History: Inter-War Years Vocab

The Treaty of Versailles failed because the Big Three had ________ ________

Irreconcilable aims

Germany viewed the Treaty of Versailles not as a negotiation but as a forced ________

Diktat

Clemenceau demanded a ________ treaty to ensure Germany could never threaten France again

Punitive

Wilson believed that giving nations the right to ________-________ would prevent future empires from clashing

Self-determination

The League of Nations relied on ________ ________ where an attack on one member was an attack on all

Collective security

The League's main weapon against an aggressor was to impose ________ ________ to starve them of trade

Economic sanctions

Britain followed a policy of ________ in the 1930s to avoid war by giving in to Hitler's reasonable demands

Appeasement

Hitler's aggressive foreign policy was driven by ________ as he sought to conquer Eastern Europe

Expansionism

The Wall Street Crash acted as a fatal ________ for the rise of extremist dictatorships

Catalyst

The League collapsed not just from bad luck but due to deeply rooted ________ ________ in its design

Systemic flaws

Hitler secretly began the process of ________ to rebuild the German military in defiance of Versailles

Rearmament

The Nazi ideology demanded ________ or living space for the German people in the East

Lebensraum

The Rhineland was declared a ________ zone to act as a buffer between France and Germany

Demilitarised

The French invasion of the Ruhr caused massive ________ which destroyed the savings of the German middle class

Hyperinflation

Giving the Sudetenland to Hitler at Munich was a major ________ that failed to secure peace

Concession

Mussolini adopted a highly ________ foreign policy when he invaded Abyssinia in 1935

Belligerent

The failure to stop Japan in Manchuria set a dangerous ________ for how dictators would be treated later

Precedent

After leaving the League of Nations Germany and Japan both faced a period of ________ ________

Diplomatic isolation

The League struggled to define exactly which country was the ________ during complex border disputes

Aggressor

Hitler's early foreign policy was entirely focused on ________ ________ to undo the humiliation of 1919

Treaty revision

The USA refused to join the League because the Senate pursued a policy of strict ________

Isolationism

The enormous financial penalty imposed on Germany to pay for war damage was known as ________

Reparations

Britain and France administered former Turkish colonies on behalf of the League as a ________

Mandate

Wilson signed the Treaty but the US Congress refused to give it official ________

Ratification

The Great Depression caused political ________ pushing voters toward extreme right or left-wing parties

Polarization

Hitler did not just want to revise the treaty he wanted to establish German ________ over Europe

Hegemony

When Germany remilitarised the Rhineland it was a ________ action taken without consulting other nations

Unilateral

Britain and France desperately tried to maintain the ________ ________ to avoid another global conflict

Status quo

The Hoare-Laval pact was a piece of secret ________ ________ that destroyed public trust in the League

Diplomatic maneuvering

The Nazi-Soviet Pact was shocking because of the deep ________ ________ between Fascism and Communism

Ideological divide

Instead of relying on the League countries began making ________ treaties directly with one another

Bilateral

Hitler rose to power as a ________ manipulating public anger over Versailles to gain support

Demagogue

Mussolini wanted Italy to achieve ________ meaning complete economic self-sufficiency

Autarky

The permanent members of the League Council had the power of ________ allowing them to block any action

Veto

The failure of the 1932 ________ Conference proved that no country was willing to reduce its military

Disarmament