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| 353720984 | The Great Depression | 1929 - WWII. This was a period of slow business activity and high unemployment / failing prices and wages | |
| 353720985 | Black Tuesday | US stock market crashes. Oct. 29, 1929 | |
| 353720987 | Maginot Line | Elaborate system of defense | |
| 353720988 | The Popular Front | Coalition Gov.(alliance of political parties) | |
| 353720989 | Leon Blum | Leader of the Socialist Party. He became the Prime Minister | |
| 353720990 | Collective bargaining | Right of unions to negotiate with employers for wages and hours | |
| 353720991 | Dawes Plan | 1923. US plans to solve German econ. crisis adjusted reparations payments | |
| 353720992 | Charles Dawe | An American banker | |
| 353720993 | Paul von Hindenburg | WWI hero, the president of Germany who appointed Hitler as chancellor | |
| 353720994 | Fascis | Bundle of wooden rods tied around an ac. Ancient Roman symbol of authority | |
| 353720996 | OVRA | Facist secret police, Mussolini's secret police | |
| 353720997 | Corporate State | (Mussolini regime) business dominated by Gov. | |
| 353720998 | Ethiopia | Italy invaded Oct. 1935 | |
| 353721000 | Totalitarian State | Gov. controlled every aspect of life econ, political, and social | |
| 353721001 | Pravda | soviet News Agency | |
| 353721002 | Gulags | Soviet prison camps in Siberia | |
| 353721003 | Politburo | Committee of Communist Party leaders | |
| 353721004 | Party Line | Policy of Communist Party | |
| 353721005 | Atheism | Belief in God and churches outlawed | |
| 353721006 | Anton Drexler | Founder of Nazi Party, Munich locksmith who founded the German Workers' Party which turned into the Nazi Party | |
| 353721007 | Hermann Goering | commander of Brown Shirts | |
| 353721008 | Mein Kampf | Hitlers book | |
| 353721009 | Anti-Semitic | Hatred of Jewish people | |
| 353721010 | Lebensraum | (Living Space) Expansion of German Empire | |
| 353721011 | Enabling Acts | March 23, 1933. Gave Hitler dictatorial powers | |
| 353721012 | Gestapo | Nazi Secret police | |
| 353721013 | What did the peace settlement at the end of World War I create/cause? | border disputes among the new nations - left many Germans wanting to change the terms of the Treaty of Versailles | |
| 353721014 | What did Pres Wilson hope would solve many of the new conflicts? | The League of Nations | |
| 353721015 | Why was the League of Nations unable to maintain peace? | -The US never ratified the Treaty of Versailles and could not be a member of the League - League members could not agree to use force agst agression | |
| 353721016 | What did the French demand with the Treaty of Versailles? | They wanted it strictly enforced ,but the Germans said they could not pay back the 33 billion. | |
| 353721017 | What did the French say they would do to gain back the money? | They would operate the German industries themselves. | |
| 353721018 | What did the Germans do about the French plan? | They printed more money and paid their workers - the German currency went way down and the German Mark meant nothing 1923 4 trillion marks = $1 | |
| 353721019 | What Valley did the French occupy that was primarily a mining and industrial center? | Ruhr Valley | |
| 353721020 | Dawes plan | A plan to revive the German economy, the United States loans Germany money which then can pay reparations to England and France, who can then pay back their loans from the U.S. | |
| 353721021 | Treaty of Lacarno | treaty between France and Germany that secured their borders and allowed Germany to join the League of Nations (1925) | |
| 353721022 | kellogg Brand | nations promise not to use war in their foreign policy, problem was, they didnt know how to enforce it - 63 nations joined in 1928 | |
| 353721023 | When did Germany join the League of Nations? | 1926 | |
| 353721024 | What nation was forced to reduce its military? | Germany | |
| 353721025 | What were the causes of the Great Depression? | 1. downturn in the economics of nations during the 1925-1929 2. | |
| 353721026 | great depression | worst period of economic hardship in US history 1929-1941 - very low economic activity and high unemployment - started in 1929 | |
| 353721027 | All of the major countries in Europe except France and Germany had some form of what kind of govt? | dictatorial | |
