Chapter 20 Flashcards
Collective security
The agreement if any member nations of the league were attacked other had to give military service
Unrest in china led to secret societies overthrowing regime leading to
Revolution of 1911
Who was leader of revolution of 1911 and what did the rebellion do
It deposed the last emperor of china and SUN YATSEN attempted to establish a republican form of gov
Suns political party was called
They admired who’s tactics and invited
Guomingdang
Lenins and invited advisor to help advise country and welcomed communist party
Sun wanted to make what type of gov but what prevented it
Make republic gov but regional warlords still struggled for power
Decisions at Versailles let Japan keep what and that did what to china
Let Japan keep lands they took from Germany that were originally china so they took offense and looked to philosophy for an answer
Once sun died who led
He was less accommodating to who
Jiang or CHIANGMAI KAI-
Shek
/ wanted to crush warlords and communists
Communist as sun was
Leader of Chinese communist party
Mao zedong
Long march
Pursuit of maos army across china by Chiang until he had to pay attention to the invading Japanese
Great Depression
Industrial prod shrank
World trade dropped
Unemployment rose
Weimar Republic
Germany on verge of economic catastrophe under new gov
Protectionism
High tariff barriers meant to protect each country’s industries at expense of eco growth
Primary producing colonies
Directly produces the goods from natural resources ex Latin America
Us pres Herbert Hoover out now we have
Franklin Roosevelt
What did franklin Roosevelt do
Searched for new philosophy and found it in john Maynard Keynes writings and warned if ppl didn’t consume / invest enough national income will decrease said gov needs to do spending
Roosevelt said ppl were too afraid of buying/consuming and started the
New deal programs - MASSIVE gov spending to prevent probs
In Russia under Stalin gov consolidated private farms into commonly owned fields and were expected to give gov food met w resistance from
Kulaks - prosperous peasants who lost their farms to gov
These Russian changes under Stalin scared other countries about communism which led them to fascism
One ruler of totalitarian state and powerful secret police like stalins tactics
Benito Mussolini
1st used term fascism gained Italy and established dictatorship used modern communication to rule Italy appealed to those feared rapid change
Who abolished Weimar Republic
Germanys nazi party led by Adolf hitler instead he built a totalitarian state ( just like Stalin) THIS directly violated treaty of Versailles as he built German war machines and advocated Germans superior
Butler ehought who was superior?
Aryans
Came from European original racial stock from Asia
Fascist regimes and women
Limited women’s rights and declined birth rate women forced to give birth
Japan regime was
Authoritarian and leadership in hands of military who wanted a “defense state
Global causes of WW2
Japan’s expansion led to conflicts in Asia and fascist movements in Europe encouraged military aggression and Germany withdrew from League of Nations Italy attacked Ethiopia civil war in Spain bc fascism
Onset of war _ Hitler’s invaded sudetenland which led to
Munich conference
Munich conference
Among euro powers called to address Czechs protests Brit and France responded with APPeasment policy
Appeasement policy
Let Germany keep Sudetenland in return Hitler’s needs stop aggression - HITLER DIDJT LISTEN AND TOOK CZECH
Bc appeasement policy who declared war
Who allied
Brit and France declare war on Germany
Germany and Italy became Rome- Berlin axis
Tripartite
Germany Italy and Japan
Blitzkrieg
New Warfare “ lightning war” fighter planes scattered troops and disrupted communications tanks rolled over enemy defense lines
Brit was protected from Germany’s warfare bc was
An island
Battle of Britain
Massive air attack by Germany Brit counter attacked using new tech to radar detect. Hitler couldn’t bear Brit so turned towards Russia and broke a non aggression pact w Stalin
Russia joined war bc hitler attacked and broke non aggression pact Germany conquered half Russia’s but then
Us and Brit attacked Italy since was weaker than Germany and won and invaded
Since Brit was defending from Germany JAPAn took lands in Europe which US demanded they give back land and sent steel and oil to Japan Japan attacked American naval called
Called Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor led to
Us declare war on Japan
Battle of midway
Japan lost 4 of 6 large aircraft and US navy began island hopping
Island hopping
Capturing key islands in pacific while going towards Japan
Battle of the bulge
A weak after hitler suicide Germany surrendered to leaders to allies
Ww2 ended w
Euro domination end and US and Soviet Union emerged to compete for power
