Nationalism: A belief system involving strong identification of people in a nation.
Imperialism: Creation and/or maintenance of a country by military force.
Treaty of Versailles: One of the peace treaties negotiating the end of WW1
Fourteen Points: Statement by Woodrow Wilson that the Great War was a moral cause for peace in Europe.
Self-Determination: A cardinal principal in the modern International Law Principals of International Law.
War Guilt Clause: Article stating that Germany was responsible for the damages of WW1.
W.C.T.U: (Woman’s Christian Temperance Union) First mass organization of woman devoted to social reform.
League of Nations: Intergovernmental organization founded after WW1.
Collective Security: A security arrangement were an attack against one member is considered an attack against all.
Woodrow Wilson: President of U.S.A at the time of WW1. He came up with the idea of the League of Nations and the Fourteen Points.
Economic Sanctions: Domestic penalties applied on a country by another country.
Hoare-Laval plan: Plan devised by French PM Pierre Laval and British Foreign Secretary Samuel Hoare to end the second Italo-Abyssinian war.
The Locarno Pact: Treaty that sought to secure post-war territorial settlements and normalize relations with Germany.
Kellogg-Briand Pact: Statement promising not to use war to settle disputes.
Washington Conference: Conference attended by nine countries to discuss the events of the pacific.
Bourgeoisie: French word for the field of political economy, sociology and History.
Proletariat: Russian lower class.
Exploitation: In Marxist terms- The exploitation of producers by to work for owners.
Dictatorship of the Proletariat: When the Proletariat have power.
Cadet: A young trainee in armed service.
Bolshevik: Member of the communist party.
Menshevik: Member of the Non-Lenin wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party
October Manifesto: The document serving as a precursor to the Russian Empires first constitution.
Fundamental laws: Determine the fundamental principals in a government.
Duma: A legislative body in the ruling assembly of the former USSR.
Provisional Government: An emergency/interim government set up after the collapse of a large government.
Lenin: Founder of the Bolsheviks and the first head of the USSR.
Stalin: Communist leader, General Secretary of the Soviet Union.
Trotsky: Communist/Revolutionary that helped set up the army.
Peace, Land, Bread: Promise given to Russian people by communists for peace, land and bread.
April Thesis: Series of Directives ordered by Vladimir Lenin on his return from Petrograd.
Soviet: An elected local, district, or national council in the former USSR
General Kornilov: Military intelligence officer.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Treaty signed by the Soviet Union and central powers.
War communism: Political system existing in Russian during the civil war of 1918-1921.
Russian Civil War: Civil war in Russia from 1918-1921.
Reds/Whites: Reds- Bolsheviks, communists. Whites- Anti Bolshevik supporters.
Allied Intervention: The Entente intervention was a multi-national military expedition launched in 1918 during the Russian Civil War and World War 1.
New Economic Policy: a program in effect from 1921 to 1928, reviving the wage system and private ownership of some factories and business.
Comintern: The third international, a communist party.
Treaty of Rapallo: Treaty signed on April 16 1922 between Germany and Russia.
Command Economy: An economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined
centrally by a government.
Collectivization: The organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism.
Kolkhoz: A collective farm in the former USSR
Kulak: A Russian peasant wealthy enough to own a farm.
Five year plans: A series of five year plans designed to boost Russia’s economy.
Gulags: Russian Prison.
The Purges: A “Cleansing” of the communist party in which thousands of people were kicked out.
Gustav Stresemann: Gustav Stresemann was a German politician and statesman who served as
Chancellor in 1923.
Imperialism: Creation and/or maintenance of a country by military force.
Treaty of Versailles: One of the peace treaties negotiating the end of WW1
Fourteen Points: Statement by Woodrow Wilson that the Great War was a moral cause for peace in Europe.
Self-Determination: A cardinal principal in the modern International Law Principals of International Law.
War Guilt Clause: Article stating that Germany was responsible for the damages of WW1.
W.C.T.U: (Woman’s Christian Temperance Union) First mass organization of woman devoted to social reform.
League of Nations: Intergovernmental organization founded after WW1.
Collective Security: A security arrangement were an attack against one member is considered an attack against all.
Woodrow Wilson: President of U.S.A at the time of WW1. He came up with the idea of the League of Nations and the Fourteen Points.
Economic Sanctions: Domestic penalties applied on a country by another country.
Hoare-Laval plan: Plan devised by French PM Pierre Laval and British Foreign Secretary Samuel Hoare to end the second Italo-Abyssinian war.
The Locarno Pact: Treaty that sought to secure post-war territorial settlements and normalize relations with Germany.
Kellogg-Briand Pact: Statement promising not to use war to settle disputes.
Washington Conference: Conference attended by nine countries to discuss the events of the pacific.
Bourgeoisie: French word for the field of political economy, sociology and History.
Proletariat: Russian lower class.
Exploitation: In Marxist terms- The exploitation of producers by to work for owners.
Dictatorship of the Proletariat: When the Proletariat have power.
Cadet: A young trainee in armed service.
Bolshevik: Member of the communist party.
Menshevik: Member of the Non-Lenin wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party
October Manifesto: The document serving as a precursor to the Russian Empires first constitution.
Fundamental laws: Determine the fundamental principals in a government.
Duma: A legislative body in the ruling assembly of the former USSR.
Provisional Government: An emergency/interim government set up after the collapse of a large government.
Lenin: Founder of the Bolsheviks and the first head of the USSR.
Stalin: Communist leader, General Secretary of the Soviet Union.
Trotsky: Communist/Revolutionary that helped set up the army.
Peace, Land, Bread: Promise given to Russian people by communists for peace, land and bread.
April Thesis: Series of Directives ordered by Vladimir Lenin on his return from Petrograd.
Soviet: An elected local, district, or national council in the former USSR
General Kornilov: Military intelligence officer.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Treaty signed by the Soviet Union and central powers.
War communism: Political system existing in Russian during the civil war of 1918-1921.
Russian Civil War: Civil war in Russia from 1918-1921.
Reds/Whites: Reds- Bolsheviks, communists. Whites- Anti Bolshevik supporters.
Allied Intervention: The Entente intervention was a multi-national military expedition launched in 1918 during the Russian Civil War and World War 1.
New Economic Policy: a program in effect from 1921 to 1928, reviving the wage system and private ownership of some factories and business.
Comintern: The third international, a communist party.
Treaty of Rapallo: Treaty signed on April 16 1922 between Germany and Russia.
Command Economy: An economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined
centrally by a government.
Collectivization: The organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism.
Kolkhoz: A collective farm in the former USSR
Kulak: A Russian peasant wealthy enough to own a farm.
Five year plans: A series of five year plans designed to boost Russia’s economy.
Gulags: Russian Prison.
The Purges: A “Cleansing” of the communist party in which thousands of people were kicked out.
Gustav Stresemann: Gustav Stresemann was a German politician and statesman who served as
Chancellor in 1923.
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