29.1 Flashcards

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1
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What democracys tried to preserve peace?

A

Western

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2
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What countries were trying to build nations?

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  • Italy
  • Germany
  • Japan
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3
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Dictators only took pleas for peace from…

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Democracies

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4
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Who saw peace as a weakness (2 people 1 group of people)

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  • Mussolini
  • Hitler
  • Japanese leaders
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5
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How did the people who saw peace as weakness respond?

A

They responded with aggression

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6
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Democratic policies are a product of…

A

Long and careful deliberation

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7
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Japans ultranationalists and military leaders thought japan should have just as much power as…

A

The Western Powers

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8
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Because Japans thought they should have as much power as WP what did they do?

A

Seized Manchuria in 1931

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9
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League of Nations condemned Japans…

A

Aggression

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10
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Because of the condemned aggression what did Japan do (involves LoN)

A

They withdrew from the League of Nations

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11
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1937 Japan overan most of what country?

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Eastern China

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12
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What war did Japanese success start?

A

Second Sino- Japanese war

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13
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Did Western Protests stop Japan?

A

No

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14
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Who did Italy lose to in 1896 and what battle was it?

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Ethiopians in the battle of Adowa

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15
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What did Mussolini do to Ethiopians in 1935 and why (war related)

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Attacked Ethiopians because they had outdated weapons

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16
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Who went to the League of Nations for help during the second battle of Italy v. Ethiopians?

A

Ethiopians king Haile Selassie

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17
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What does sanctions mean?

A

Penalties

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18
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Who did the League of Nations vote sanctions against and why?

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Italy because they violated the international law

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19
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What did the LoN sanctions against Italy fail?

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Because they had no power to enforce the sanctions

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20
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Who won the second battle between ethiopia and Italy in 1936?

A

Italy

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21
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How did Germany defied the Treaty of Versailles?

A

Hitler built the German military

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22
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Where were German troops sent in 1936?

A

Rhine to demilitarize

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23
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What made Hitler popular in Germany?

A

His defiance of the ToV

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24
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To keep the peace WP adopted…

A

Appeasement

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25
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Appeasement definition?

A

Giving into demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace

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26
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Why was appeasement made by the WP?

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  • France couldn’t survive a German attack without Britain
  • Britain didn’t want to stand up to a German dictator
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27
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What did B+F see Hitler and Fascism as a defense against?

A

The spread of Soviet Communism

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28
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What was there a widespread of in the WP?

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Pacifism

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29
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What is pacifism?

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Oppositions to all war, and previous disgust with the destruction of previous war pushed many governments to seek peace at any price.

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30
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What gathered in Europe in 1930?

A

Warclouds

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31
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US passed what acts in 1930 once war clouds started?

A

Neutrality Acts

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32
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What were the Neutrality Acts?

A

One law that forbade the state of arms to any nation at war

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33
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Because of the Neutrality Acts the US couldn’t…

A
  • Give loans to other countries
  • No americans can travel on warring ships
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34
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Why were the Neutrality Acts made?

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To avoid involvement in the war (US involvement)

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35
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Who made up what was called the Rome - Berlin - Tokyo Axis or the Axis Powers?

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  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Japan
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36
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What did Axis Power agree to fight (a form of gov.)

A

Soviet Communism

37
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What did the Axis power agree to not limit?

A

Another Axis countries territorial expansion

38
Q

What 1936 event polarized the public’s opinion in Europe and why?

A
  • Local struggle in Spain
  • Because of popular unrest against old rule (caused king to leave Spain in 1931)
39
Q

After the king left what did the Liberal Constitution Republican Government do?

A
  • Made controversial reforms
  • Taking land
  • Taking privileges from the church and old ruling classes
40
Q

What did Leftists demand?

A

More radical reforms

41
Q

Who lead the 1936 revolt and what did it top off?

A
  • Francisco Franco
  • Topped of the bloody Civil War
42
Q

Who was Francisco Franco?

A

Constitutional General

43
Q

Who rallied behind Francisco?

A
  • Fascists
  • Right wing policy supporters (nationalists)
44
Q

Who supported the republics (aka loyalists)

A
  • Communists
  • Socialists
  • People who wanted democracy
45
Q

Other nations picked side as well, whos side is Mussolini and Hitler pick?

