Between The Wars Flashcards
Why did they sepoy rebellion happen, who was involved, ands what happened in the end
- the sepoy rebellion happened between the British and Indians,
- it happened because the British were disrespecting the Indians (animal fat on the cartridges)
- the British shut it down and made strict rules
Who is Mohandas Ghandi
- leader of Indian nationalism
- became figure for Indian struggle of independence
- lead independence from 1915-1947
What were ghandi’s four movements
- swadeshi movement
- non cooperation movement
- dandi march
- quit India movement
What happened in the swadeshi movement
- boycotting British products,
- keeping cotton for only Indian use
- British stores shut down
What happened in the non-cooperation movement
- people quit jobs, schools
- India cant run if Indians refuse
- makes millions poor, but necessary
What happened during the dandi march
- British monopoly on salt
- march through April, 1930
- breaking salt law by making own salt
What happened in the quit India movement
- 1942
- lots of violence, trying to get British to leave
Rev of 1911
- sun yixan leads rev (not qing)
- 15 provinces declare independence
Sun yat-sun
- leader of china after rev of 1911
- resigned after pressure from warlords
Yuan shikai
- powerful general
- tries to make new dynasty with him as empoerer
- warlords split land after his death
May 4th movement
1919
- nationalist Chinese students
- strengthen china with western ideas, end foreign domination
Jian jieshi
- leader of Chinese nationalists after sun yat-sen
- joined communists to crush warlords
- attacked communists
Mao zen dong
- leader of communists
- ## controlled 100 thousand, only 8 thousand survive long march
Rape of nanjing
Terrible things happening from japan to china
How does japan change in 1853
- Matthew perry as commodore
- he learns about Europe and imperialized china and want to be like them
Revolt after Matthew perry
- samurai leads revolt to unseat shogun
- they put 15yearold meiji on the throne
How did japan modernize
- society (feudal system ends, schools open, employ women)
- military (modern army, not samurai)
- gov (Meiji constitution, everyone =)
- industry(modern tech, economy> all)
- imperialism (trade, invade Korea)
Changes under empoerer hirohito
- enomony up in WWI
- makes Korea a colony
- democracy
Japan invasion of china
- fake Chinese attack on railway
- invade in 1931
Totalitarianism
Gov that doesn’t support people who dont have same ideas
Fascism
Dictator has all power, in forcing nationalism and racism
Communism
Sharing of everything, everything equal.
Socialism
Government controls so that all are equal
Communism under soviets
All economic and social activity controls by totalitarianism party
Capitalism
Corporations=government
Stalin
- took power after Lenin dies
- ## helped with Russian revolution
Five years plan
- gov controls all economy
- give rewards for working well- punished for not
- collective farming system (thousands kills when revolting)
Civil war in Russia a
- whites (conservatives) vs reds (bolshevicks)
- ## bolshevicks kill many
Great purge
- silence all ideas but his
- torture people to confess to crimes they didnt do
- 4 million + were killed
What was post WWI Italy like
- constitutional monarchy
- promised Austria-Hungary land, but only got some
- peasants revolting
Who is Benito Mussolini
- leader of fascist Italy
- black shirts were his army
- became a dictator
- nicknames himself Il Duce
Weimar Republic (Germany)
- republic after WWI
- inflation
- economic depression
Adolf hitler
- learned nationalist and anti-Semitic views in Italy
- committed suicide on April 30th 1945
Who was the SS
Hitlers personal body guards
SA
Brown shirts who dealt with political opponents
Kristallnacht
- nov 1938
- Jews and property attcked,
- burning of houses and temples
- Jews had to pay for damaged.
