| Term | Definition |
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Veterans |
Postwar Issues: finding jobs for _____ |
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Land |
Postwar Issues: rebuilding war-ravaged _______ |
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Leaders |
Postwar Issues: Europe lacked strong _______ |
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series of Treaties in Locarno |
What was signed in 1925 by 7 nations and where? |
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Treaties in Locarno |
Settled Germany's borders with France, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and Poland |
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Kellogg-Briand Pact |
1928; a pact signed by almost all independent nations; promised to "renounce war as an instrument of national policy" |
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Size of their armies |
U.S. Britain, France, Japan, and others signed treaties to reduce _________ |
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Kellogg-Briand Pact |
It outlawed war, but there was no way of enforcing it |
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US |
This country emerged as leading economic power from World War I |
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Industrial workers |
Who received higher wages in the US, which led to higher prices of manufactured goods? |
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Farmers |
Who’s earnings in the US had fallen during the 1920s? |
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Call in loans |
What did jitters about the economy cause brokers to do? |
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Sell the stock |
When brokers called in loans and investors couldn’t pay, what did the investors do? |
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Crash |
When investors sold their stock, what happened to the prices? |
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Stock market crash |
What triggered the great depression in the US? |
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US Banks |
Who had to stop making loans abroad and demanded repayment of foreign loans after stock market crash |
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Millions |
Because banks failed and businesses closed in the US, how many out of work? |
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Tariffs |
What did the U.S. raise on exports? (Highest in history) |
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Rose their tariffs |
Since the U.S. raised their tariffs, how did countries retaliate? |
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Communists |
Who enjoyed capitalism collapsing? |
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U Boats |
What German weapon wreaked havoc on British shipping? |
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Unrest and strikes |
In Britain, unemployment was severe and wages remained low. What did this lead to in workers? |
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3 million |
During the General Strike in Britain, how many were involved? |
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Labour party |
During the twenties in Britain, what party surpassed in politics? |
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Socialism |
What did the Labour party say they would move towards in the 1920s? |
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Conservatives |
What party did the middle class back in Britain, in the 1920s? |
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Conservatives |
After the general strike, what party passed legislation limiting the power of workers to strike in Britain? |
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Coalition; |
Because the Great Depression intensified Britains woes, what type of government was set up? |
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Conservative, Labour, Liberal |
Because the Great Depression hurt Britain, a coalition government was set up of what 3 parties? (alphabetical) |
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Ireland |
In 1914, Britain passed a home-rule bill in what country? |
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Easter Rising |
What is the name of the revolt in 1916 against British rule in Ireland? |
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Rebel Leaders |
In the Easter Rising 15 ________ __________ were killed, and stirred wider support for their cause. |
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Irish Free State |
In 1922, moderates in Ireland and England reached an agreement. Most of Ireland became the self-Governing ______ ________ ______. |
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Ulster |
What is the name of the largely Protestant northern counties of Ireland? |
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Ulster |
What area of Ireland remained under British Rule? |
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Irish Republican Army |
What group did not accept the division of Ulster and the rest of Ireland, in Ireland? |
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1923 |
What year was peace restored in Ireland, due to the separation of Ulster and Ireland? |
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Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa |
In 1931 what four former colonies (alphabetical) became fully self-governing dominions? |
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British Commonwealth of Nations |
The 4 new colonies within were dominions inside the newly formed British ____________ of ___________. |
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Economic and cultural ties |
What linked each member of the Commonwealth, although they all pursued their own courses? |
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Wealth and pride |
What did British’s vast empire remain a source of to Britain? |
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Agriculture and education |
Although the British kept their colonies, what did they work to improve? |
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France |
Britain’s postwar foreign policy created tensions with what country? |
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Britain |
Right after the Treaty of Versailles, what country wanted to relax the treaty’s harsh treatment of Germany? |
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Soviet Union |
