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Flashcards: Greg's Super-Duper Awesome Cool Set on the Interwar Years (1919-1939)

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Washington Naval CrisisIt's purpose was to prevent future wars through the process of limiting the naval race. Japan did not appreciate this at all
Little EntenteThis comprised of Czechoslavakia, Yugoslavia, and France. It was meant to protect the embittered country of France when the US and Great Britain went back on their promise to form a defensive alliance with France in the case that Germany would attack.
Ruhr CrisisThis event was caused when Germany resisted the Allied Powers and refused to pay their reparations.
StresemannSigned a treaty with Russia in hopes to put the Allied Powers on their toes. Gave credibility to Germany and Russia.
1923-1929Illustrated the chaos of the Weimar Republic.
Lacarno PactBetween Germany and all major European countries. This threatened not only Poland, but also Russia.
Kellogg-Briand PactJapan and Italy went against this since it was based on morality and contained no enforcement at all.
Young's PlanGave Germany yet another reward in order to prevent war. Germany was pardoned in this because they were "threatened".
Great DepressionThis was a time of economic down turn that began because all of the countries were interdependant. Wrought devastating effects in both the industrialized countries and those which exported raw materials. International trade declined sharply, as did personal incomes.
Utopian foreign policyIt's number one goal was to prevent war by any means necessary.
Dawes PlanA 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. This circular flow of money was a success.
League of NationsInternational organization founded in 1919 to promote world peace and cooperation but greatly weakened by the refusal of the United States to join. It proved ineffectual in stopping aggression by Italy, Japan, and Germany in the 1930s.
Protective TariffsShields domestic producers from foreign competition; one of the reasons Great Britain survived the worst parts of the Great Depression.
InterdependenceA reciprocal relation between interdependent entities. Example: When Germany did not pay it's reparations, France could not pay the US and the US economy fell.
Dust BowlBy feeding all of Europe throughout the war, the farmers chewed up the Great Plains causing an agricultural crisis, one of the warning signs of the Great Depression.
World War II__________ ended the Great Depression NOT the New Deal.
FascismA philosophy that supports a strong, central government controlled by the military and led by a powerful dictator, extreme rightist thinking.
MarxismBecause of the prediction that its leader had established, ____________ became extremely popular because people thought he might be right on other things, too. Extreme leftist thinking.
Sexual rolesThese were switched completely as the men lost their jobs and became worthless, while the women got jobs as housekeepers, etc. and generated the money.
InflationThe passive aggressive German government continued printing money regardless of the conditions, causing massive ___________.
hopesSummary: The _____ of Versailles, Locarno, and the Weimar Golden Age failed to be recognized.