Units 9-10

Question 1

Political and economic factors which existed after Versailles

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Countries discontent with and demAnded a revision of Versailles

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Factors which pulled Europe into a Great Depression

Answer 3

1. Lack of Production and Consumption
2. Failure of government policy
3. Lack of strong leadership

Question 4

the French Occupation of the Ruhr

Answer 4

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

Question 5

The Lausanne Conference

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Causes and effects of the lack of production and distribution of commodities in the interwar years

Answer 6

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

Question 7

British Response to the Great Depression

Answer 7

Labour Party was established as a party between liberals and conservatives, National Government is created collation of Labour, Conservative and Liberal parties (1931-1935)

Question 8

French Response to the Great Depression

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Irish Independence

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Significance of the USSR in post WWI Europe

Answer 10

most important movement, creation of the communist state (USSR), affected a lot of events like the Vietnam War, Red scare, Afghanistan in 1979 etc.

Question 11

Causes and Effects of War Communism

Answer 11

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

Question 12

The NEP

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Facts about the Third International

Answer 13

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

Question 14

How Poland came to exist again on the Map of Europe

Answer 14

it was restored in 1919 with the Treaty of Paris, Germany, Austria, Russia gave land to the creation of Poland

Question 15

Dictatorship of South Eastern Europe

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Facts about the power struggle between Trotsky and Stalin

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Facts about the 5 year plans

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Facts about Collectivization of Agriculture

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Stalin’s Purges

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Facts and Characteristics about Facism

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Facts about Mussolini

Answer 21

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

Question 22

March on Rome (Oct. 22-29, 1922)

Answer 22

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

Question 23

The Lateran Accord of 1929

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Fascist Economics

Answer 24

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

Question 25

The Role of Women in Fascist Italy

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Facts about the Weimar Republic and Constitution

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Reasons and examples for the lack of popular support of the Weimar Republic

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Hyperinflation

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Facts about Hitler's early career

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Facts about the Nazis

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Similarities between Mussolini and Hitler

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Mein Kampf

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Impact of Gustav Stressemann

Answer 33

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

Question 34

The Locarno Agreements

Answer 34

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

Question 35

How the Nazis came to Power within the Reichstag

Answer 35

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

Question 36

How Hitler became the Chancellor (Jan. 1933)

Answer 36

Hitler refused to be apart of the government unless he was Chancellor and the current chancellor at the time wanted to form a coalition without Hitler and rule by decree but Hindenburg says no so he resigns and Hindenburg decides to pick a Chancellor based upon the party majority in the Reichstag= Nazis- Hitler

Question 37

Ways in which Hitler consolidated power

Answer 37

1. Gaining legal authority- Reichstag fire 2. Eliminate Opposition- Nazi majority in Reichstag, enabling act 3. Eliminate Party Opposition- Night of Long Knives

Question 38

Phases of Nazi AntSemitism

Answer 38

1. Exclusion 2. Racial Legislation 3. Final Solution

Question 39

Roles of women in Nazi Germany

Answer 39

Childbearing- Aryan Race was supposed to reproduce, people not fit were sterilized, abortion, killed Natural Laborers- teachers, secretaries, nurses and domestic servants Educators- Raise Children loyal to Germany and the Nazi party Consumers- Dont buy foreign products, only German product s

Question 40

Nazi economic policy

Answer 40

The Labor Front- Strength through joy, paid vacation, people must put everything into work, suspend civil liberties 4 year plan- Herman Goring, Bring Germany to a state ready for war,lead to WWII in 1939

Question 41

Facts or Events that led to World War II

Answer 41

World War, Great Depression, Treaty of Versailles, Hitler and Nazis

Question 42

Examples of how the League of Nations failed

Answer 42

Manchurian Crisis, Japan invades and conquers it, League of Nations reprimand but since it has no authority Japan continues to conquer land withdraws from League of Nations German Rearmament- League of Nations condemns Germany and Hitler but didn't stop it Stresa Front- France, Italy, Britain Anglo-German Naval Agreement- Germanycould build naval up to 35% of Britain's Navy

