History Year 10 Flashcards
What were internment camps in australia
GERMAN, ITALIAN and JAPANESE descendants were taken to harsh and uncomfortable CAMPS. They were seen as ‘ENEMY ALIENS’.
What is Propaganda?
information that is BIASED or MISLEADING, used to PROMOTE a POLITICAL CAUSE or pov.
What was conscription in australia?
Australia used conscription to FORCE PEOPLE TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY.
Roles of women in Australia
-women had to work on FARMS and FACTORIES
-AWAS was formed
-managed HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES.
Censorship in Australia
Aus gov CLOSELY MONITORED LETTERS, NEWSPAPERS etc and CENSORED any info that could HARM NATIONAL SECURITY
The bombing of darwin
-19 FEB 1942
-JAPS did TWO AIR RAIDS on DARWIN AND MAINLAND
What was the treaty of versailles?
a PEACE TREATY drafted by BRITAIN, FRANCE AND AMERICA THAT ENDED WW1
aims of the TOV?
G: guilt
A: Armed Forces
R: Reparations
G: German Territories
LE: League of Nations
Why was italy mas about the TOV?
didnt get promised land by brotain and france
why was germany mad about the tov?
received most blame, harsh punishments
During the roaring 20’s what happened with people and the stock market?
-people started investing in sticks and borrowing money
-the stock market soon started receiving mass speculation. The stock market then crashed.
Name the major causes of WW2
-T: Treaty of Versailles
-A: Appeasement
-R: Rise of Hitler
-J: Japanese Expansion
-Militarism
-Nationalism
What caused the great depression
-stock market crash (lots of speculation)
-over production and under consumption of supplies.
What was the great depressions effect on australia
-50000 unemployed
-men left home in search of jobs.
-women and children were cheaper to employ.
what was the susso
-the government provided relief payments to unemployed
-food rations and coupons
-60000 relied on this
what is the definition of nationalism
a strong sense of pride and loyalty to ones nation, with belief in superiority.
what are the characteristics of nationalism
-xenophobia
-expansionism
-militarism
what countries are involved with nationalism
Germany
japan
Italy
what is the definition of isolationism
A policy of avoiding involvement in foreign affairs.
what are the characteristics of isolationism.
non interventionism
focus on domestic affairs
neutrality
what countries are involved with isolationsim
united states (prior to pearl harbor bombings)
what is the definition of fascism
a political ideology, of extreme nationalism, authoritarianism, suppression of opposition.
What are the characteristics of fascism
totalitarian (control of gov)
one leader
propaganda and censorship
What were hitlers ideology?
-only strong survive
-hate communism, Jewish ideology
-gain LEBENSRAUM (take land)
-obedience to leader
What is appeasement
the act of giving in to an enemy’s demands to avoid conflict
why were the nazis anticommunist?
-THREATENED RACIAL AND NATIONALISTIC GOALS
-blame Jews for the spread
what is militraism
the glorification of war, nation strengthens military.
what is genocide
the systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, religious or cultural group.
what is anti semitism
prejudice or hostility toward Jews, defames Jews as inferior group
what were the stages of the holocaust?
- removal of rights
- segregation
- concentration
- extermination
what happened during the removal of rights stage?
-Nuremburg laws: no German citizenship, must carry ID, banned from German schools
-boycotting Jewish businesses
what happened during the segregation stage?
ghettos: filthy, overcrowded, disease, short supply of food.
what happened during the concentration stage?
-slave labor
-starved/malnourished
-transported in cattle freight cars
what happened during the extermination stage?
1942
mass annihilation
death camps: kill large groups of people
what happened during the night of broken glass?
november 9-16
anti Jewish violence
synagogues vandalized and burned
30000 Jewish men taken prisoner in concentration camps
what were the gas chambers in the camps like?
disguised as showers
8000 people per day
prisoners moved dead bodies
what was daily life in the camps like?
possessions confiscated
heads shaved
arms tattooed
prison uniforms
mean women and children separated
arguments FOR dropping atomic bombs
war weariness
domestic politics
morality
body counts
fear
arguments AGAINST dropping atomic bombs
-warnings should have been given to japan
-Americas desire for ‘unconditional surrender’ was prolonging the war.
-japan was on the verge of surrendering
-war would ended if soviets joined.
the battle of britain
a prolonged air battle between the british royal air force and the germans in 1940, australian squadrons played a significant role in defending.
pearl harbor
decomebr 1941
jAPS did aerial attack on pearl harbor hawaai
success for japs
forced US to join the war.
impact of WW2 on Changing Roles of Women
Entry into the workforce: factory work and office jobs
Challenged traditional gender roles
Feminist movements
Post-war economic opportunities: Some women continued to work after the war, contributing to economic growth.
Impact of WW2 on changing Roles of Workers
Increased union power: advocating for better working conditions and wages.
welfare programs: support workers and their families.
explain the holocaust
The Holocaust was a systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazis.
explain the use of an atomic bomb
The United States used atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, marking the first and only use of nuclear weapons in warfare.
The Wall Street Crash
1929
major American stock market crash that occurred in late 1929.
It began in September with a sharp decline in share prices on the New York Stock Exchange, and
ended in mid-November.
