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Ch. 24 Depression and Dictatorships 1920s and 1930s Flashcards

National and Ethnic changes Political and Economic Troubles Hitler and Mussolini Fascism National Socialism in Germany (Natzi)

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Polish Corridor

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1919

  • divided East Prussia from the rest of Germany
  • Gave Poland(a landlocked country) access to the sea
  • populated by many Germans (Germans wanted it)
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Yugoslavia

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  • old Hapsburg Balkan lands
  • multinational state (many nations rights recognized)
  • -Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungarians, Romanians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Austrians, Gypsies
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Czechoslovakia

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1917- Czechs and Slovaks = 65% of population

-formed after ww1

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British Commonwealth

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1926, The Union of Britain and her Domains (Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand)
-Each state = independent but still loyal to the crown

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Irish Republican Army

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A militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland. Ireland = part of British Commonwealth

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Welfare State

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Provided workers with better living conditions, insurance, unemployment benefits, and Gov. housing

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Weimar Republic (Germany)

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The name of Germany’s post WWI democracy. Named for the seat of government, it was beset by social and economic problems and ended with the election of Hitler.

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Wolfgang Kapp

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Led a Putsch against the Weimar Government. 1920, took over Berlin. Failed to overthrow government.

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Rapallo Treaty

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Treaty between Russia and Germany

  • Russia helped Germany build an army
  • Germany helped Russia with tech.
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Dawes Plan

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  • Plan formulated to end inflation and update German banking system
  • Also extended required payments for American loans
  • Reduced amounts Germany had to pay
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Treaty of Locarno

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Treaty between France, Germany, England, Italy, and Belgium in 1925 that guaranteed borders between Germany and France; marked a turning point in Franco-German relations and seemed to show that there could be peaceful relations between the two rivals

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Dadaism

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nonsense art movement

  • anti war
  • painted random ass shit
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Fascism

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  • started in Italy
  • “Beauty exists only in struggle”
  • “war = only cure for modern world”
  • supremacy of race
  • nation above all others
  • -exclude or kill outsiders
  • -survival of the fittest
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Benito Mussolini

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  • Led the fascist party in Italy
  • Was a “noisy nationalist”
  • Denounced liberalism
  • Annexed Abyssinia and allied Italy with Germany in 1936
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Adolf Hitler

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” i came here to fuck shit up”
• Chancellor of Germany 1933
• Leader of Nazi Party
• Wrote Mein Kampf

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National Socialism

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Natzi Party 
• Began in late 1920's 
• German variant of Fascism
• Anti-Semitic views
• Led by Adolf Hitler
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Beer Hall Putsch

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  • Hitler’s 1st failed attempt to seize control of the Munich Municipal government in 1923
  • Hitler was sentenced to 5 years in prison where he wrote Mein Kampf
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Mein Kampf

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  • Means “my struggle”
  • Condemned decadence of western society
  • Described contempt for Jews, Bolsheviks, and middle class liberals
  • Talked about how human beings are manipulated by fear, big lies, and simplistic explanations
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Great Depression

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  • 1929, sparked by U.S. stock market crash
  • Great Britain collapsed in 1931 due to moratorium on war debt and reparation payments, and pooling of gold in U.S.
  • Heavy borrowing and reliance on U.S. investment made the depression international
  • U.S. stopped buying foreign goods which made depression worse worldwide
  • Excessive lending and leniency were fatal mistakes
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Reichstag

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The lower house of the Parliament during the period of the second Reich and the Welmar Republic

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Fuhrer

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Hitlers title “leader”

-took over german gov

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Nuremberg Laws

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  • made Swastika the German symbol
  • Jews = not citizens
  • Jews must wear yellow stars
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Kristallnacht

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  • November 9, 1938
  • Translates to “Night of broken glass”
  • Synagogues set on fire and Jewish homes/values confiscated
  • 20,000 - 30,000 imprisoned, 91 killed

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