 'Ali - emir of Mecca - and Sir Henry McMahon - the British high commissioner in Egypt. In general terms - the correspondence effectively traded British support of an independent Ar






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