Question 43

Results of Italy's attack on Ethiopia

Answer 43

League of Nations issue economic sanctions in the form of an embargo on weapons imported and exported which didn't work, should have put an embargo on oil and gas but worried that another would break out and Hitler and Mussolini would form an alliance

Question 44

Consequences of Germany's invasion of the Rhineland

Answer 44

League of Nations appeased Germany allowing for it to continue conquering land and breaking rules established in the Treaty of Versailles, broke down the buffer zone

Question 45

Facts about the Spanish Civil War

Answer 45

July 1936-April 1939, General Francisco Franco lead resistance, set ideological battle lines for WWII, led to Anti-Communism pact that was very right-winged and against communism (Italy, Germany, Japan were apart of), Fascists won and Republicans fall from power, dress rehearsal for WWII, Bands

Question 46

German Aggression of Austria and Czechoslovakia

Answer 46

Hitler mobilizes troops to northern border and Mussolini mobilizes troops to the southern border and with the Spanish civil war Hitler and Mussolini came together which led to Hitler annexing Austria and ends Treaty of Versailles permanently in 1938 (Anschluss), Hitler has his eyes on Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland) because of all the German people that live there , Global community insists he stops but chamberlain meets with Hitler and let's him take it because Hitler claims he will stop after claiming Czechoslovakia

Question 47

The Munich Conference

Answer 47

September 29, 1938, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and some other outlying countries, Soviet Union isn't there because communism, let Hitler take the Sudetenland because he claims that he will stop after attaining Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain believes him, March 1939 Prague is taken by Nazis leads to Franco-British-Polish Pact and says that if Poland is attacked France and Britain will intervene

Question 48

Facts about Germany's conquest of Europe through 1941

Answer 48

lightning war or blitzkreig, very effective and took countries by surprise, starting WWI by invading Poland, invaded Finland but Finnish put up a good fight, took a break during winter (Sitzkreig), Germany took Denmark and Norway, Hitler makes mistake in Dunkirk and Allies escape, 1940 Germany takes France: Franco-German armistice, Vichy Government

Question 49

The Lend-Lease Act

Answer 49

1941, agreement between Britain and United States that the United States would lend resources to Britain to help them fight off the Nazis and Britain would leave the United States colonies for military bases

Question 50

The Battle of Britain

Answer 50

Operation Sea Lion, Hitler knew it was impossible to win by attacking Britain by seas so they decide to attack southern England where a majority of Industry is in hopes of breaking the infrastructure of England down, August 1940, Royal air Force had radar which was very effective and caused them to begin attacking civilians which led to the London Blitz- 57 straight nights of bombardment, brought people together, St. Paul's Cathedral, Hitler lost

Question 51

Operation Barbarossa

Answer 51

June 22, 1941, Hitler attacks Soviet Union and initially it's a huge success and caught Stalin by surprise in the first 2 days 2,000 planes are lost, in just a few months 2.5/4.5 million soldiers are lost, out of only 15,000 700 tanks are left, Hitler's mistake was putting a siege on Leningrad that lasted for three years and forced Hitler to divert troops to but Russia won

Question 52

Factors that drew the US into the war

Answer 52

Japan began the conquest of Asia to kick Western powers out of Asia, " Asia for Asians", liberated but Japan wanted to have an empire and be world power Therefore the United States places an embargo on supplies that Japan needs for conquest, tensions rise and delegates are sent to DC when Hideki Tojo decides to bomb Pearl harbor on December 8,1941 so United States declares war on Japan and on December 11, 1941 Germany declares war on the US

Question 53

Facts about the North African campaign

Answer 53

Battle at El Alamain, General Bearnard Montgomery sent desert fox into retreat in Morocco, commander of British-American pushed desert fox out so axis powers surrender which was the first major Nazi defeat which opened a door to the Mediterranean or Southern Front

Question 54

The Italian Campaign

Answer 54

Operation Torch, Soft Underbelly of the Axis Powers, launch attack on Italy and people rise up leading to Mussolinni's exile and eventual execution, Italy declares war on Germany showing they are no longer part of the axis powers and it forces Hitler to divert troops to Italy which weakens it

