End of World War I Flashcards
Define Totalitarianism
When a government seeks complete control over the actions AND thoughts of its people.
Define Inflation (and hyperinflation).
Inflation is a decrease in the value of money; hyperinflation is simply a rapid decrease in the value of money.
The four parties (and their leaders) who joined up to negotiate the Treaty of Versailles.
England (Lloyd George), France (Clemencau), Italy (Orlando), and the USA (Wilson).
The name of the ideas Wilson had, and the slogan associated with them.
The 14 points, making WWI “The war to end all wars.”
Define War Guilt Clause.
A clause of the Treaty of Versailles that placed full blame of WWI on Germany.
Define Reparations.
What Germany was forced to pay because of the war.
Define Disarmament, and list the terms under which Germany had to disarm their army.
Disarmament is a limiting of one’s troops. Germany was limited to 100,000 men, they were allowed no subs, planes, or tanks.
Which nations were not allowed until the original League of Nations?
Germany, Russia, and the USA.
Who was the name of the Italian Fascist leader?
Benito Mussolini.
What was the Italian name by which Mussolini went?
“Il Duce”, meaning “The leader”
What are the three most important points of fascism?
- Dictatorship
- Exalts nation (or race) over the individual
- Allows private ownership (providing a nice alternative to communism)
The event that sends a young Hitler to jail.
The “Beer hall putsch” at Munich
The book that Hitler writes while in jail.
“Mein Kampf”, meaning “My struggle”
The theory that Hitler writes about in “Mein Kampf”
The “stab in the back” theory, meaning that the Germans never lost the war, but were stabbed in the back by Jews and Communists
The police that consisted of 2,000,000 people under the Nazi Party
The SA
