USA War History & Reformation Theses
This chapter covers USA War History and Reformation theses.
Martin Luther
started reformation (wrote the 95 Theses
95 theses
against indulgences the church sold
Gold, God, glory
reasons why the Europeans explored
Line of demarcation
line splitting world between Portugal and Spain
Columbian exchange
exchange between Columbus and Indians of diseases
Henry VIII
part of reformation; separated from Roman Catholic Church and started church of England
Elizabeth I
Great Queen-probably not on Test
Ferdinand and Isabella
financed Columbus’ trip to “India”-Spain
Triangular trade
slaves sold to America for raw materials these materials shipped to England
Enlightenment or age of reason
when they started thinking for themselves and relied on reason and logic
Industrialization
Things are starting to become more automated; it went from rural living to towns and cities; a time of invention, creativity, and an increase of production
French Estates
Church first estate, Nobility second estate,Peasants third estate
Louis XVI
he was beheaded by the guillotine
Marie Antoinette
guillotined Louis XVI’s wife
Robespierre
most infamous leader in French revolution
Bastille day
Beginning of the French Revolution Stormed the prison at Bastille
Napoleon Bonaparte
took over France, made it better, and was a dictator, sought to take over the world
Waterloo
Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon Bonaparte at this battle
Napoleonic code
greatest achievement that made France so much better
Congress of Vienna (1815)
Countries get together and redraw the boundaries; to restore the old monarchies, to restore peace
Crimean War impact
France thought itself much more powerful than it was,
Romanticized, “the Battle of the light brigade”
Florence Nightingale
Age of Imperialism
the expansion that led to more power given to the countries that owned the most colonies.
In comes the racist “White Man’s Burden”
WWl Main Causes
militarism developed big armies, nationalism a pride for one’s colony, imperialism the gaining of colonies you needed to protect them, alliances partnership during war
Woodrow WIlson
president of USA during this war
League of Nations
where countries would join in alliances with each other, USA never joined
Treaty of versailles
blamed Germany and hurt Germany w/ war guilt clause
Black Tuesday
when stock market crashed
Hooverville-
little cardboard cities during depression
Bonus Army
March of WWII veterans that wanted their promised money early to help themselves during the depression
Hobo
homeless man
Cause and Effect
too many goods, crash of stock market, etc.
Stalin
dictator of the USSR
FDR
president of the United States during WWll
Mussolini
Fascist leader of Italy
Hitler
German dictator
Yamamoto
led the Pearl Harbor attack
Churchill
British Prime minister during WWII
Blitzkrieg
Lightning war, when Germans came all at once and surprised (BRITISH?)
Dunkirk
where anybody with boats came to the rescue of British ships and soldiers
Pearl Harbor
US Bombed December 7, 1941
Battle of Britain
Germans Bombing of Britain
Midway
sea battle, when the USA won, and was the turning point during war for the USA we sunk four of the (Japanese?) carriers
Stalingrad
“You shall not pass”, says Russia
D-Day
assault on the Normandy beaches
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
US ATOMIC bombing on Japan
Holocaust
Killing of Jews