Question 55

The Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 55

1942-43, German offensive to attempt to capture the city named after Stalin, a lot of street fighting which destroyed the city but Russians were victorious, even though they suffered one million causalities And Germany lost 800,000

Question 56

Strategic Bombing

Answer 56

USA preferred precision bombing where they avoided civilians but instead go after military and infrastructure of country whereas Britain preferred area bombing in which they attack civilians in an attempt to defeat the moral of the people because that what Germany had done to them

Question 57

D-Day

Answer 57

June 6, 1914 opened up the western front and was the beginning of the end for the Germans, Operation Overlord, largest amphibious attack in history, 5,000 ships and 136,000 troops, led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, misguided the Germans by dropping bombs in northern Normandy, first dropped paratroopers, 12,000 casualties and 4,500 were killed

Question 58

Chronology of major events of WWII

Answer 58

Germany takes Poland, Finland, Denmark, Norway then Benelux then France falls to Germany then the Battle of Britain next Germany trys to take USSR next Pearl Harbor which launched the US into the war and caused the north African campaign plus the Italian campaign , next the Battle of the Stalingrad and D-Day plus the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of Berlin next the US bombs Nagasaki which caused the war to eventually end

Question 59

The Costs of WWII

Answer 59

Mass Death- 40 million and only 15 were military Mass Destruction Mass Dislocation-many went to the US because the American Economy was booming

Question 60

Holocaust Victims, Statistics, Explanations

Answer 60

targeted Jews, Gypsy, Gays, People with disabilities, communists, Slavs, Africans etc, put in ghettos then taken to Concentration camps in small train cars, First killed old then children, men and women were worked to death or exterminated, scientific experiments, interested in twins, scapegoats for Germany's problems, propaganda, modern technology, and radical nationalism cause it to happen

Question 61

Descriptions of the domestic fronts in Britain, France, Germany and the USSR

Answer 61

Britain- British were very supportive, Industry surpassed Germany, citizens were directly influenced by the blitz attacks, made a lot of sacrifices in lifestyle, BBC is propaganda, quality of life remains high France- occupied by Germany, Church is part of government, helped Germans, resistance movements Germany- Military Production, labor shortages, total mobilization, lots of propaganda USSR- Germany occupied, Suffered, did not trust citizens

Question 62

Preparations for Peace during and after WWII

Answer 62

Atlantic Charter- military alliance between Britain, Russia, America Tehran- tensions between big three about second front, Japan, Germany Yalta- War with Japan, Britain v. USSR, US wanted UN Potsdam- Russia moved into Poland, German Occupation Zones, Council of Foreign Ministers, Terms with Japan (Russia and US)

Question 63

The Iron Curtain

Answer 63

stated by Churchill in a speech in relation to the division between capitalism and communism in Europe

Question 64

American Foreign policy after WWII

Answer 64

Truman Doctrine- President states that they are assisting Greece to keep Greece democratic in an effort to assist them in their struggle against communism Marshal Plan- ERP, economic relief aid to Europe in an attempt to prevent communism from taking over, the prosperity boosts morale of the people, 13 billion was spent, contain in Russia and Eastern Europe

Question 65

Stalinist policies imposed on Eastern European states

Answer 65

Cominform (1947), very similar to the cominterm, establishes puppet states to act as a buffer zone between eastern and western Europe, included Baltic States, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, each puppet party only had communist party+dictatorship+cooperate militarily+ collectivize agriculture+communist education+propaganda+no religion

Question 66

Facts about Post-War division of Germany

Answer 66

not sure how to take care of Germany, agreed on joined allied control commission, 4 zones (Britain, Russia, French, US) and Berlin was also divided between each country west Germany was prosperous so Berlin was divided to prevent East Berlin from moving to the West, Berlin blockade led US airlifting supplys to east Germany

Question 67

NATO and Warsaw Pact

Answer 67

NATO-1949, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, military defensive alliance against communism Warsaw Pact- 1955, pact between USSR and puppet states in a defensive military alliance Battle lines drawn between democracy and communism

