Social 20-1, Unit 4

Legacy

Those things that have been handed down to us from those who have gone before us

Woodrow Wilson

President of the United States at the end of WWI.

An academic, pacifist, and an idealist.

Shared Fourteen Points, in which he promoted internationalism over national interests such as nationalism.

Open Diplomacy, Free Trade, International Disarmament, Negotiation of Colonial Claims,

Settlement of European Borders

The key points of Fourteen Points

open diplomacy

diplomacy or negotiations between countries should be in public, not in secret.

free trade

trade between countries should be fair and equal.

international disarmament

the number of weapons each country has should decrease.

settlement of European borders

peaceful adjustment of European borders should be along the lines of nationality based on self-determination (the freedom of a nation to make its own decisions without outside influences from other countries, similar to sovereignty).

Negotiation of Colonial Claims

a peaceful settlement should be made regarding European colonies.

The League of Nations

An organization based on the Fourteen points, which has a goal to maintain world peace.

Formed with 23 members including Britain, France, and Canada, but the absence of U.S. weakened this

-Accept a settlement decide by a League of Nations panel of judges.

-Allow the League to discuss the problem for 6 months, which it would suggest an alternative solution.

Every member in the League of Nations have to promise that they would not go to war without doing one of the two things?

The aggressor nation would be shut out of world trade;

Trade sanctions or sanctions, or economic blockade. If those failed, a military action is suggested

What would happen if nations did not comply with the League of Nations?

Royal Union Flag

Was the flag under which Canadian troops fought during World War I

Official Colours 1921

-King George V proclaimed red and white as Canada's official colours

-Canada now had its own colours to distinguish it as an independent entity i the British Commonwealth

Chanak Crisis 1922

-Britain expected Canada to join Britain in a conflict over an area called Chanak in Turkey

-Canadian PM Mackenzie King sidestepped Britain's request by insisting that the decision to go to war had to be debated in Canada's parliament

By the time the debate was finished, so was the issue with Turkey

Halibut Treaty 1923

-A Canadian-American agreement was signed concerning fishing rights in the North Pacific Ocean

-Britain wanted to sign the treaty along with Canada, but PM Mackenzie King argued that the matter was the concern of Canada and the US

scapegoat

an individual or group blamed for something when the fault actually lies elsewhere

Nazism

Ideology of the National Socialist Party of Germany whose leader was Adolf Hitler

Inflation

Persistent increase in the level of consumer prices together with a persistent decline in the purchasing power of money

Isolationism

A policy of non-involvement in international affairs

Expansionism

A nation's practice or policy of territorial or economic growh

Fascism

A single-party dictatorship that is intensely nationalistic, anti-communist, and militaristic

Indoctrinate

To teach someone to systematically accept other people's opinions without backup reasons or questions

Holocaust

The planned, systematic destruction of European Jews and others by the Nazis during WWI

Ultranationalism

Extreme nationalism, especially when opposed to international cooperation

Communism

The political, social, and economic system of certain countries in which state, governed by a single party without formal opposition, owns all property, controls the production, and distribution of goods and services, and, to a great extent, controls the social and cultural life of people

Genocide

The planned, systematic destruction of a certain group of people

Autonomy

Independent of the laws of another state or government

Authoritarianism

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator and promotes strict obedience to the authority of a state or organization

To keep the US free from foreign entanglements

Why did the American government rejected the Versailles Treaty?

To justify large reparation payments from Germany

"The Allied and Associated Governments affirm, and Germany accepts, the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage as a consequence of the war."

State the purpose of the treaty clause above.

The increase of popular support for the Nazi Party in Germany

During the 1930s, one of the results of the Great Depression in Europe was

Canada was given dominion status n equal footing with Britain

What was the essential autonomy issue for Canada in the Statute of Westminster in 1931?

Chanak Crisis

Canada's electoral system was changed to representation by population

Halibut Treaty

The first treaty negotiated and signed independently by the Canadian Government

The US provided loans to Germany

The action completed by the US to assist European economies through Dawes Plan

Dawes Plan

Ensures that the struggle of payments of reparations from Germany was solved

Speculation in the belief that prices would continue to rise

One reason for the rapid rise in the price of stocks during the late 1920s was?

The crash of the NY stock market

The event that triggered the worldwide Depression of the 1930s was

Kristallnacht

The night Nazi thugs in Germany smashed Jewish businesses and property

Anschluss

Hitler's plan to "unite" Germany with Austria

Isolationism

"Faced by the responsibility of the leadership in the world, such as had never come to any nation, America backed out of the room, frightened and stammering."

-The writer of this statement is most likely being critical of the American policy of?

Rise of fascism Germany

The harsh conditions imposed by he Treaty of Versailles after WWI helped initiate what?

Form of authoritarianism that glorified the state above the individual

Fascism in Europe during the Interwar Period is best described as?

Destroy the Treaty of Versailles

Which of Hitler's promises appealed most to Germans in the 1930s?

Authoritarian control and a strong sense of nationalism prevailed

The characteristic of France under Napoleon's rule and of Germany under Hitler's rule

United States

The operations of the League of Nations were weakened because of the absence of?

Canada was able to sign the Versailles Treaty as a nation separate from Britain

The action that reveals the international recognition of Canada's autonomy after WWI?

A nation in crisis, a need for social change, and an idealized past

Fascist regimes promotes these ideas

a population desperate for a solution to poverty, an efficient propaganda system

When Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in 1933, he inherited two things, which are?

he began to rearm Germany or demilitarize and stopped paying reparations

Two factors that Hitler used to improve the German economy, which were also a violation of the Versailles Treaty?

An example of Nazi Germany ultranationalism

"One One people, one empire, one leader"

Accusation of a conspiracy of Jews and Communists keeping Germany in its misery

An example of Nazi German ultra nationalism