Units 9-10 Flashcards
Political and economic factors which existed after Versailles
New map of Europe (lots of change), Political Experiments (Czechoslovakia, USSR, Yugoslavia,Italy, Britain and France), Huge Casualties=lack of producers and consumers, Immigration away from Europe, Europe is no longer a creditor, rebuilding infrastructure of countries, USSR withdraws from global economy, lack of colonies
Countries discontent with and demAnded a revision of Versailles
Germany- humiliated, couldn’t pay the reperation payments
Slavs and other ethnic groups- wanted self determination
Minorities- boundaries drawn with them outside of their nations
Britain- felt it was immoral
France- felt it was not harsh enough
Factors which pulled Europe into a Great Depression
- Lack of Production and Consumption
- Failure of government policy
- Lack of strong leadership
the French Occupation of the Ruhr
Janurary 1923, mining in the Ruhr, Germany was keeping the money made in the Ruhr in hopes of achieving a stable economy which made France angry so they marched and took the Ruhr, Weimar Republic tells workers to go on strike and they’ll continue to pay them= unemployment and inflation, catalyst for Great Depression and caused other countries to ease up on reparation payments
The Lausanne Conference
countries met in Switzerland and agree to abolish the “era of reparation payments”, huge relief to countries but France greatly opposed it, symbolic to later meeting place of League of Nations= Geneva
Causes and effects of the lack of production and distribution of commodities in the interwar years
less demand for European goods and greater for American goods, agriculture prices dropped but Industrial products up=good for consumer but bad for farmers, unemployment , bread lines+ job lines, did not effect France due to their independent nature and dependency on Germany
British Response to the Great Depression
Labour Party was established as a party between liberals and conservatives, National Government is created collation of Labour, Conservative and Liberal parties (1931-1935)
French Response to the Great Depression
The Popular Front(1936) which revamped the government, more left wings then right wings, liberal reforms: 40 hour work week paid vacation and arbiters to settle employment disputes, didn’t solve a lot o things, inefficient
Irish Independence
Easter Rising (1916): Dublin, suppressed by troops and publicly executed leaders, media coverage= everyone knows
Sinn Fein: 75-78/105 members of Parliament were Irish republican nationalists refuse to sit in Parliament, break away to form their own government
Irish War of Independence: IRA v. British army, Ireland wins, Anglo- Irish treaty= Autonomy in 1922, completely free in 1949
Significance of the USSR in post WWI Europe
most important movement, creation of the communist state (USSR), affected a lot of events like the Vietnam War, Red scare, Afghanistan in 1979 etc.
Causes and Effects of War Communism
Russian Civil War (1917-1922), Red Army v. White Army, Red wins ( Bolsheviks), led to them setting up an authoritarian regime: Cheka (secret police), reactionary, centralized, confiscated everything, unifying, attempt of ensuring that communism survives, like Levee en Masse
The NEP
riots broke out due to the hollow promises made in Peace, Land, Bread= The NEP allowed some private enterprises, contradicted communism beliefs, banking, transportation, industry, international commerce were controlled by the government but everything else was allowed to be private (capitalism), fruitful for a short time but in the long run it was ineffective, lack of consumer goods
Facts about the Third International
The Comintern , USSR needed and wanted Communism to spread around the world, 21 conditions that every socialist party had to sign, had to give up their name, swear loyalty to USSR, Very extreme so not a lot of parties agreed to it, divided communism more then it united it
How Poland came to exist again on the Map of Europe
it was restored in 1919 with the Treaty of Paris, Germany, Austria, Russia gave land to the creation of Poland
Dictatorship of South Eastern Europe
King Alexander I- Yugoslavia
King Carol II- Romania
King Boris II- Bulgaria
King George II- Greece
Justified their reign by quieting nationalistic pressures and preventing radical groups from taking over
Facts about the power struggle between Trotsky and Stalin
Trotsky was a pure Marxist, wanted to collectivize agriculture, Industry, International Revolution, classless utopian society was end goal
Stalin was more conservative, understood the inner workings of the party, wanted to keep NEP, slow industry, no collectivization of agriculture, socialism in one country
Stalin won and eventually Trotsky ends up hiding in Mexico where he was assassinated
Facts about the 5 year plans
Rapid Industrialization, The Gosplan, wanted to outproduce the capitalist countries in the world, successful in short term but not in long term, too may capital goods and not enough consumer goods, Stakhanov is is face of 5 year plans, workers had to achieve quotas, 1920-1946 400% increase in Industry at the price of huge social and human costs
Facts about Collectivization of Agriculture
consumer products cost more due to the less workers so farmers hoard food, Stalin points blame to Kulaks or the upper tier of peasant farmers therefore he convinces other peasants to confiscate the Kulak’s land, replaced private farms, 1930 stopped and started in 1937 and tried to wipe out Christianity
Stalin’s Purges