Question 68

Facts about the creation of Israel

Answer 68

announced in Balfar Declaration, due to western sympathies, Zionist Movement, Britain gave to UN, Jewish Homeland, Arabs were upset so Israeli War of Independence where the UN+US+Britain support the Jews so they won= Israel, US did it for oil interests surrogate war between US and USSR

Question 69

The Korean War and The Cold War

Answer 69

Japan was in control of Korea but when they lost Korea was taken away from them and decided at the 38th parallel= north and south Korea, 1948 North Korea declares itself Independent= Democratic People's Republic but is communist and South Korea calls itself The Republic of Korea, North Korea invades South Korea-US asks to stop them and UN approves- US pushes North Korea all the way to china who then pushes back and Armistice is created to settle boundaries and creates a demilitarized zone

Question 70

Facts about the Khrushchev Era

Answer 70

Stalin's successor, denounces Stalin, liberalized, tried to improve relations with the West in a peaceful coexistence, Three Crises- The Suez Crisis, Polish October, Hungarian Uprising,Cuban Missile Crisis, forced out of office in 1964, authoritarian, modest attempts at creating more consumer goods+ decentralize economic planning, removed restrictions on agriculture which worked a little, Berlin Wall, Sputnik

Question 71

Examples of Late Cold War Conflicts

Answer 71

- U2 incident, Soviet Union shot down spy plane- Khrushchev demanded apology- Eisenhower accepted responsibility but did not apologize- refused to take part in Summit conference- Eisenhower's trip to USSR was cancelled= tensions - Berlin Wall, people from the east of Germany escaped to West Germany (embarrassing), erected concrete wall to separate - Cuban Missile Crisis- 1962, Fidel Castro took over Cuba and made it communist (allies with Soviet Union) USSR stored missiles in Cuba, threat of nuclear war but eventually the threat was removed

Question 72

Facts about the Brezhnev Era

Answer 72

Khrushchev's successor, built up military,space, nuclear, world expansion, consumer goods, hard lined communism, lacked food (rationed), economic stagnation, did not allow communist countries to become liberalized, supported foreign policy that weakened the United States+supported their own interests, invaded Afghanistan (drained them for ten years), Poland became more liberal, Prague Spring, Brezhnev Doctrine (SALT talks)

Question 73

Gorbachev's reforms

Answer 73

Perestrokia- restructure Russian economy, increase standard of living, private ownership, free market= continued stagnation of Russian economy Glasnot- openess of discussion+ criticize of Soviet Union, censorship was relzed, free expression, Dissidants were released from prison, Party congress with debates, elections were permitted, small minorities had more of a voice= this aspect Gorbachev had underestimated which would lead to the collapse

Question 74

Key Factors that led to the collapse of USSR

Answer 74

``` Reunification of Communist Monopoly Boris Yeltsin Unrest in Soviet Republics Coup of 1991 1991 Commonwealth of States ```

Question 75

The Fall of the Berlin Wall and its signifigance

Answer 75

autumn of 1989, demonstrations and Gorbachev had told eastern Germany that the USSR would not support them which led to the east German government resigning and in November ordering the opening of the Berlin Wall, symbolized collapse of communsim

Question 76

WWII Dates

Answer 76

1939-1945

Question 77

Spanish Civil War Dates

Answer 77

1936-1939

Question 78

Cold War Dates

Answer 78

1945-1951

Question 79

Korean War

Answer 79

1950-1953

Question 80

Vietnam War

Answer 80

1953-1975

Question 81

V-E Day

Answer 81

May 8, 1945

Question 82

V-J Day

Answer 82

September 2, 1945

Question 83

Israel Independence

Answer 83

1948

Question 84

Indian Independence

Answer 84

1947

Question 85

Irish Independence

Answer 85

1949

Question 86

Where were the Revolutions of 1989

Answer 86

Poland, Hungary, E.Germany, Czechoslovakia, Romania

Question 87

Major areas of colonial withdrawl

Answer 87

Dutch left East Indies Belgium left Congo Portugese left Mozambak and Angola South Africa was no longer dominantly run by whites

Question 88

Cause of Cold War

Answer 88

Truman, Atomic Age, going against agreements, USSR demanded heavy reparations of Germany, political ideologies