Years Of Crisis Flashcards
What led to the Great Depression of the 1930’s?
Crash of the stock market
And active debate among economists
After ww1, what type of government did most European nations attempt to form?
Coalition governments
What are some characteristics of the Great Depression?
Poverty, unemployment, hunger
Is fascism?
Extreme form of nationalism, denial of individual rights
What European leader was known as II Duce?
Benito Mussolini
Which German political parties soft to overturn the 1919 Treaty of Versailles?
Nazis
What is nazism?
Germaine’s form of fascism
What was the title of Hitler’s book that set for his believes in goals for Germany?
Mein Kampf
What is lebensroum and how did hitler premise to obtain it?
Living space, by taking over part of Russia
Was a key part of Nazi ideology?
Racism
Group took control of the government in Japan?
Mongolian
What is the policy of appeasement?
Aggressor giving in to keep peace
Where the axis powers?
Japan, Italy, Germany
What is isolationism?
Policy of avoiding political and military involvement with other countries
Why did the Japanese invaded Manchuria?
To solve economic problems, and to protect Japanese business interest
Why did Britain and France take no action against Italian aggression?
Keep peace
Why did isolationists want these laws passed? (Neutrality acts.)
Didn’t want the US engaged in another war in Europe
What were some of the effects of appeasing Hitler anticipation of the Rhineland?
Hitler is encouraged to speed up military and territorial expansion, strengthen his power in Germany
What were the immediate results of the invasion?
Chinese retreated and set up a new capital, Chinese Guerillas’s continue to fight
Why was the Munich conference on successful?
Czechs were not invited, Chamberlain believes he could preserve peace by giving them
How did other countries help Frango’s Nationalist forces bring about the collapse of Republican resistance?
Western Democrats these remain neutral, Hitler/Michelini aided Franco
Stallon sign agreement with fascist Germany, once a bitter enemy?
Want to do avoid war with Germany doesn’t last long
