Dictators and Depression

These flashcards cover key concepts from the lecture notes on Dictators and the Great Depression, focusing on terms and definitions related to the League of Nations, Fascism, Nazi Germany, and the economic impact of the Great Depression.

League of Nations

An international organization created to maintain world peace, though it was flawed and ineffective.

Strengths of the League

Members promised to keep peace, created a World Court, could condemn wrongful acts, and offered settlement for international disputes.

Weaknesses of the League

Lacked US membership, required unanimous approval for decisions, only members were bound by council decisions, and had no army to enforce decisions.

Fascism in Italy

A political system led by Benito Mussolini, who founded the National Fascist Party and ruled Italy as 'il Duce'.

Haile Selassie

The ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) who appealed to the League of Nations during Italy's invasion.

Nazi Germany

The regime under Adolf Hitler, characterized by extreme nationalism and the oppressive policies of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.

Hitler’s Domestic Policy

Included state terror through secret police, economic recovery by rearmament, censorship of anti-Nazi literature, and the Nuremberg Laws targeting Jews.

The Great Depression

A worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929, causing massive unemployment and a cycle of reduced spending.

Herbert Hoover

The U.S. President blamed for the Great Depression, known for his policies of subsidiarity and the existence of homeless communities termed 'Hoovervilles'.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

Elected in 1932, he introduced the New Deal to address the economic crisis of the Great Depression.

New Deal

A series of government programs implemented by FDR aimed at economic recovery, regulating financial systems, and creating jobs.