Global: Between the wars Flashcards
Who were the big three country’s who negotiated the treaty of Versailles
United States, Great Britain and France
What did Woodrow Wilson want at the confrence compared to france and great Briten.
He wnted peace while the others wanted revenge
What happened to Austria Hungary
It was broken up and collapsed.
What happened to most of the Arab lands in the Ottoman empire
it was one of the central powers who collapsed. Many Arab lands were placed under control of great Briten and France.
Who was kemal Ataturk
A general and war hero in turkey after WW1. He lead a Turkish nationalist movement and overthrew the sultan. He believed he had to modernize and westernize turkey in order too survive. He based things like the Muslim calander, and islamic war on western and modernised ones. Made things less religious
Who was Reza Khan
They fallowed turkeys lead in Iran, He was an army officer and overthrew the old ruler. He tried to modernize and also westernize IRan and changed to a secular government and even adopted western style.
What was the Amristar massacre.
A turning point where riots and atcks on British citizens in the city of Amristar. Public meetings were banned. When a large group of Indians assembled, British troops fired without warning. This changed India’s perspectives on the British.
Who was Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi headed the Indian nationalist movement. He taught about Civil disobediance(the refusal to obey unjust laws)and rather then violence, they used tactics like boycotting, or refusing to buy. An example is the salt march where they refused to buy birtish salt and made their own.
What is fascism
The rule of people by dictatiorial government that is nationalistic and imperialistic. Fascist governments are also anticommunist. Facism emerged in both italy and germany.
Who was Benito Mussolini
took advantgage of unrest, gathering a following of war veterans and unhappy italians. HE called his group the Fascist Party and pledged to solve the nations problems and strengthen italy. Mussolini promised to end unemployment and hain more land for Italy. He also vowed to outlaw rebelion amoung workers and stamp out all threats of communism.
In 1922 they used force and terror to gain control of Italy. They ended free elections free speach and free press.. THey killed or jailed thir enemies.
Arab nationalism rose in the middle east in response to the creation of mandates by european countrys. THis led to Pan-Arabism. What is Pan Arabism?
Arab nationalists sought to be free of forgin control. Arab nationalism gave rise to Pan Arabism. This movement sought a unity of all arab peoples based on their shared heritage
Zionism is the movement to re-establish jewish nation of isrial in palestie. what group had promised to support both hews and arabs to creat nations, creating a complex situation.
The allies promised arabs land that included palestine. They has also pledged to set up a jewish nation in the same region. As more jews moved to palestine to escape persecution in the 1930s tensions grew.
