Interwar years/German expansion (DBQ) Flashcards
End of War PSYCHOLOGICAL results/effects on Germany
- War Guilt Clause from ToV = destructive to morale & economy
- Needed a leader
- No recognition of accomplishments on Eastern front
End of War ECONOMIC impact on Germany
- Rhineland gone
- Farm/industrial land taken over
- Print money for reparations therefore money devalued
- Colonies taken
- Economy weak - no product to trade/barter
End of War POLITICAL impact on Germany
- No leader
- military basically nonexistent
- Chaos of 1918: single platform parties emerge
Emergence of Weimar Republic
1919
Hindenburg = chosen leader
Reichstag = parliament
In emergency, H given power over R
Problems of Weimar Republic
Reparations: money = no value, so give Britain/France art treasures/raid safe deposit boxes to pay for
Dawes Plan
US loans money to Germany to pay reparations
goal: Britain/France now have money to trade with US
Convince GB/F to scale down reparations & leave the Ruhr Valley
Global Depression
German citizens blame it on government & oppose democracy
Bavarian Nazi Party begins to emerge
Election of 1932
Nazi Party = 33% vote
largest party in Reichstag but not ONLY party
Hindenburg chooses HItler as Chancellor
Election of 1928
Nazi party only gets 3% vote
Disappointment
Mass Appeal of Hitler
Basis of support focused on depression
Everyone hurt: farmers, middle class, unemployed…
People see what they want in Hitler because he appeals to everyone…accepted evils for the sake of the benefits
Death of Hindenburg
September 2, 1934
- suspicious circumstances
- Hitler rises to power by merging positions of Chancellor and President into Fuhrer
4 Power Treaty
Late 1920’s
USA, Britain, Japan, France
if territorial disputes, negotiation
Open door policy
Late 1920’s
Europe, China, USA
access to trade in China
Japan’s Expansion
1931
Manchuria & beyond
Destroyers for Bases
September 1940
Give 50 US destroyers to UK in exchange for 99 year lease on bases in Caribbean
also starts first peacetime draft in US history
