Pre-WW2 Review

Hyperinflation

Extremely rapid and sharp increase in prices

Adolf Hitler

Born in Austria in 1889. Formed the Nazi party. Leader of Facsist Germany

Mein Kampf

Book written by Hitler. Means "My Struggle" and exposed ideas of extreme nationalism, racism, and anti-semisitsm

Night of the Long Knives

A purge of those disloyal to the Nazis and Hitler

Totalitarian State

A state with one party that has full control over the people and the government

Gestapo

Hitlers secret police who invoked fear

Kristallnacht

Nov. 9, 1938. Jewish stores were smashed and robbed

Command Economy

Government officials make all basic economic decisions.

Collectives

Large forms owned and operated by peasants in a group

Gulag

In the Soviet Union, a system of forced labor camps in which millions of criminals and political prisoners were held under Stalin

Old Bolsheviks

Party activists from the early days of the revolution who were purged by Stalin

Cult of Personality

Create an idealized and heroic image of a glorious leader

Mussolini

A nationalist who rose to power. A fascist who became Italian prime minister

Black Shirts

The private army of Mussolini

March on Rome

A strike "led" by Mussolini in which 30,000 Blackshirts marched to Rome and Mussolini was legally put into power

Fascism

Centralized, authoritarian government that is not communist whose policies glorify the state over the individual and are destructive to basic human rights

Long March

Mao Zedong and 100,000 followers traveled 6,000 miles from 1934-35

Ultra-nationalists

Extreme nationalists

Lost Generation

Americans who became disillusioned with society after World War I

Kellog-Briand Act

Outlawed war in 1928 as a means to solve problems

New Deal

A plan by President Roosevelt to fix the country after the depression

Appeasement

Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict

Pacifism

Opposition to all war

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, Japan

Anschluss

The event of Germany taking over Austria

Moltov-Ribbentrop Pact

Treaty between Hitler and Stalin. Agreement to spilt Poland and to not attack each other

How was Hitler able to gain support

Fanned the flame of Germanys embarrassment

Spoke about fixing the economy

Spoke about creating jobs

What were the Nuremberg Laws? What did they do?

Anti semitismic laws passed in Germany that hurt the Jews

What are consistent points with Fascism across most countries

Glorified action, violence, discipline, blind loyalty. Aggressive foreign expansion, anti-democratic

Why did people find Fascism appealing

It promised a strong and stable government at first

Why did the allies choose appeasement

To avoid being in war again