Interwar Years Quiz Flashcards
What are the two new technological advancements that changed culture and were used by governments?
Film and Radio
4 characteristics of Mass Production
greater volume, faster speed, reduced cost, standardized output
What was the perfect example of production and consumption in the United States, and later the entire world?
motor car
Who was responsible for creating this new system in the automobile assembly line
Henry Ford
What led to the Great Depression?
American stock market collapses, spiraling it and all international financial and trading systems downward and Black tuesday
What did it do to world economy and world trade?
- reduced world trade, which led to governments raising taxes against imports
- Manufacturers cut back production, laid off millions, often closed
- By 1935, world trade had shrunk to 1/3rd of what it was in 1929.
- Banks closed
What did this do to the world view of Capitalism?
It made the worldview of capitalism to sound more appealing and show how it was the best way to achieve political stability and progress
The soviet union
Socialism and Joseph Stalin
Italian
Fascism and Benito Mussolini
Nazi Germany
dictatorship and Adolf Hitler
Japan
Militarist and Emperor Hirohito
5 Common Features of Authoritarian Regimes
1) Claimed modern economics needed state direction
2) Relied heavily on mass organizations
3) Adopted extensive social welfare policies / programs
4) Mixed feelings of Women in public roles
5) Used violence and terror as tools of remaking the sociopolitical order
What were the 3 groups/aspects that threatened or differed from Gandhi’s vision of community?
- Indian National Congress Party
- Radical Activists
- Religion
HISTORICAL ID ON MOHANDAS GANDHI
Mohandas Gandhi was an Indian lawyer starting in 1891. He was a political ethicist and promoted peace which led to India’s independence from Britain. He was later assassinated on January 30, 1948.