Britain feared that if Germany became too weak, what country would be able to expand? |
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France |
Britain feared that if Germany became too weak, what country might gain too much control of the continent? |
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Quickly |
Did the French economy recover slowly or quickly? |
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Alsace , Lorraine |
What two territories (alphabetical) did France regain from Germany? |
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Not as Centralized |
Why didn’t the Great depression hurt France as much as it did other countries? (Not as __________) |
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Unstable |
Is France’s political scene stable/unstable after the World War I? |
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Third Republic |
Many parties from conservatives to communists competed for power in France in the ______ ___________. |
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Left |
Leon Blums Popular Front government in France in 1936 was supported by right/left? |
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Labor social |
Leon Blum’s Popular Front government in France tried to solve _____ problems and passed ________ legislation. |
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Maginot Line |
What did the French build to secure its border against Germany? |
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Sense of security |
What did the Maginot Line provide for the French? |
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Soviet Union |
In quest for security, France strengthened the military and sought alliances with other countries, including…? |
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League of Nations |
What group did the United States stay out of? |
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Membership might lead to future wars |
Why did the US stay out of the League of Nations? (7 words) |
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Foreign Affairs |
Americans insisted that their nation maintain a free hand in what? |
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Fear of Bolsheviks |
What was the “Red Scare” In the US in 1919 and 1920? (include: Fear of ______) |
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Foreign born radicals |
What kind of people were thrown out of the US during the “Red Scare” in 1919 and 1920? |
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Immigration |
What did the “Red Scare” fed growing demands to limit what? |
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Private business matters |
President Herbert Hoover in the US believed the government shouldn’t intervene in ______ ______ ______. Crisis worsened, and he changed his mind. |
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New Deal |
1932, FDR said the gov. had to take a roal in combating the Great Depression, and introduced what? |
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Economic and Social |
FDR Introduced the new deal which was a massive package of what 2 types of programs? (alphabetical) |
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Federal Government |
Under the new deal, who was more involved in peoples lives? __ __ |
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New Deal |
What had new laws that regulated stock market, protected bank depositors savings, created jobs for unemployed, Social security, old age pensions; |
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No |
Did the New Deal end the Great Depression? |
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Sigmund Freud |
Who said that in civilized society, learned values like morality and reason help people repress, or check, powerful urges. But an individual feels constant tension between repressed drives and social training, which caused psychological illness, or physical symptoms like paralysis and blindness? |
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Traditional |
In the early 1900s, western artists rejected what styles of art? |
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Cubism |
The breaking of 3-D objects into fragments and composing them into complex patterns of angles and planes; introduced by Braque and Picasso |
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Dada |
A revolt against civilization; a type of art in the Paris world; intended to shock and disturb |
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Cubism Dada |
What two art styles helped inspire surrealism? |
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Bauhaus |
What is the name of the school in Germany that influenced architecture by blending science and technology with design? |
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Ornementation |
What was avoided in Bauhaus designs? |
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Cars |
New technology helped create a mass culture; what were middle class people buying to help transport? |
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Jazz |
What type of music combined western harmonies with African rhythms? |
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Lower |
Women pursued careers in the new atmosphere of emancipation; they did the same work as men but their wages were _____? |
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corruption , order |
What did Mussolini promise to end? He promised to replace turmoil with ___. |
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Roman |
What greatness did he want to revive in Italy? |
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Combat Squads |
Mussolini organized his supporters into black shirts “___ ____” |
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Black Shirts |
This group in Italy broke up socialist rallies, smashed leftist presses, and attacked farmers’ cooperatives |
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Accepted |
Due to a loss in faith in a constitutional government in Italy, many people accepted/rejected Fascism? |
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March on Rome |
In 1922, the Fascists, at a rally in Naples, announced a “___ ___ _____” |
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Make changes |
What did the March of Rome in Italy in 1922 demand the government do? |
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Emmanuel III |
