Interwar Years Flashcards
What was the impact on post war Europe (Treaty of Versailles)?
France got some land, reparations, and control over Rhineland
Britain thought it was too harsh and thought they would have to fight another war soon (Came true)
Americans thought it was too harsh and didn’t sign for League of Nations
Italy was angry because they didn’t get their promised land and Anti American, British, and French feelings grew
Germany was really angry
Hitler’s beliefs and power
Germany
Leader of the Nazi Party
Started a fire in Berlin and other terrorist attacks
Enabling Act let Hitler have law making powers
Dissolved Political Parties (Only one)
Stripped Jews of rights and citizenship (Wanted Germany Clean)
Propaganda in film, radio, health-care, military, and education
Mussolini’s beliefs and power
Italy
Led a fascist group (Black shirts) and supported landowners
Believed in violence and crushed socialists and liberals
Make children good Fascists with violent men and traditional women
Wanted the Glory Rome days
Brought Discipline
Initialization - assimilated non-Italians could become Italian
Segregation and international relations bad
Stalin’s Beliefs and Power
Russia - Communism
Wanted power centralized
Communist Reforms
Propaganda
Totalitarian Leader
Power struggle between Communists after another leader’s death
Stalin stepped up and was less dedicated to the whole world evolution and more about Russia itself
Outmaneuvered his rivals and turned Russia industrial
Ruled by terror and killed his own citizens
Government took control of farms and private ownership
He had others spy for him on Jewish families
Called him self father in Propaganda since he was big on the family idea
Shut down churches
Fascism
Extreme Nationalism
Reduced individual freedom
1 person has complete power
Used poor economy to gain followers
State above Individual
Class System
Violence and Fear of Communism
Bring back ancient Rome
Initialization
Blind Loyalty
Propaganda and Speeches
Women need as many kids as possible
Youth taught to be good soldiers and mothers
Nazism
Germany
Printed more money to pay off US (US helped)
Angry about the stabbing in the back and Weimer Republic
Worker’s Party was for Nationalism, but against communism, capitalism, and Semitic
Superiority of Germans (Aryans)
Night of Long Knives - Nazi Leaders were killed
Had yearly rallies and speeches
Kristallnacht - Jews were murdered, and deported
Synagogues were destroyed and businesses and homes
Communism
Classless society
Proletariat with no central government
State ownership and control of production
No private ownership
Totalitarianism with military and communism elements
Protests for food got shut down
Propaganda and collectivization and automobiles and machinery
Strict Rules and Forced
Red vs White Army
Industrialized with coal and steel
Authoritarianism
strengthened military, economy, education, government
Gain territory
Impact of Great Depression during rise of dictators
US calls in loans and German industry loses finance, lowers production, and Germany lays off workers
People spend less money
Prices drop and demand falls
Industry losses more money and prices drop even more
