europe between the wars Flashcards
Great Depression
high unemployment
businesses went under
banks failed
production wages prices and trade all declined
League of Nations
wilsons 14 points
goal was to promote peace and avoid armed conflicts among nations
it had no power to stop attacks or prevent war
(Japan attack Manchuria)
us refused to join
kellogg Briand pact
agreement signed by most countries that was designed to outlaw war
TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE
Italy after wwI
many were disappointed w peace settlement
period of chaos , disorder and high unemployment
Mussolini
appealed to many Italians whom were lookin for a strong leader to improve conditions
fascist party
march on Rome and becomes dictator
Italy as a fascist state
Mussolini transforms Italy into a fascist state
principles of fascism
war and military
use of violence
censorship
extreme nationalism
expansion of territory
anti communist
totalitarianism
Germany after wwI
Weimar Republic
democracy was weak and unstable
resented treaty of Versailles
hitler and nazis rise to power
hitler becomes leader of nazi party
jailed for attempt to seize power in Munich
mein kampf
spells out philosophy :
extreme German nationalism
Aryan master race
lebensraum-living space
anti semitism- Jews blamed for Germany’s problems
hitler named chancellor
enabling act - dissolved parliament and gave hitler dictatorial powers
economic problems
hyperinflation - prices increase dramatically
totalitarianism
all power in hands of hurler and nazis
the govt used terror and violence to crush any opposition
gestapo/SS
the secret police and elite military units (SS)were used to enforce nazi rule
the third reich
hitler’s belief that he was creating a new Germany Empire destined to last 1000 years
ostracism
Jews working for govt were fired
barred from certain professions
the Nuremberg laws
Jews stripped of citizenship
marriage between jew and non Jews banned
expelled from schools
what were the Jews forced to wear??
the Star of David
kristallnacht
2day anti Jew riots
destruction of Jew owned business and synagogues
large scale arrest of Jews and deportation
extermination a
Jews forced to live in ghettos ex Warsaw Kraków
life difficult
final solution
the plan to eliminate all Jews
holocaust , genocide
Jews forced into concentration camps
ex auschwitz + dachau
about 6 million Jews and millions of others died