After the March of Rome in Italy, what king asked Mussolini to form a government as prime minister? |
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1925 |
At first, Fascists held only a few cabinet posts in Italy’s government, but by what year did they assume more power? |
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Il Duce, The Leader |
In 1925, what did Mussolini declare his nickname to be? What does it mean? __ __,__ __ |
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Parliamentary Monarchy |
In theory, even after Mussolini was Prime Minister, Italy remained what kind of government? (2 words) |
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Dictatorship |
In fact, after Mussolini was Prime minister, Italy was no longer a Parliamentary Monarchy, but a ____ upheld by terror. |
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State |
To encourage economic growth and end conflicts between owners and workers in Italy, Mussolini put the economy under who’s control? |
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Capitalism |
Unlike socialists, after Mussolini brought the economy under the state, he preserved what? |
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Corporate state |
Under Mussolini’s “_____ ____”, representatives of business, labor, government, and fascist party controlled industry, agriculture, and trade |
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form Strikes, went down |
Even though production increased, the success came at the expense of workers. What were they forbidden to do, and what happened to their wages? (_ , _) |
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Entire state |
Who was more important in a Fascist society, an individual or the entire state? |
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Mussolini |
“Believe! Obey! Fight!” – Said by whom? |
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Agriculture, industry, trade |
In Italy, the Fascist party controlled 3 things: (alpha.) |
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Win the Battle of Motherhood |
Women were pushed out of paying jobs and were instead called to “_ the __ of ___” |
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Youth |
What age group of people were mostly targeted by dictators? |
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Obey strict military discipline |
What were Fascist youths taught to obey in school? (_ _ _ _) |
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Young soldiers |
By the 1930s, what did Mussolini create an entire generation of? |
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Mussolini |
Who coined the term Fascism? |
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Fascism |
A term generally used to ‘describe any authoritarian government that is not communist’, due to its lack of unifying set of beliefs |
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Extreme nationalism |
What is fascism rooted in? |
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Action, blind loyalty, discipline, violence |
What did Fascism glorify? (4) |
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Democracy |
To Fascists, what type of government led to corruption, and weakness and put individual or class interest above national goals? |
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Enlightenment |
Fascism rejects faith in any reason and the concepts of equality and liberty; What is this called? |
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Aggressive foreign expansion |
Fascists pursued __ __ __ that reflected “survival of the fittest” |
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Warfare |
To fascists, what was a necessary and noble struggle for survival? |
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Communists, socialists |
Who was the sworn enemies of Fascists? (Alph) |
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National |
Communists had hopes for internation change, and fascists pursued __ goals |
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Agricultural and urban workers |
Fascists found allies among business leaders, wealthy landowners, and lower middle class. Communists found support among who? (4 words _ and _ _) |
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Social |
Communism and Fascism both flourished during economic hard times by promoting extreme programs of __ change |
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Totalitarian |
In both Russia and Italy, they imposed what kind of governments to bring about social revolution? |
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Elite party |
In both Russia and Italy, they had an __ __ to rule in the name of the national interest |
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Totalitarian |
Mussolini built the first __ state, which became a model for others; |
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Single party dictatorship |
What basic features did the 3 governments of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini share (dictatorship) |
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economy under state control |
What basic features did the 3 governments of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini share? (economy) |
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strict censorship and government monopoly of media |
What basic features did the 3 governments of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini share? (monopoly, censorship) |
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Use of schools and media to mobilize citizens |
What basic features did the 3 governments of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini share? (schools) |
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obedience to single leader |
What basic features did the 3 governments of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini share? (obedience) |
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Appeal of Fascism |
Fascism promised a strong, stable, government and an end to political feuding that had paralyzed democracy; Nationalism; a sense of power and confidence during disorder and despair --- what do all these add up too? |
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Start foreign conquest |
What did Mussolini do that turned his good press outside Italy around? |
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1923 |
What year did Hitler attempt a take over? |
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Weimar |