A

Francisco’s

46
Q

Who did the SU rallie behind?

A

Loyalists

47
Q

Who fought with loyalists even though it “wasn’t allowed”

A
  • Individuals from
    • US
    • France
    • Britain
  • Anti - Nazis
  • Anti - Fascist Italians
48
Q

What small market did Germany bomb in April 1937?

A

Guernica

49
Q

What did they do to the survivors of the bombings?

A

Shot them with guns from aircrafts

50
Q

Why did the Nazis attack Guernica?

A

It was an experiment of new tech and a warning for other countries about modern warefare

51
Q

What did Franco do in 1939 after their victory?

A

He created a Fascist government(like Mussolini and Hitler)
- He also brought back old reforms

52
Q

After Francisco’s victory what did Hitler achieve?

A

His goal of having a German speaking people in the Third Reich

53
Q

What did Hitler think the Germans right was and why?
Hint: It has to do with eastern slavs

A

To take over the eastern slavs because of superiority

54
Q

What would the German take over gain (before or in 1938)

A
  • Military Equipment
  • Raw Materials
55
Q

What did Hitler want to build in March 1938?

A

Anschluss

56
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What was Anschluss?

A

The unions of Austria and Germany

57
Q

What did Hitler do when the Chancellor of Austria refused Anschluss?

A

He sent German troops down do “preserve order”

58
Q

Where did Hitler make his speech and why?

A
  • Hofburg Palace
  • The speech was to assert power
  • Hofburg Palace was the residence of Hapsburg Emporors
59
Q

What did Anschluss cause a war scare?

A

Because it violated the ToV

60
Q

What Austrains were silenced?

A

The ones who opposed annexation

61
Q

Why did Hitler get his way with Austria?

A

Because WP did nothing

62
Q

What country did Hitler go to after Austria?

A

Czech

63
Q

Who did Hitler insist were given autonomy?

A

3 million German in sudetenland

64
Q

Sudetenland?

A

Region of western Czechoslovakia

65
Q

Czech was 1 of 2 what?

A

Remaining Democracies in Eastern Europe

66
Q

Britain and France decided they were not going to…
(Czech)

A

Go to war to save Czech

67
Q

Britain and France searched for peace and Hitler…

A

Rose his demands

68
Q

What did France and Britain give Hitler in September 1938?

A

They gave into his demands (appeasement)

69
Q

Where was it established that F and B would give Hitler his demands? (conference)

A

Munich Conference

70
Q

What did Hitler assure B and F?

A

That he would no longer expand his teritory

71
Q

What did the PM Neville Chamberlain say after Munich Conference?

A

That he “achieved peace for their time” and that he save Czech from expansion

72
Q

Who called Chamberlain and the crowd fools for cheering at their “peace”

A

Edward Daladier

73
Q

Who was Edward Daladier?

A

French Leader

74
Q

Who judged diplomats and why? (it is a person)

A
  • Winston Churchill
  • Because they just gave up and gave into Hitlers demands
75
Q

What did Winston Churchill warn about?

A

Nazi threat

76
Q

What did Hitler break in March 1939 and what did he do?

A

He broke his promise and he took Czech

77
Q

Who did F and B promise to protect after appeasement failed?

A

Poland

78
Q

What did Hitler announce in August 1939?

A

A nonaggression pact with Stalin (Hitler enemy)

79
Q

What did the South - Soviet - Pact do?

A

Bound Hitler and Stalin to peaceful relations

80
Q

What did Stalin and Hitler agree on in their pact?

A

If one went to war the other didn’t have to

81
Q

What did Hitler and Stalin agree to divide?

A

Poland and other parts of Europe between them

82
Q

What cultural need was the S-S-P based on?

A
  • Hitler feared Communism
  • Stalin feared Fascism
83
Q

What did Hitler not plan on?
(S-S-P)

A

Dividing Poland

84
Q

Where did Stalin look for Allies?

A

In Western Democracies

85
Q

What pact to Stalin agree to? (what did it do)

A
  • A pact to avoid war with Germany
  • Gain land in Europe
86
Q

What did Germany do on September 1st?

A

Germany invaded Poland

87
Q

What did F and B do on September 3rd and what was it the start of?

A
  • F and B declared war and Germany
  • It was the start of WW2
88
Q

Was the war better or worse than everyone had imagined?

A

Worse