Term 1 Flashcards
world war 2 was from… to…
1939 - 1945
what happend during these years
(card 3-11)
1914
outbreak of ww1
1918
end of ww1
1919
treaty of versailles
1932
nazis and hitler voted into power
1929
great depression began
1933
germany became a dictatorship
1939
outbreak of ww2
1941
usa and japan entered ww2
1945
end of ww2
republic meaning
a form of government whose head of state is not a king or queen but a president
armistice meaning
agreement between enemies in war to stop fighting so they can discuss peace terms
revenge meaning
action taken in return for being hurt
what happen ed when germany had been defeated
kaiser wilhhelm of germany had been overthrown
germany was no longer ruled by a king
a new democratic government was formed in the city of weimar
the government of the weimar republic signed the armistice with the allies and agreed to stop fighting
when was the peace treaty of versailles signed
1919
what happened to germany in the treaty of versailles
germany did not have a say in how it was punished
germany had to pay for the cost of the war
germany lost land
germany had to admit that it was to blame for the warby signing the war guilt clause
germany was not allowed to build up a defence force again
dictate meaning
give commands
reparations meaning
amount of money for damages paid by losing nation to the winners
germany was called the…
weimar republic
danzig meaning
a free city run by the league of nations
swastika
symbol of the nazi party
opposition
group of people who disagree with you
coup
french
violent overthrow of government
putsch
german
violent overthrow of a government
who was the leader of the nazi party in 1921
adolf hitler
group of supporters name
storm troopers
in german = SA = Sturmabteilung
motto of the SA
all opposition must be stamped into the ground
uniform they had to wear
brown shirts
tell me about the nazi salute
hitler raised his right arm
called heil hitler = hail hitler
hitlers famous book
mein kampf = my struggle
what happened in the 1920s
usa lent money to the weimar government to help the germn economy to recover after ww2
what was the economic disaster that happened in 1929 in the usa
american economy was controlled by the stock market in the city of new york
new york stock market —>
situated in a building on wall street
collapsed in 1929
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stocks no longer had value
10 000s of people lost money they had invested
american economy also collapsed
event was called the wall street crash = start of great depression
prices increased
how were countries affected
banks closed
factories closed
workers lost their jobs
inflation rose
read “about the world” on page 111
