WWI/WWII/Cold War review sheet

A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in England due to raw materials

Policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy.

a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

Industrial revolution's bad working conditions & low wages for immigrants.

Term given for the rapid invasion of Africa by the various European powers. This began imperialism in Africa.

Meeting of the leading statesmen of the European Great powers and the Ottoman Empire. Wanted to divide up colonial land. Didn't include the Africans and Asians who lived in the colonies.

American statement that the government did not want colonies in China, but favored free trade there

This was a major war between the French and the Germans that brought about the unification of Germany. independent German states to unify with Prussia (which they did, thus creating Germany) against France.

tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States caused be the desire of the Soviet's to spread communism and the United States desire to contain communism to where it already existed

Vietnam and Korean wars; large military spending; huge creation of weaponry; nuclear weapons; the fall of the Soviet Union and the freedom to the 15 separate nations that had composed the Soviet Union

US theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than the government

A political system in which, in theory, ownership of all land and productive facilities is in the hands of the people, and all goods are equally shared. The production and distribution of goods are controlled by an authoritarian government.

shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I due to the Alliance system.

Chancellor of Prussia, using his "blood and Iron plan" led Prussia to victory against Austria and France and was responsible for the creation of the German Empire