Power & Authority Flashcards
Friedrich Ebert at a march past by German troops.
“No foe has overcome you… you are returning undefeated from a glorious combat… you have protected the homeland from enemy invasion.”
Politician Sir Eric Campbell Geddes on Great Britain’s punitive aims.
“We shall squeeze the German lemon until the Pips squeak!”
Direct consequences of the post-war treaties.
US Disengagement from European affairs.
Failed reparations.
Unstable successor states in Eastern Europe.
Racial equality – Japan disrespected.
Colonialism – Germany’s African colonies were redistributed without consulting the nations themselves.
Attributes of a totalitarian state
A single political party A single leader Restriction of individual liberties The nation glorified Racism
How many blackshirts members at the time of the March on Rome
200 000
Why were Italy dissatisfied with the treaty of Versailles?
The allies backtracked on their promise of territorial gain.
What social groups were ‘scapegoats’ in the eyes of the German public?
Jew, communists, socialists, democrats, republicans.
When was the German period of hyperinflation? And whom did it effect?
1921-1924 Wiped out middle class prosperity nd reduced millions to a state extreme poverty.
Growth of German unemployment 1929-32
1929 - 2 million
1931 - 4.5 million
1932 - 6 million
What is the significance of the 1860s in Japan?
The period known as the ‘Meji Restoration’.
From this point on, Japan pertained to a militaristic value system. Most leaders – whether in business, politics or in the military were former samurais.
Japanese expansion lead to the acquisition of…
Taiwan (1895)
Korea (1910)
Japan’s military was completely independent of…
any sort of civilian oversight or control. The army could essentially determine the formation of the government.
What marked the end of democracy in Japan?
The military coup and assassination of Prime Minister Tsuyoshi in 1932.
3 Negative affects of the Russian Civil War
- Catastrophic loss of life
- Mass Starvation
- By some estimates, the worst economic decline ever known in world history.
Russian school children ended the pledge of allegiance by saying:
‘… and thank Comrade Stalin for this happy life.”
