chapter 28: the west between wars and great depression

what did the eighteenth amendment prohibit?

alcohol sales

what did the 19th amendment allow?

women right to vote

what 2 new “things” did FDR enact?

* public works administration
* social security administration

what is meant by the “gold standard”?

enough gold to back up the amount of money in the banks

name 3 causes of the great depression

* deficit spending
* buying on margin
* lack of Gold standard

when did black tuesday happen? (specific date)

10/29/1929

what flattened the economy in Germany? what did this lead to?

* reconstruction and reparations
* unemployment

what three “things” did france give its workers?

* collective bargaining
* 40hr work week
* minimum wage

what did great Britain allow?

deficit spending

in the United States industrial production fell by what percent?

50%

what was the percentage of unemployment?

25%

what would bring the USA and other European countries out of the great depression?

WWII

in Italy who would overthrow Victor Emmanuel?

Benito Mussolini

What type of a government would be set up?

fascist government

What stopped total control of fascism?

catholic church

what did Vladimir Lenin embrace after ditching communism?

capitalism

Who became leader of the USSR after lenin?

Joseph Stalin

What event catapulted Hitler to the national stage?

Beer Hall prutsch

What book did hitler write?

Mein Kampf

Who did Hitler blame for WWI?

Jews

What were the 2 Aryan qualities that Hitler found desirable?

blonde hair, blue eyes

What happened to the Jews in Hitler’s germany?

killed/concentration camps