History- EOY exam revision

Communsim

The belief that everyone should be equal in wealth, no one can own private business or property. Everything owned by government

Capitalism

The belief that everyone can make their own money and own their own property

Fascism

The belief that democracies don’t work and a country should only have one ruler under s single party

Dictatorship

A system in which one person has complete power and makes all the rules without the input of anyone else

Democracy

A country in which people can vote for who leads the country

When did the Wall Street Crash happen?

1929

Why did Germany suffer so much from the Wall Street Crash?

The US recall of all loans lead to the economy crashing in Germany

Why did people turn to more extreme parties such as the Nazi’s?

People in Germany were desperate as there was a skyrocket in unemployment and many Germans were living in poverty

When was Hitler appointed Chancellor?

January 30th 1933

What did Hitler do after becoming Chancellor?

He started dismantling Germany’s democracy and after forcing a law to be passed gave himself power for the next 4 years

What happened after President Hindenburg died?

Hitler declared himself Führer and took complete control of Germany

What is propaganda?

Spreading ideas or information with the purpose of helping your own or injuring anothers cause

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

A peace agreement that marked the end of WW, it put lots of the blame on Germany and meant that they were hugely in debt to other countries

How much money did the Germans have to pay to the allies after WW1? And how did Germans feel about thi?

6.6 billion. Many Germans felt that they should not be blamed for the war and the huge sums of money they owed led to poverty all throughout Germany

How did the depression affect the German people?

The economy collapsed leading too:

• People losing their jobs

• Businesses collapsing

Why did German people support Hitler?

• Germans were very angry at how their Government handled the aftermath of WW1

• Hitler promised to re-build Germany’s power

When did the Cold War begin?

1947

What happend to Germany and Berlin after WW2?

Germany was split between the UK, US, France and Russia. Even though Berlin was in the Russian East it was also split between the West and the East.

Which ideology did the USA follow?

Capitalism

Which ideology did the USSR follow?

Communism

Why were the USA and the USSR so worried about ecahother?

Both groups thought that the other would take over the world with their ideology which the opposing group strongly disagreed with

Why was the Cold War cold a ‘Cold’ war?

Because no actual fighting took place between the US and the USSR

What did Stalin do that increased tension in Berlin 1948?

He created the Berlin blockade which stopped the West from being able to enter West Berlin. The West decided that to avoid war they would fly supplies in

When did the US send troops to Vietnam?

1965

Why did the US get involved in the war?

The US were worried about the spread of communism, which was the ideology of North Vietnam. So they tried to stop it from ‘spreading’ and aided the anti-communist South

Why was the Vietnam war so controversial?

• US use of inhumane tactics/methods e.g agent orange and napalm

• US killed unarmed civilians

• Many US casualties

Who did the West blame for the Cold War in the 1950’s?

The Soviet Union

Why was the USA blamed for the Cold War in the 1960’s?

Because of their use of atomic bombs

What do most modern historians think about why the Cold War started?

There differences in beliefs/ideologies, both parties wanting their belief to rule the world