HST 296 Midterm #1 Study Guide
1.Legacy of WWI: The legacy of the Great War was the creation of
policies and conditions that are still felt in the United States today, both
in its international modernity, while leaving unsettled many older issues
and problems that continued through the ensuing years of economic
troubles and new global conflict. The end of WWI led to the decline of
Europe while America on the contrary began to see a rise to a world
leader.
2.Leninism: A way of thinking about how the communist party should be
organized and run. Specifically, it says it should be a dictatorship of the
proletariat or the working-class citizens who hold all of the power. It is
thought to be one of the
first steps that were made towards Socialism. Some of the principles of
Leninism included reorganization of all party work along new lines,
preparing the masses for a revolutionary struggle, and self-criticism.
Lenin was the founding member of the Communist party. This idea was
also incompatible with western ideology-- a precursor to the Cold War
3.Wilsonianism: Four main components of Wilsonianism: spreading
democracy, open markets, an international organization dedicated to
keeping the peace, and an active global role for the U.S. Derived from
the liberal internationalism that had captured large segments of the
Anglo-American intellectual elite before and during the war. It
interpreted war as essentially an atavism associated with authoritarian
monarchy, aristocracy, imperialism, and economic nationalism.
President Wilson's idealistic world view of opposing imperialism, war,
revolution, and the belief in democracy/democratic peace theory.
4.Wilson's 14 Points: The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles
for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end
World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on
war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President
Woodrow Wilson. Point 14 was the most important on Woodrow Wilson's
list; it advocated for an international organization to be established that
would be responsible for helping to keep peace among the nations. This
organization was later established and called the League of Nations.
(1918) President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post-World War I
Europe and for avoiding future wars.
5.Picasso: Art after WWI expressed the negative views people had on
the "Great" Western Civilization. Some of Picasso's works included
Guernica which was a powerful anti-war painting that portrays the
sufferings caused by the violence and chaos of the war.
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6.Fascism: Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism
character- ized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition,
and strong regimenta- tion of society and of the economy, which came
to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. Fascism arose in Europe
after World War I when many people yearned for
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1.Legacy of WWI: The legacy of the Great War was the creation of
policies and conditions that are still felt in the United States today, both
in its international modernity, while leaving unsettled many older issues
and problems that continued through the ensuing years of economic
troubles and new global conflict. The end of WWI led to the decline of
Europe while America on the contrary began to see a rise to a world
leader.
2.Leninism: A way of thinking about how the communist party should be
organized and run. Specifically, it says it should be a dictatorship of the
proletariat or the working-class citizens who hold all of the power. It is
thought to be one of the
first steps that were made towards Socialism. Some of the principles of
Leninism included reorganization of all party work along new lines,
preparing the masses for a revolutionary struggle, and self-criticism.
Lenin was the founding member of the Communist party. This idea was
also incompatible with western ideology-- a precursor to the Cold War
3.Wilsonianism: Four main components of Wilsonianism: spreading
democracy, open markets, an international organization dedicated to
keeping the peace, and an active global role for the U.S. Derived from
the liberal internationalism that had captured large segments of the
Anglo-American intellectual elite before and during the war. It
interpreted war as essentially an atavism associated with authoritarian
monarchy, aristocracy, imperialism, and economic nationalism.
President Wilson's idealistic world view of opposing imperialism, war,
revolution, and the belief in democracy/democratic peace theory.
4.Wilson's 14 Points: The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles
for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end
World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on
war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President
Woodrow Wilson. Point 14 was the most important on Woodrow Wilson's
list; it advocated for an international organization to be established that
would be responsible for helping to keep peace among the nations. This
organization was later established and called the League of Nations.
(1918) President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post-World War I
Europe and for avoiding future wars.
5.Picasso: Art after WWI expressed the negative views people had on
the "Great" Western Civilization. Some of Picasso's works included
Guernica which was a powerful anti-war painting that portrays the
sufferings caused by the violence and chaos of the war.
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6.Fascism: Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism
character- ized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition,
and strong regimenta- tion of society and of the economy, which came
to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. Fascism arose in Europe
after World War I when many people yearned for
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