| 353721028 | totalitarian government | refers to the belief that every aspect of a citizen's life -- work, education, science, arts, etc. must match the beliefs of those running the government | |
| 353721029 | How did the totalitarian government gain support? | they used mass propoganda and modern communication | |
| 353721030 | In this Totalitarian govt who led the new states? | a single leader and a single party - the citizens had to actively support any of the goals they said. | |
| 353721031 | Who established the first European fascist govt in the early 1920's? | Benito Musalini (Italy) - He forced the Italian king to make him Prime Minister | |
| 353721032 | fascism | a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and has no tolerance for opposition | |
| 353721033 | Why did Italians want to go with Musalini's Govt? | They were scared that there might be a communist takeover in Russia. | |
| 353721034 | Black Shirts | supporters of mussolini, broke up socialist rallies, smashed leftists presses and attacked farmer's cooperatives | |
| 353721035 | What was Musalini's nickname by 1926? | II Duce | |
| 353721036 | What did Musalini use to control the people of Italy? | secret police - they could arrest anyone.... | |
| 353721037 | Hitler was in charge of what nation? | Germany | |
| 353721038 | Stalin was in charge of wht nation? | Russia | |
| 353721039 | Musalini was in charge of what nation? | Italy - - he never achieved total control like Hitler and Stalin did | |
| 353721040 | In the early 1920's why did millions die in Russia? | There was a great famine caused by a drought - country and govt were on verge of collapse | |
| 353721041 | Who created the New Economic Plan? | Lenin in 1920 | |
| 353721042 | What was the New Economic Plan? | - system of modified capitalism - pesant could sell produce and small businesses could be privately owned, but the govt still controlled heavy industries and banking | |
| 353745421 | In 1922 The communists created what? | USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) or Soviet Union | |
| 353745422 | What saved the Soviet Union from economic ruin? | New Economic Policy | |
| 353745423 | politburo | Executive committee of the Soviet Communist party; 20 members. | |
| 353745424 | Who died in 1924 and then a bitter struggle for power happened in the Politburo? | Lenin died | |
| 353745425 | Who wanted to end the NEP? | Leon Trofsky - he also wanted to spread communism to other countries | |
| 353745426 | Who were personal rivals of the Politburo? | Trotsky and Sltain | |
| 353745427 | What was Stalin's position? | He was the general secretary he used his position to gain complete control over the communists | |
| 353745428 | Leon Trotsky | one of the main contendres to replace Lenin as leader of communist party in russia, almost single-handedly created the red arm. Stalin emerged securely as leader Trotsky went into exile and was later murdered in Mexico(1940), reportedly on Stalin's order. | |
| 353745429 | Five Year Plan | Stalin's economic policy to rebuild the Soviet economy after WWI. Tried to improve heavy industry and improve farm output, but resulted in famine. Plan increased the output of heavy machinery and production of capital and steel. | |
| 353745430 | How did 5 year plan affect Russian people? | House in urban areas terrible wages declined govt used propoganda to boost morale | |
| 353745431 | collectivization | system in which private farms were eliminated, instead, the government owned all the land while the peasants worked on it.Peasants hoarded food and then Stalin just increased the number of farms. | |
| 353745432 | What happened to millions of Russians because of collectivization? | they starved - | |
| 353783466 | Similar to totalitarian state these were concerned with preserving a social order but did not try to control a mass society that had control over the people... | authoritarian states | |
| 353783467 | What was the only country to keep a democratic government instead of authoritarian? | Czechozlavakia | |
| 353783468 | Who used military forces to revolt against the democratic government in Spain? | Francisco Franco | |
| 353783469 | What countries supported Franco in Spain? | Germany and Italy did not want Spain to have a democratic govt. | |