In 1919 German leaders drafted a constitution in what city? |
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Democratic, Weimar Republic |
What type of government did the Weimar constitution for Germany in 1919 create? What is it called? |
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Parliamentary, chancellor |
The constitution of Weimar in Germany set up a democratic system called the Weimar Republic and a ___ system lead by a __; it gave women right to vote and a bill of rights |
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Many small parties |
Why was the republic politically weak? |
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Old Junker nobility, military, bourgeoisie |
Who made up the Conservative party in Germany after World War I? (3) _ _ _, _, _, |
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German Jews |
Because many Germans hated the Versailles treaty, they looked for scapegoats. Who was an easy target for economic and political problems? (2wrds) |
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Reparations |
In 1923, Germany fell behind in __; |
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Ruhr Valley |
In 1923, when Germany fell behind in reparations, France occupied the coal rich __ __. |
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Passive |
Ruhr Germans turned to what kind of resistance? (passive/violent) |
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Paper Money |
To support the passive resistance Germans in the Ruhr Valley, the government set off inflation by printing a lot of _ _. |
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West |
Who helped Germany bring inflation under control? |
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Dawes Plan |
1924 – US Britain and France approved a plan to reduce German reparations; France withdrew its forces from the Ruhr, and American loans helped German economy recover; What is this plan called? |
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National Socialist German Workers |
What is the Nazi party’s lengthened Name? (4 words) |
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Mein Kampf My Struggle |
1923; written by Hitler that reflected his obsessions of extreme nationalism, racism, and anti-Semitism; What is it called, and what is the translation? (_ _, _ _) |
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Aryans , Jews |
What was the superior “master race” that all Germans belonged too? Who was their greatest enemies? |
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Lebensraum |
In Hitlers recipe for revival, he urged Germans everywhere to unite into 1 great nation; He said Germany must expand to gain what? (means, living Space) |
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Fuhrer |
What is the strong leader that Germany needed to achieve its greatness called? |
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Great Depression |
Hitler had almost 1 million members in his Nazi party after what struck? |
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Reichstag |
Since the government was paralyzed by divisions, Nazis and communists won seats in the lower house of the legislature, which was called what? |
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Hitler |
Suspended civil rights, destroyed socialists and communists, and disbanded other political parties in Germany; Who took these actions? |
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Third |
What number Reich did Hitler make in Germany? |
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Repression, terror, totalitarian state |
To achieve his goals, what did Hitler organize a system of? (3 things) (_, _, _ _) |
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all |
What areas of life did the Nazis control? |
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Gestapo |
What is Hitler’s secret police called? |
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Building highways and houses; replanting forests |
To fight the Great Depression, Hitler created public works programs; people were put to work doing what? (building _ and _; replanting _) |
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Governments |
Hitler preserved Capitalism, but put big businesses and labor under who’s control? |
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Nazis |
“Strength Through Joy” – what party? |
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Few |
Few/medium/a lot objected to the loss of freedom in Italy, when Mussolini came to power; |
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Hitler Youth |
On hikes and in camps, the “_ _” pledged absolute loyalty to Germany and went through Physical fitness programs to prepare for war; |
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Aryan |
What type of women were offered more money to having more children in Germany? |
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Propaganda |
Nazis used education as a _ tool; school courses and textbooks were rewritten to reflect Nazi racial views. |
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Jews |
Who had corrupted modern art to the Nazis and Germans? |
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African Roots |
Why did they condemn Jazz? |
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Books |
At huge public bonfires, the Nazis destroyed _ that they disapproved of. |
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Christianity |
What religion was “weak and flabby” to Hitler? |
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Protestant |
In an attempt to control all the churches, Nazis combined all _ Sects into a single state church, closd Catholic schools and muzzled the clergy; |
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Nuremberg Laws |
What laws in 1935 by Hitler placed severe restrictions on Jews, like prohibition to marry non-Jews, attending German schools/universities, holding gov. jobs, practicing law or medicine, or publishing books? |
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Kristallnacht, NIght of Broken Glass |
In 1938, A young Jews parents had been mistreated in Germany, so he shot and wounded a German diplomat in Paris; Hitler used this incident to attack all Jews; It became known as? Meaning? |
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Final Solution |
What was Hitler’s plan to exterminate all the Jews called? |
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