began December 1, 1934, Stalin ordered the assassination of party member secretly and used it as justification to execute his rivals, mostly old Bolsheviks, show trials that use people as examples , People admit to crimes with the threat of torture, millions are killed
Facts and Characteristics about Facism
Right wing dictatorships that arose in Europe between the wars, antidemocratic, antimarxist, antiparliamentary, frequently antisemitic, hold back Bolshevism, tried to make world safe for middle class, small businesses, owners of small property, small farmers, politics sacrificed national honor and and greatness, militaristic, strength through unity, one single heroic leader, Fasces
Facts about Mussolini
believed in state over individual (Rousseau), son of blacksmith (meager upbringing), teacher and Day Laborer, editor of Socialist newspaper but with WWI his nationalism conquered his socialism, resents Paris Peace conference, Bands of combat, The Blackshirts
March on Rome (Oct. 22-29, 1922)
King Victor Emmanuel III was a weak ruler, marched for seven days from Milan to Papal States with no clear agenda but to gain support, King appeases to Blackshirts and invites Mussolini to be Prime Minister due to his fear of a civil war, led to him coming to power legally in November 1923
The Lateran Accord of 1929
Makes peace with Catholic church, new state= Vatican City which is a micro state that the Pope leads, gives land back to Catholic church and exempts them from taxes, control over marriage, results in Mussolini, gaining the support of Catholic Spanish people
Fascist Economics
wanted to achieve a self maintained economy that was stable, established a public workers program, encouraged agriculture, instituted corporation which is a combination of socialist and laissez-faire economics, very similar to NEP because it allowed private businesses and farms but government managed everything else
The Role of Women in Fascist Italy
very Rousseau like ideas in which they believed that women belonged at home in seperate gender roles from men, believed it was a women’s job to bring up children that were loyal to Fascist Italy, if women did have jobs they were were low-skilled with low wages
Facts about the Weimar Republic and Constitution
not a lot of support, Friedrich Ebert was the first president, named Weimar after city constitution was drafted in, constitution was enlightened but flawed: universal voting, freedom of speech and press, elected officials, chancellor is chosen by President, easy for small parties to rise to power which caused division in Reichstag, rule by decree
Reasons and examples for the lack of popular support of the Weimar Republic
people felt it wasn’t their government but led by liberals, resented Treaty of Versailles and the people in charge who had betrayed them, Kapp Putsch led by right-winged people, Ruhr uprising led by left-winged people, no popular support by either group
Hyperinflation
partly is caused by occupation of the Ruhr and many people were paid for doing no work, and the huge reperation payments (132 billion deutschmarks)
1914- one american dollar = four deutschmarks
1921- one american dollar= sixty four deutschmarks
1923- one american dollar= eight hundred deutschmarks
caused instability and allowed Hitler to come to power
Facts about Hitler’s early career
Born in Austria, son of a customs official, wanted to be an artist but was denied by schools, painted postcards, in Vienna he was exposed to nationalism and extreme racial prejudices, fought in WWI and was a corporal and won Iron Cross, settles in Munich and is exposed to Nazi party, Beer Hall Putsch was an attempt to overthrow the local government of Munich failed and sixteen Nazis were killed, Hitler was arrested and sent to Jail for 5 years= Mein Kampf
Facts about the Nazis
national socialist workers party, Swastika was adopted which meant unity and love, 25 points: believed in the unification of the German people, resented the Treaty of Versailles and the extreme discrimination of Jews, wanted to expel Jews from citizen life in Germany, Brownshirts led by Ernst Rohm
Similarities between Mussolini and Hitler
rose to power legally, opportunists, both came from lower middle class backgrounds, anti-semitists, right-wing conservatives, anti-communist, nationalism over political ideals, Blackshirts and Brownshirts, both fought in World War I
Mein Kampf
written by Adolf Hitler whilst he was in prison, my struggle, written about his path towards power, discussed antisemitism and extermination of Jews, wants to achieve Lebensraum or living room for the German people, territorial conquest of other Slavic countries, common enemy is Bolsheviks
Impact of Gustav Stressemann
only was Chancellor for a few months, bold moves to restructure the republic, especially economically which raised public confidence, instituted new currency Rentemarks which brought stability, as foreign minister he lowered the annual reparation payments under the Daues Plan and it became a variable plan
The Locarno Agreements
relaxed demands of Germany, made permanent western border, France withdrew from Rhineland, Germany gets membership in League of Nations which led to a feeling of optimism or Spirit of Locarno until Stock Market Crash
How the Nazis came to Power within the Reichstag
Conservatives and Liberals were divided which allowed for small parties like the Nazi party to rise to Power, Chancellor Bruning allows Nazi party to meet after it was banned
Unemployment and the Depression= people put trust in radical parties