| 353783470 | After the Civil war in Spain broke out, who won it and where? | Franco captured Madrid and won the civil war - Spain then had an authoritarian dictatorship led by Franco | |
| 353783471 | Paul Von Hindenburg | President of Weimar Republic in Germany, who appointed Hitler chancellor in 1933; formerly a general in World War I. | |
| 353783472 | Weimar | The Meeting in Weimar was an assembly that drafted a constitution for Germany establish a democratic republic that lasted from 1919-1933. Known as the Weimar Republic. | |
| 353783473 | collective bargaining | the right of unions to negotiate with employers over wages and hours | |
| 353783474 | Popular front began what for workers? | Began a program for workers including collective bargaining, paid vacation, a 40 hour work week and a 2 week paid vacation | |
| 353783475 | Labour party | british political party founded in 1900 with the help of trade unions to represent the interests of the urban working class | |
| 353783476 | conservatives | First half 19th century europeons mostly wealthy landowners and nobles who wanted to preserve the traditional monarchies of Europe | |
| 353783477 | John Maynard Keyes | believed in defecit spending to get the economy back on track. | |
| 353783478 | deficit spending | going into debt - Keyes proposed this would help the overall economy | |
| 353783479 | New deal | Proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt - govt created jobs by funding program of public works | |
| 353783480 | Social Security Act | a system of old age pensions and unemployment insurance that Roosevelt was in favor of | |
| 353783481 | In the Great depression how much was the US affected by it? | a bunch - industrial production fell by 50% between 1929 and 1932 | |
| 353783482 | Unemployment did not get better in the Us until when? | WW II | |
| 353804562 | When the Nazi's took control, what happened to Germnaty? | Jews were taken out of all civil service professions Unions were dissolved concentration camps were set up for opposition all political parties were abolished except for the Nazis | |
| 353804563 | When Hindenburg died, what did Hitler do? | He declared himself Germany's only leader. He was known as the Fuher (leader) | |
| 353804564 | What did Hitler want to create? | an Aryan racial state to dominate Europe and possibly the world | |
| 353804565 | The Nazis wanted the Germans to create an empire like which ancient one? | Rome | |
| 353804566 | Why did Hilter call his empire the Third Reich? | He thought there had been 2 previous German empires -the Holy Roman Empire and the German Empire of 1871 to 1918 | |
| 353804567 | Besides terror, what else did Hitler use to control the country and further his goals? | economic policies, mass rallies, and organizations | |
| 353804568 | ss | Hitler's elite personal guard led by Heinrich Himmler; together with Gestapo (political police); ran special courts and concentration camps; executed thousands of old Nazi storm troops in 1934 | |
| 353804569 | Henrich Himmler | Commander of the Secret police force; Placed in charge of the Final Solution (Holocaust); Took over Gestapo under Hitler | |
| 353804570 | Nuremburg Laws | 1935: Nuremberg Laws passed against Jews: Prevented Jews from being German citizens, forbade marriage between Jews and German citizens, required Jews to wear yellow stars of david and to carry id cards saying they were Jewish. | |
| 353804571 | Beside schools, what did the Nazis control? | All protestant and catholic churches | |
| 353804572 | What was the roll of women in the Aryan society? | to have Aryan children and were told it would be good for them to stay at home - men were to be warriors and political leaders | |
| 353804573 | What happened on Nov 9, 1938? | Nazis burned Jewish synagogues and destroyed thousands of Jewish businesses - killed at least 100 people and sent 30,000 jewish men to concentration camps | |
| 353804574 | kristallnacht | Night of Broken Glass, Nov 9 1938 night when the Nazis killed or injured many jews & destroyed many jewish properties | |
| 353804575 | After the Night of Broken Glass what changed for the Jewish people? | They were barred from public transportation, schools, and hospitals. They could not own, manage or work in a retail store and they were generally encouraged to leave Germany |
