Chapter 29: The Collapse of the Old Order, 1929-1949 Flashcards
What methods did Stalin use to industrialize?
5 Year Plans- plans introduced to industrialize the USSR rapidly
What was collectivization?
elimination of private farms, food taken to feed state, intro’d industrial life
What were some responses to collectivization?
Many peasants fought back- Ukrainian kulaks- murdered, torched crops, killed livestock
What was Stalin’s response to the peasants fighting back against collectivization?
No tolerance- Forced famine, ban on trading, loaning $, killed enemies of the revolution
Who were the kulaks?
Better off peasants
What happened to Stalin’s 5 Year Plan when the Nazis took Germany?
He changed it to emphasize heavy industry to produce metals and machines
Who did Stalin execute?
top generals, head of NKVD, millions= sentenced without trials
What happened during the Depression?
Consumers lowered purchases and businesses cut production, workers were laid off
What was the Smoot-Hawley tariff and what did it cause?
the highest import duty in US history, other countries increased tariffs as a result, which decreased world trade
How did the Depression spread to Europe?
NY banks called in loans to Germany and Austria, who stopped paying reparations to France and Britain, so F and B couldn’t repay their war loans to the US
Who did France and Britain make purchase their products?
Their colonies had to purchase them, rather than those of other countries
Why did nationalist leaders rise?
The Depression caused widespread suffering, Communism/ Russian Revolution frightened property owners
What places boomed while the rest of the world suffered in the Depression?
S. Africa- as other prices lowered, gold became more valuable, but it only benefitted a small # of mine owners
USSR- cut off from world trade
Who was Benito Mussolini and what did he do?
became leader of the Fascist Party, threatened to march on Rome if not appointed Prime Minister, gov gave in and he put Fascist party members in al lgov jobs
Why did Hitler hate Jews?
He blamed them for Germany’s defeat
What were Hitler’s goals?
repeal Treaty of Versailles, annex all German- speaking territories, conquer room to live @ expense of Poland and USSR, eliminate Jews
What was Hitler’s main goal for Germany?
conquest- built up armed forces, withdrew from LoN, intro’d conscription and military
What happened at the Munich Conference?
France, Britain, and Italy gave Hitler Sudetenland without consent of Czechoslovakia in return for promise that he would cease expansionist activities - appeasement
Why did conservatives fear Stalin but not Hitler?
Hitler claimed to respect Christianity and private property
What caused appeasement?
- fear of war among ppl who lived through WWi
- fear of Communism
- novelty of fascist tactics- assumed political leaders were honorable and their agreements were valid
Who were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan