History Flashcards
(23 cards)
When was the Paris Peace conference held and who attended?
It was held from Jan 18 1919 to Jan 21 1920, Woodrow Wilson (USA), David Lloyd George (UK), Georges Clemenceau (France), Vittorio Orlando (Italy)
Identify when the TOV was signed
June 28 1919
Outline the main aims of the TOV
To punish Germany, to prevent future wars by weakening Germany and the LoN, to redraw the map of Europe and to establish the league of nations
Describe what the league of nations was
A international organization formed after WW1 to promote peace and cooperation between countries
Identify the main aims of the league of nations
To prevent war, reduce countries armed forces and weapons, enforce peace treaties, improve global welfare
Identify 3 things the league of nations achieved
Helped refugees after the war return hoe, helped combat disease and solved a territorial disput between Sweden and finland preventing war
Explain why the league of nations failed
The US never joined and countries like Germany and the USSR joined late or were banned, it had no army, it was slow and failed to stop aggression
Identify key features of the 1920’s in America
Economic boom, technological advances, social changes
Outline the causes of the Great Depression
Stock market crash, bank failures, over production and unequal wealth distrubution
Outline the effects of the Great Depression in America and beyond.
Unemployment sky rocketed, banks failed and people lose savings, people went homeless and couldn’t feed themselves, decline in production, economic downturn, collapse of international trade
Define fascism.
One leader or group controls everything in a country and wants everyone to be loyal to their country
Explain the main causes of World War 2
TOV, Nazi party, failure of LoN, militarism and expansionism, appeasement, economic problems,
What is appeasement and what was the munich agreement
Appeasement is when concessions are made to avoid conflict and war, the munich agreement was a policy of appeasement where countries allowed Hitler to take part of Czechoslovakia to prevent war but it didn’t stop him from starting WW2
What were the four main aims of the nazis policy
Create a totalitarian state and control all aspects of life, racial purity and promoting Aryan race, rebuild germanies military strength and expand german territory
Explain the strat of blitzkrieg
A fast and powerful military strategy used by the Nazis, it involve quickly attacking all at once, using speed and to surprise opponents and move deep into enemy territory before they can attack
Outline pearl habour
December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the naval base at pearl habour, this was to weakend the US pacific fleet, US entered the war the next day
Outline the fall of Singapore
February 1942, Japan forces attacked Singapore and defeated British forces, Japan used surprise attacks to win, Singapore was a major naval base for Britain and was a huge shock
What were the key features of australias ‘home front’
Women worked in factories and farms, conscription was introduced and many Australians joined, civil defence in preparation, community support to raise moeny
When did Germany surrender
May 7, 1945
When did Japan surrender
August 15, 1945
Define propaganda and explain its purpose
Information or ideas spread by a group to influence people opinions often by presenting things in a biased way to gain support, its purpose is to influence people thoughts and beliefs to get support
Identify key features propaganda
Emotional appeal, bias and exaggeration, simplification, repetition, symbols and slogans, target audience
What is bias
When someone shows unfair preference toward a person group or idea, for example one political party might only show the good side of something and ignore the bad that is bias
