Between the Wars Flashcards
The Great Depression
Hit Oct. 29, 1929; Led to high unemployment, inflation and poor economies
Reparations
Payments Germany was forced to pay for WWI; $625 million; Ger. Made 1 payment
New Leaders
U.S.- FDR; Italy- Mussolini; G.B.- Churchill; Russia- Stalin; Germany- Hitler
What were the effects of ww1?
- Depression (Hyperinflation) (blamed the Jews)
- conflict/riots
- People looking for new leader
- Found a promising leader (adolf hitler)
- WW2
2 effects of treaty of Versailles
Reparations
Germany lost land
How many reparations did Germany pay?
1
Reparations led to what in Germany?
Depression. (Not the Great Depression)
What is hyperinflation?
When you print too much paper money. The value of the money goes down.
How bad did the inflation get?
By 1923 it took 4.2 trillion marks to equal 1 U.S. Dollar
What was the purpose of the Dawes plan?
To get Germany pay the reparations
BONUS
What did Germany lose because they couldn’t pay reparations?
The Ruhr Valley
Who were the 5 leaders and where did they come from?
Adolf Hitler- Germany FDR- U.S. Benito Mussolini- Italy Winston Churchill- Great Britain Joseph Stalin- Russia
BONUS
Name 2 programs created by the new deal.
FDIC
Social security
TVA
What is fascism?
Everybody in the country glorifies the state above the individual.
Mussolini took Over when?
1922 (he was a dictator)
BONUS
Lenin died when?
1924
When did Stalin become a dictator?
1929
Briefly describe the great purge.
He arrested 8 million russians for going against communism
What was Hitlers rank?
Corporal
What did hitler do in 1921?
Had complete control of the Nazi party
Why did Hitler go to jail and what did he do there?
Went to jail for trying to take over the government and wrote “Mein Kampf”
When did Hitler take control of Germany?
1933
What is totalitarianism?
Where one person has total control of the Government
Who made the New Deal and what did it do?
FDR Made it
It was meant for getting out of
The depression.
Was FDR trying to make the government more powerful with the new deal?
No; explain…
Did the New Deal fix the Great Depression?
No; explain…
