history test unit 2 ww2 Flashcards
what is black tuesday
The day the stock market crashed
-october 29th 1929
before the great depression conditions
-Happy and everyone was wealthy and working
-A lot of people invested into stocks
stock market crash
-On october 24th 1929 visible sign began by the end of the day the New York stock exchange lost 4 billion dollars
-On october 29th 1929 people lost everything
who is R.B Bennett and what did he create
-prime minister of Canada from 1930-1935
-Bennet created relief camps
What are relief camps?
It was a place made in the great depression for unemployed single men to find work and shelter. The conditions were crowded, unsanitary and bad food.
What was the New Deal? What did it include?
Bennet’s new deal was aimed to help people without jobs, improve social support, and fix the economy. Key parts included unemployment insurance and a minimum wage.
what are Bennet buggies
A Bennett Buggy was a horse-drawn car used during the Great Depression in Canada. People couldn’t afford gas for their cars, so they removed the engines and attached horses to the vehicles to save money. It was named after Prime Minister R.B. Bennett.
what was
King’s Five Cent Speech
King was expressing that he would not give any money to the conservative party not even as little as “five cents”
On to Ottawa trek
The on-to-ottawa trek was when a group of men Attempted to go to ottawa to talk to bennett because they wanted to be treated like citizens and not tranzines
Dust Bowls
The Dust Bowl was a severe drought and dust storm period in the 1930s, mainly in the U.S. and parts of Canada. It damaged farms, ruined crops, and caused many people to lose their livelihoods, contributing to the Great Depression.
What does ccf stand?
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Who was the party leader of CCF?
J.S. Woodsworth
Goals OF CCF
If they came to power they promised they would
* public ownership of banks, public
utilities, transportation companies,
and other major industries
* improved health and social services
* a tax system designed to redistribute
wealth
Party Leader of Union Nationale
Maurice Dupressis
Goals of union nationale
He promised to
defend French language, religion, and
culture against English business interests.
Party Leader of Social Credit
William Aberhart
Goals of social credit
Prices would be controlled so no inflation
what is Communism
-The government owns all the land and property
-No religion, no private property and no private ownership of business.
-everyone is equal
what is the concerns of communism
-It does not take into account human nature
-Limits people’s rights to decide what is best for themselves
-No internet in some places for example north korea
what is Fascism
- Ruled by one person or small group of people
-People can’t question a dictator’s rule.
what is the concerns of fascism
-No alternative views are accepted
-Brutal violence and repression against those who disagree
-not much freedom
Hitler’s 3 aims
Aim # 1- tear up treaty of versailles
Aim #2 - expand germany territory
Aim #3 defeat communism and end the jewish population
Rise of Hitler and aggression in Europe
-Hitler goes to jail in 1923 for 9 months
-he tried to overthrow the government
-he failed and went back to jail
-While in prison he writes Mein Kamp
-By the early 1920s he becomes the leader the the NAZI party
-By 1933 the Nazi’s win the election and Hitler becomes Chancellor (PM)
-In 1933 shortly after he becomes Chancellor he burns down the Reichstag blames it on the Communists
-Htler declares himself dictator (Der Fuhrer) leader
-1935 Nuremberg Race Laws
Indirect cause of WW2
-The Treaty of Versailles
- The Great depression
-Fascism in Europe -Hitler, Mussolini (dictators)
-Appeasement- (German rearmament, Rhineland, etc..) Isolationism
-Failure of the League of Nations
Direct Cause of WW2
The German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939
As a result Britain and France declare war on Germany on Sept 3, 1939- WW2 has officially begun
Canada waits 10 days to show its autonomy
Canada declares war on Germany on Sept 10, 1939
Germany’s military expansion (Rhineland, Austria, Sudetenland (Munich agreement), Czechoslovakia)
German rearmament 1933-1935
-Hitler began to rearm German military forces and created the Luftwaffe (violated Treaty of Versailles)
- By 1935, Luftwaffe (air force) has more planes than Britain
Rome- Berlin Axis (Germany and Italy’s alliance) Italy’s aggression in Ethiopia (Abyssinia) 1936
-Mussolini wanted a new roman empire- invaded ethiopia in 1935
-Ethiopia appeals to league of nations, italy is criticized
-Ethiopia under italian control in 1936
Japan’s aggression in China (invasion of Manchuria in 1931, invasion of China in 1937) pearl harbour
-Japan wanted to expand it empire- invaded china in 1931
-china asked the league of nations for help
-The League of Nations asked Japan to leave peacefully
-in 1937, japan invades china and the league of nations seems powerless
Nazi- Soviet non- aggression pact why was it made
-To divide poland against the germans and russians
-so that germany and russia don’t fight each other
Nazi- Soviet non- aggression pact
who made it
-Hitler
-stalin
Nazi- Soviet non- aggression pact Why was it broken
because hitler went against the pact and attacked russia