Between the Wars (World History)

Question 1

Coalition Government

Answer 1

A govt. controlled by a temporary alliance of several political parties.

Question 2

Weimar Republic

Answer 2

The republic that was established in Germany in 1919 (following WW1) and ended in 1933.

Question 3

New Deal

Answer 3

US President FDR’s economic reform program designed to solve problems created by the Great Depression.

Question 4

Fascism

Answer 4

A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial one-party rule.

Question 5

Nazism

Answer 5

The fascist policies of the National Socials German Workers’ party, based on totalitarianism, a belief in racial superiority and state control of industry.

Question 6

Mein Kampf

Answer 6

“My Struggle” - a book written by Hitler during his imprisonment in 1923-1924, in which he set forth his beliefs and his goals for Germany.

Question 7

Lebensraum

Answer 7

“Living space” - The additional territory that, according to Hitler, Germany needed because it was overcrowded.

Question 8

Appeasement

Answer 8

The making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid war.

Question 9

Axis Powers

Answer 9

In WW2, the nations of Germany, Italy, and Japan, which had formed an alliance in 1936.

Question 10

Isolationism

Answer 10

A policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries.

Question 11

Third Reich

Answer 11

The Third German Empire, established by Adolf Hitler in the 1930s.

Question 12

Munich Conference

Answer 12

A 1938 meeting of representatives from Britain, France, Italy, and Germany, at which Britain and France agreed to allow Nazi Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia in return for Adolf Hitler’s pledge to respect Czechoslovakia’s new borders.

Question 13

US After Treaty of Versailles

Answer 13

US fails to ratify the treaty, and cannot join the League of Nations as a result.

Due to the US not joining it, the League of Nations was ineffective at maintaining the peace.

Question 14

Reparations and the fall of the German Economy

Answer 14

Weimar Republic set up as Germany’s govt. in 1919.

People blamed the Weimar Republic for signing the Treaty of Versailles and all the problems Germany faced.

The Allied Reparations Commission set reparations that Germany was to pay 33 Billion US dollars.

To pay salaries, and WW1, the German govt. didn’t raise taxes.

They printed more money, which added to inflation.
(The German Mark became worthless).

The Dawes Plan
The plan reduced reparations and then planned Germany’s annual payments with its ability to pay.

Question 15

Spirit of Cooperation

Answer 15

Late 1920s, Germany made promises to multiple countries to never again engage in war and was admitted to the League of Nations.

The Kellogg-Briand pact, 1928
Signed by 63 nations that pledged to, “renounce war as an instrument of national policy.”

Question 16

Worldwide Economic Depression

Answer 16

Depression - a period of low-economic activity and rising unemployment.

Economies in Europe were destroyed due to WW1

Following the war, Europe had to rebuild from the ground up but they needed help.

Wealth was unevenly distributed
5% of population earned 33% of money.

Businesses overproduced goods.
Most people could not afford to buy them, so businesses lost money.

People stopped buying goods, stores stopped ordering goods from factories, factories had to lay off workers.

Agriculture production increased worldwide
Farmers had to sell more food so prices lowered
Farmers could not make a profit.

Question 17

US Stock Market Collapse

Answer 17

Too many investors tried to sell stocks at the same time.

Sudden sell-off forced prices down - stock became worthless

Citizens swarmed the banks and demanded money

Banks didn’t have enough money on hand to pay all of the people.

Banks tried to force borrowers to pay off their loans to replenish the banks’ funds, but they were broke and could not pay

The entire economy nearly collapsed.

Question 18

The Great Depression

Answer 18

25% of US population was unemployed by 1933 - 30 million unemployed worldwide.

Question 19

Pandemic Flu
(Writing Question)

Answer 19

Highest death toll in the 20th century

WW1 was happening at the time of the flu with lots of troops and people moving. The flu attacked the lungs and people had no immunity because it was bird flu.