20th Century Global History Flashcards
(38 cards)
What was the Weimar Republic?
The Weimar Republic was Germany’s provisional government from 1919 to 1933, the period after World War I until the rise of Nazi Germany. It was named after the town of Weimar where Germany’s new government was formed by a national assembly after Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
The Treaty of Versailles is one of the most controversial armistice treaties in history. The treaty’s so-called “war guilt” clause forced Germany and other Central Powers to take all the blame for World War I. This meant a loss of territories, reduction in military forces, and reparation payments to Allied powers.
How come inflation was so high during the early 1920’s for the Weimar Republic?
Because of the extortionately exorbitant quantity of debt that afflicted their nation.
Why did French and Belgian military personal begin allocating troops to the most ascendant geographically industrial locations?
Because Germany was defaulting on their reparation payments.
What did Germany do in response to inflation in the early 1920s?
The government encouraged their workers to go on strike, in addition to the excessive printing of more financial monetary capital.
Who was Charles Dawes and what were his accomplishments?
The 30th Vice President to Calvin Coolidge and won the 1925 Nobel Peace prize for having contributed to reducing the tension between Germany and France after the First World War by the construction of the Dawes Plan; leading to the reductionism of inflation in Germany.
What was the Dawes plan?
Under the Dawes Plan, Germany’s annual reparation payments would be reduced, increasing over time as its economy improved; the full amount to be paid, however, was left undetermined. Economic policy making in Berlin would be reorganized under foreign supervision and a new currency, the Reichsmark, adopted.
Why was the Weimar Republic specifically susceptible to the adverse economic ramifications of the Great Depression?
Because of this radical dependence, upon the manifestation of the Great Depression on October 29th, 1929, the Weimar Republic’s economy was the recipience of radical dilapidation and deterioration.
What were some of the reasons behind Germany turning to Nazism?
- the resentment and contempt from having lost the first world war
- the radically colossal instability and contractionary nature of their economy
- the fear of a socialist revolution
-the antisemetic conceptualization of the jewish race being responsible for the loss of WWI, their interpretation of the responsibility of the economic recession, the view that jewish people wanted socialism and that the conspiracy that jewish people were trying to take over the world.
What was the Protocols of the Elders of Zion?
which insisted upon the hoax that certain confidential and secretive meetings were established among the Jews which was oriented towards the delineation of machinations to achieve global domination.
What was the Protocols of the Elders of Zion?
which insisted upon the hoax that certain confidential and secretive meetings were established among the Jews which was oriented towards the delineation of machinations to achieve global domination.
When did Hitler rise to prominence and under what political party?
Early 1920s and the National Socialist German Workers Party
What was the Beer Hall Putsch?
A failed government insurrection led by Hitler and 2,000 NAZI soldiers during November of 1923. This resulted in 20 casualties; 16 nazi soldiers and 4 police officers. Hitler was arrested two days later for treason.
How did Hitler benefit from the Beer Hall Putsch?
He accumulated national notoriety and capitalized on the opportunity to vocalize his antisemetically nationalist ideological convictions.
What did Hitler and the Nazi Party campaign on?
Anti semitism
Extreme Nationalism
anti communism
excoriation and denigration of the Weimar republic and the Treaty of Versailles
Why did business leaders have a propensity to support the NAZI party in the aftermath of the Great Depression in germany?
Because of communism being a primary political and ideological constituency demonstrating a legitimate threat of seizing power.
When was Hitler appointed chancellor?
1933
Why was the burning of the Reichstag an important event in Nazi prominence?
Because it granted Hitler with the opportunity to exploit the crisis under the interpretation that the event was caused by commies and began passing legislation that severely limited the rights and freedoms of the civilians.
What was the Night of the Long Knives?
The Night of the Long Knives, or the Röhm purge, also called Operation Hummingbird, was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany from June 30 to July 2, 1934.
What was the Euthanasia program in the autumn of 1939?
The Nazi Euthanasia Program, codenamed Aktion “T4,” was the systematic murder of institutionalized people with disabilities.
What was the Final Solution?
The term “Final Solution of the Jewish Question” was a euphemism used by Nazi Germany’s leaders. It referred to the mass murder of Europe’s Jews. It brought an end to policies aimed at encouraging or forcing Jews to leave the German Reich and other parts of Europe. Those policies were replaced by systematic annihilation.
When did Germany invade Poland? When did France and Britain declare war on Germany?
Sep 1st / Sep 3rd 1939
When did Germany invade Denmark and Norway?
April of 1940
When did German forces invade Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands?
May of 1940
