Unit 5 - The Interwar Years (Lewis)

Who were the leader of the Chinese Nationalists and the Communists?

Nationalists: Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai Shek)

Communists: Mao Zedong

What was the Long March?

A 6,000 mile march for the Chinese Communists to escape the Nationalists

What stopped the Chinese Civil War in 1937?

Mao and Jiang united to fight Japan rather than fighting each other.

What changes did Kemal Ataturk bring to Turkey?

He turned Turkey into a modern nation. He led to advances in industry, education, and other fields. He made Turkey non religious

What methods of protest did Gandhi use in India?

Nonviolence toward living things.

Civil Disobedience: refusal to follow unjust laws

What was the Amritsar Massacre?

It helped convince many Indians to rid themselves of British rule. The British killed 400 unarmed men, women, and children.

What is the Salt March? How were boycotts used by Indians against the British?

Gandhi and his followers marched to the Indian Ocean to make salt. They boycotted British salt and cloth

Why did the Japanese invade Manchuria? Who did they compare their Imperialism to?

Many in the Japanese army believed that Manchuria's natural resources would free Japan from the West. ---They compared themselves to Great Britain.

What were the "3 doors" or options Japan had to deal with its growing population?

1st: Leave Japan- but it was blocked by

anti-immigration laws

2nd: Trade- but it was blocked by tariffs

3rd: Expansion- Imperialism

What was the "Rape of Nanjing" or "Nanjing Massacre?"

The Japanese raped, murdered, and killed 300,000 in 6 weeks. They were especially brutal to Chinese soldiers.

What are 5 causes of the worldwide depression?

World War I debts,

Allied Powers in debt,

high interest rates,

buying on margin,

protectionism (cut off trade),

banks closing,

rising prices in stock market

What are 5 causes of the stock market crash of 1929?

Increased speculation in the stock market (more people were buying stocks),

stock prices were at unrealistic levels,

increasing consumer reliance on credit,

declining consumer spending,

struggling businesses

Which country was hurt MOST by the Great Depression?

Germany

High unemployment

Inflation

Physical destruction from the war

Mohandas Gandhi

This was a leader of the Indian independence movement in mid-20th century known for his nonviolent protests.

Boycott

When the Indians refused to use British cloth or British products.

Salt March

Gandhi led a march over 240 miles to sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India

Civil Disobedience

The deliberate refusal to obey an unjust law is called this.

Balfour Declaration (1917)

A document issued by the British that supported the creation of a Jewish state as long as the rights of the Palestinians were protected.

Mao Zedong

(1893-1976) Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists. Established China as the People's Republic of China and ruled from 1949 until 1976.

Jiang Jieshi

(1887-1975) Leader of the Guomindang, or Nationalist Party in China. Fought to keep China from becoming communist, and to resist the Japanese during World War II.

Turkey was created from what former empire after WWI?

Ottoman Empire

Buying on Margin (stock market)

paying a small percentage of a stock's price (10% for example) as a down payment and borrowing the rest