western civ ch 25? 26? 27? Flashcards
ur mom (25 cards)
Italy leader
Benito mussolini
exalts the nation and race above the individual; strong central government that forcibly suppresses opposition
fascism
Russia (soviet union)
joseph stalin
elimination of private property; single authoritarian party controls means of production
communism
Germany leader
Adolf hitler
the new German republic
weimar republic
post WWI problems
-restore order
-revive the economy
-feed the nation
the government; paramilitary to restore order
freikorps
hitler; born in
austria
on September 12, 1919 hitler listens to a right-wing radical group called
the German workers party
nazi
national socialist German workers party
nazi platform
-the destruction of world bolshevism (communists and the Jews)
-to destroy germany’s enemies, both within Germany and outside
-reclaim lost German lands
-make Germany great again
hitler; seizure of power through force
beer hall putsch
results of the failed putsch
-the trial publicity makes Hitler a national figure
-he writes Mein Kampf
-he decides to take power legally
in Mein Kampf, hitler…?; beliefs, part of what the nazi’s stand for:
-calls for the unification of all german-speaking peoples under one government (Austria)
-claims the Germans belong to a master race called the aryans
-argues that Germany needs Lebensraum (living space); this is to be found in the east
-hitler claims the Jews are the greatest threat to the Aryan race; they are behind everything that is wrong in germany
hitler’s henchmen: men who will be instrumental in hitler’s rise to power
-ernst roehm: S.A. chief; leader of the brown shirts
-hermann goering: head of the luftwaffe
-rudolf hess: party secretary
-joseph goebbles: minister of propaganda
-heinrich Himmler: head of the s.s.
-albert speer: head of munitions
hitler is named reichskanzler (chancellor of Germany)
January 30, 1933
economic recovery
-the construction of the autobahn
-building of the volkswagen
-massive rearmament program
June 29, 1934: the night of the long knives purge
hitler has ernst roehm and the s.a. leadership killed
hitler remilitarized the rhineland
March 7, 1936
March 12, 1938
unification of Austria to germany
the munich conference September 1938
the allies agreed to give the sudetenland to hitler in return for hitler making no further territorial demands
western democracies policy of …?… : accepting hitler’s demands in order to avoid conflict
appeasement
hitler and …?… sign a non-aggression pact
stalin (soviet union)
