PART 1 Flashcards
Defining Features of the Roaring 20’s (name 2)
Economic prosperity
Radical advances in technology
Mass production = cheaper pricing
Financial stability = huge social ideas and practices
Date of the Wall Street Crash… (start of the great depression)
October 29th 1929
Definition of Allies
A state or country agreed to formally cooperate with another for military purpose.
Who was Adolf Hitler
The leader of the German Nazi Party during his dictatorship in WW2.
What was The Final Solution
The Nazi plan to exterminate all the Jews.
Definition of Lebensraum
The land a country’s leader wants in order to grow more powerful.
What was the USA’s Reaction towards pushing Germany
Weren’t too involved in the war so didn’t care. Felt the issued reparations were too harsh, they wanted to move forward peacefully with no punishments.
How could the Nazi’s kill on such a massive scale?
Gas chambers (genocide), poison gas put in large chambers causing suffocation and death.
What did Hitler say to the people?
He would bring Germany back to glory and he claimed Germany didn’t start the war
Definition of Nationalism
A strong attachment to one’s country or nation
How and why did the US join WW2?
After the attack on Pearl Harbour on December 8th 1941
Definition of Anschluss
The expansion of Austria into Nazi Germany on March 12th 1938.
What effect did the Wall Street crash have on Australia?
Businesses collapsed and workers were laid off. The millions that had been borrowed during the 1920s had to be paid back
