Unit Three Test: Post WWI-WWII (Holocaust) Flashcards
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What did people discover while attempting to Return to Normalcy post WWI?
They discovered there was no normal. All the world and way of life that existed before the war was destroyed and there would be no return.
Who was Charles Dawes and what was the Dawes plan?
Dawes was an American banker who came up with the Dawes plan as a means to revive the German economy.
What were the three main agreements in the Dawes Plan?
1.) Ensured France and Belgium wouldn’t invade Germany.
2.)Break up the reparations owed into installments.
3.) the U.S. would loan Germany $2.5 Bil so they could pay back Britain and France, and then Britain and France could pay back the U.S.
What is Democracy?
A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule freely based on the will of the majority.
A government system in which a dictator determines everything; jobs, taxes, private property, education, and recreation, etc.
Totalitarian Dictatorship
An economic system that supports the state ownership of the means of production and management of the economy.
Socialism
An economic system in which a country’s the trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather than by the state.
Capitalism
What is Communism?
A division of socialism that supports publically shared property and constant class warfare to overthrow the wealthy and redistribute their possessions to the lower class.
What is Fascism?
A belief that violent warfare is the only way to keep a nation strong. It also supports the idea people do not have individual rights, their only value is what they can contribute to the state.
what is Nazism?
A belief that the individuals who are not contributing to the state are harming the state and must be removed to secure the purity and dominance of the nation
A form of biological racism that states not only are there certain races less than others but they are genetically inferior people and must be eliminated.
Eugenics
who was Joseph Stalin?
He was the communist leader of the Soviet Union in Russia. He began collectivization un which the government took control of all the private farms and moved people off their land. He is also responsible for more deaths than in the holocaust.
Who was Benito Mussolini
The fascist leader of Italy was responsible for the development of fascism, He also formed an alliance with Hitler. He encouraged Hitler to abolish personal liberties and conduct ethnic cleansing.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
He was the fascist leader of Germany who rose to power with the use of fear and manipulation. He wanted to unite all of Europe under German rule because he believed they were the one pure race. He is also responsible for the formation of the Nazi political party.
Through political manipulation, Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany and the first law he passed gave him total dictatorial control.
Enabling Act
The secret police of Germany quickly found and exiled/executed political enemies.
Gestapo
What was it called when the other nations would give in to Hitler’s demands to prevent another war?
Appeasement
What happened when Hitler voided the Treaty of Versailles?
He ended demilitarization and begun to build up the strength of the German army, navy, and air force.
Why did no one stop Hitler when he voided the Treaty of Versailles?
leaders thought Hitler was not trying to be aggressive and that he was just trying to undo the “crimes of Versailles”.
the demilitarized zone installed by the Treaty of Versailles that Hitler invaded, placing troops right next to the French border.
The Rhineland
in March 1938, Germany declares that Austria will join the German Empire and Hitler sent troops the next day.
the Annexation of Austria
In October of 1938, Hitler invades the northern portion of Czechoslovakia saying it was pro-Nazi and belonged to the German Empire.
Sudentenland
What was the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact of 1939?
Hitler offered Stalin a peace treaty that promised both nations would remain neutral if either entered a war. They also agreed to split Poland between them if war did break out.
What happened in Poland on September 1st, 1939?
Hitler invades Poland. He believed the European nations were weak and did not believe in their threats to declare war. France and Great Britan declared war the following day.
