WWII
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 how did many italians feel after WWI? | upset that they didnt get more, they wanted more land, more power, and the mediterranean coast line |
| what problems did the italian soldiers return home to? | chaos, mass unemployment, rising inflation, food shortages |
| fasces | named after the axe surrouned by bundled rods |
| fascist | party demanding government changes, racist ideology- all about exluding others, emphazises difference |
| black shirts | young war veterans, sent out to break up communist political parties |
| march on rome | the fascist march to rome demanding mussolini be put in charge |
| il duce | the leader (mussolinis nick name) |
| two steps mussolini used to gain control of italy | communications taken over by the state, civil rights suspended |
| mussolinis success | improved italian schools + highways, population increases |
| what did the mediterranen become under mussolini | the italian lake |
| what was mussolini's motto | credere, obdedire, combattere- believe, obey, fight |
| only way to save the USSR | to increase military dramatically and increase industrialization |
| collectivation | farmers were forced to work as a group- and old farming methods were industrialized |
| stalin- labor camps | the kulaks (wealthy peasants) and anyone who complained about stalin or the government |
| NKVD | secret police |
| how many people was stalin responsible for killing | 15-25 million people |
| "uncle joe" | stalins propaganda nick name |
| where was hitler from | austria- 1889 |
| what did hitler want to be | an artist |
| what happened to hitler in WWI | victim of a gas attack |
| what did hitler join in 1920 | the national socialist german workers party- the nazi party |
| what failed in 1923 | munich putsch- an attempt to overthrow munich government |
| mein kampf | my struggle- an autobiography |
| hitlers 4 main ideological ideas | all germans must be united under one leader, the treat of versailles was unjust and must be torn up, all jews and communists must be destroyed as they are the cause of germany's troubles, the germans are the master race and must have what they want |
| germany's government 1919-1933 | weimar republic |
| what happened in 1929 | the depression began |
| what parties benefitted from the depression | nazi and communist |
| who supported the nazi | young people, rural, big business, military, uneducated, religious |
| 1934 | the night of long knives- most jews were banned from working |
| gestapo | the secret police |
| hitler youth | nazi boy and girl scouts |
| SS | personal party body guards (two lightning bolts) |
| nuremburg laws | 1935- deprived all jews of all citizenship and civil rights- forced them to wear a star of david on their shirts at all times |
| kristallnacht | 1938- the night of broken glass |
| 1931 | japan leaves the league of nations |
| 1933 | germany leaves the league of nations |
| 1935 | italy invades ethiopia, italy leaves the league of nations |
| 1936 | spanish civil war between fascist and socialist- axis formed |
| 1937 | japan invades china |
| 1938 | germany annexes austria- sudetenland crisis-munich peace crisis |
| 1939 | germany invades the rest of czech. |
| august 1939 | hitler-stalin treaty- divides parts of europe between hitler and stalin |
| september 1, 1939 | WWII begins |
| walter gropius | architect- gropius house- 1938 |
| isadora duncan | dancer- changes ballet |
| coco chanel | the little black dress |
| igor stravinsky | composer- fireworks |
| christian dior | fashion- |
| sigmund freud | phycologist- ego, superego, id |
| james joyce | writer- ulysses |
| josephine baker | singer- jazz + swing |
| kandinsky | artist |
| charles chaplin | actor- silent films |
| fritz lang | director- metropolis |
| einstein | scientist- e=mc2 |
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