Antifascism, World War II, and the Rise of the Postwar Welfare State

Flashcards about Antifascism, World War II, and the Rise of the Postwar Welfare State

In 1933, __ rose to power in Germany and implemented a program that openly advocated fascism.

Adolf Hitler

Between 1914 and 1945, there was an overlapping of wars including wars between nations, class wars, racial wars, __ and national liberation wars.

antifascist

The European civil war had its origins in the collapse of the increasingly __ order that emerged out of the defeat of Napoleon.

liberal

The phrase __ can be traced back to the 1935 publication of German general Erich Ludendorff's World War I memoir.

total war

A __ was signed on August 23, 1939, as a neutrality agreement between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

Non-Aggression Pact

__ became a mass movement after June 1941, due to invasion of Soviet Union by Nazis.

Resistance to Nazi and Italian occupation

Villages established democratic governance systems under __ , but these systems had weaknesses and lacked gender equality.

EAM

The period of Hitler’s Germany (35-45), US and USSR had a common cause before the start of the Cold War, which was __ .

Nazism

The __ planned to destroy Western Civilization (or anything that had been built in the Age of Revolution).

Axis

The __ served as a legitimacy device for post-war governments.

myth of European resistance

Political, military, economic, and cultural figures were all considered __ during WWII.

collaborators

The German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, also known as the __ Pact - signed on August 23, 1939.

Molotov-Ribbentrop

__ refers to rural guerrilla bands of French and Belgian Resistance fighters during the German military administration in occupied France during World War II.

The Maquis

A __ is a state that is committed to providing basic economic security for its citizens by protecting them from market risks associated with old age, unemployment, accidents, and sickness.

welfare state

The term __ first emerged in the UK during World War II.

'welfare state'

The _ written in 1942, expressed the necessity of a more protective and redistributive State (UK).

Beveridge report

Eastern European countries before the 40s are defined as having a situation of __ economy.

neocolonial

After WW2, revolutions only happened in the Balkans but no other revolutionary __ regimes happened.

STALINIST

Post-war Soviet politics dictated that systems should continue under the __ alliance.

anti-fascist

__ is literally a creation of the Third World

Europe

In the 1950s and 1960s the __ declared imperialism a crime.

UN

French intellectuals start discrediting the idea of a __ .

mission civilisatrice

anti-imperialist policies came overwhelmingly from the international __.

Left

__ = continuation of colonial power relations after decolonization - through economic, political, and cultural means

Neocolonialism

The Great Slump of __ shook the entire dependent world.

29-33

Name one of the limited countries that were never colonized?

Thailand, Japan, Nepal, Liberia and Ethiopia

__ = 1st part of the world that liberated itself from colonialism.

Latin America

The wave of independence in latin america and caribbean was facilitated by weakening of __ .

Spain

The act against terrorism and sedition in 1919, caused __ to create a non violent model to bypass it.

India

The July 23 1952 coup by the __ = de facto independence in Egypt.

free officers

Nasser emerged from the __ Crisis a victor and a hero for the cause of Arab and Egyptian nationalism.

Suez

__ elite replaced a western elite ex: Kenya African National Union (KANU)

independent

The Pan-African Cultural Festival was held in Algiers, Algeria, in __ .

July 1969

1968 as the first __ revolt.

transcontinental

The world of the second half of the 20th century became __ .

urbanised

In dictatorial Latin American countries __ were the only bodies capable of collective political action.

students

Beginning in 1956, the __ bus boycott (started in late 1955 and occurred during all 1956).

Montgomery

End of the global 60s in the mid 70s due to changes in __ (oil crisis early 70s = global recession).

Economic

The students were not powerful enough and revolution was not necessarily desired by the _ .

proletariat

v. Board of Education (1954) = segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

Brown

In 1968 Democratic National Convention in __ - protests and clashes between police and demonstrators + war (and draft) at its peak

Chicago

On October, Tlatelolco massacre occurred in __ .

Mexico

May 1968 protests at __ University, by leftist groups calling for end of consumption society, Vietnam War, end of the old order.

Nanterre

Grenelle __ were consequenced of May 68.

agreements

Alexander Dubček becomes General Secretary of the __ Communist Party in January 1968.

Czechoslovak

May 1968 in __ Senegal - student protest in response to gov cutting in student fellowship.

Dakar

April 1960 revolution, occurred in __ .

South Korea

Potsdam conference (17 july 1945 – 2 August 1945) - Paris conference __ .

WW1

Ho-Sainteny agreement, called for a __ between Viet Minh and French forces in Indochina.

ceasefire

At the Defeat at __ battle in May 1954, french troops encircled, without any munitions forced to surrender.

Dien Bien Phu

Ngô Đình Diệm was described as having a __ turn.

dictatorial

Eisenhower declared that otherwise __ % would have voted for Hô Chi Minh.

80

In June 1963, a __ sets himself on fire to protest against Diem.

Buddhist monk

Under Kennedy __ troops disguised as military advisors to help train South Vietnamese army were sent.

15K

Gulf of __ Resolution august 1964 - Johnson claimed that North Vietnam attacked US, posed serious threat to US national security.

Tonkin

In October, the __ Massacre occurred, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State Shooting were the killing of four and wounding of nineunarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on the Kent State University campus.

Kent State

Homestead Act of __ provided free land to settlers in the western United States.

1862

Bandung __ - economic independence countries from former colonial powers - breaking away from colonial economic systems and structures.

Conference

Utilizing Low Wages and __ Intervention were aspects of the transition.

State

___ is signed, establishing the European Union (EU) as a new political and economic entity.

The Maastricht Treaty

After Stalin's death in 1953, __ emerged as the new leader of the Soviet Union.

Nikita Khrushchev

___ Era was marked by a period of stability and stagnation, characterized by a return to conservative policies and the suppression of dissent.

Brezhnev

After Krutshchev, __ became General Secretary in 1985 and initiated a series of reform policies known as perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness).

Gorbachev

In 1953, workers struck against Gov decision to increase work quotas without increasing wages at the __ uprising

Plzeň

The June 16-17th 1953 saw major constructions workers strikes in __.

Berlin

In February 1956 __ “On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences” occurred.

Krutshchev

The __ was a term assigned to the peaceful co-existence of the communist bloc with the capitalist block.

thaw

October 1956 pressure from USSR included Soviet troops placed near __ .

Warsaw

Over 2.5K hungarians died during the __ USSR invasion (4-10 November).

2nd

More liberal and consumer-friendly form of socialism in __ Communism .

Goulash

The Spring in __ Proves that the satellite of communist states in this region was maintained into being by state coercion or backed by the treath of Soviet intervention.

Prague

Eltsine opposed that August, which caused G to be reinstalled yet weakened politically.

coup

__ economic reforms included four modernizations.

China's

Since the 1980s Inequalities had better __ , but worse inside.

outside

Limiting government intervention and regulation allowed business owners and investors to run their businesses to __ profits for themselves and their stakeholders

maximize

Military coup 1973 = removed Socialist president __ in Chile.

Alliende

In the 1980’s there was __ of economic assets and wealth owned by public hand.

privatization

'There Is No Alternative' was a term expressed by __ .

Thatcher

Shock therapy was supported by __ parties in Eastern Europe

Political

__ 2000 = 77,5 % of banks owned by non-nationals.

Poland