Interwar Years

Question 1

Enabling Act

Answer 1

• law that gave the German Cabinet and Chancellor the power to make and enforce laws without the involvement of the Reichstag or Weimar President
• led to the rise of Nazi Germany, allowing Hitler to bypass the system of checks and balances

Question 2

Facism

Answer 2

• far-right
• authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology,
• dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation and/or race, and strong control of society and the economy
• Took root in Italy, Germany, young democratic nations that suffered during the Great Depression
• thrives in chaos

Question 3

Great Depression

Answer 3

• severe global economic downturn
• sharp decline in stock prices in the United States–> economic contagion began 1929 and led to the Wall Street stock market;

Question 4

Kulaks

Answer 4

peasants who owned over 8 acres of land towards the end of the Russian Empire, wealthy landowners; targeted by Stalin

Question 5

Reichstag

Answer 5

• the German parliament building
• 1933 caught fire, Hitler claimed some were trying to overthrow the German government –> enact the Reichstag Fire Decree
• decree abolished most civil liberties: right to speak, assemble, protest, and due process
• beginning of violent crackdown against their political enemies

Question 6

Planned Economies

Answer 6

• Economies decisions are controlled by the government

Question 7

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Answer 7

• renunciation of war as an instrument of national Policy ;
• i1928 international agreement on peace in which nations promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts

Question 8

Soviet Union

Question 9

Totalitarianism

Answer 9

-political system/form of government
- prohibits opposition political parties
- outlaws the opposition to the state
- controls the public and private sphere of society

Question 10

Isolationism (Germany)

Question 11

Capitalism

Answer 11

• economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit, competitive markets, supply and demand, private property, economic freedom, wage labor and the production of commodities

Question 12

Communism

Answer 12

• Economy controlled by government
• All economic resources are publicly owned and controlled by the government; Individuals hold no personal property or assets.
• Production meets all basic human needs and is distributed to the people at no charge
• Class is abolished; the ability to earn more than other workers is almost nonexistent..
• Religion abolished

Question 13

Socialism

Answer 13

• Economy controlled by central government
• Individuals own personal property, but all industrial and production capacity is communally owned and managed by a democratically elected government
• Production is intended to meet individual and societal needs and is distributed according to individual ability and contribution
• Classes exist but differences are diminished; It is possible for some people to earn more than others.
• Freedom of religion is allowed;