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39 Cards in this Set
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Why was the transition between WWI and WWII difficult?
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1. Economic Weakness
2. Political instability 3. Moral decay |
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What were government handouts in Britain?
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Doles
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Who's actions lead to the rise of a welfare state?
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Ramsey McDonald
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Britain gave independence to what three countries?
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Egypt, Ireland and India
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What established the British Commonwealth and gave equal status under the crown of England?
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Statue of Westminster
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What country had heavier losses in life and property but had better economic recovery?
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France
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What factors showed that France was unstable?
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1. 40 prime ministers in 20 years.
2. Discontented radical groups gained control. 3. Leon Blum gained control as radical prime minister. |
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What was an underground chamber on the border between France and Germany?
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Maginot Line
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What country wanted to return to isolationism?
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United States
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What happened in October 1929?
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Great Depression
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Who was blamed for the Great Depression?
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Hoover
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What did the New Deal propose?
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Subsidies for farmers, Employment for the unemployed and underemployed and regulation of the stock exchange.
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What characteristics were used to est totalitarian states?
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Propaganda, secret police, emphasis on goals, State control, and one pol. system.
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Who attempted to suppress revolutionary ideas with censorship?
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Alexander III
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Who was the last Czar?
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Nicholas II
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What two parts were was the Social Democratic Party divided into?
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Mensheviks (peaceful change)
Bolsheviks (violent change) |
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In what event did Workers march on Czar's winter palace open firing?
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Bloody Sunday
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What promised the constitutional government free speech and a national assembly.
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October Manifesto
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What three events were a prelude to the revolution in Russia?
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Russo-Japanese War, Bloody Sunday and Oct Manifesto
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Who tried to restrict the power of the Duma?
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Czar
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Who seized power in 1917 becoming the leader of the Bolsheviks?
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Nickolai Lenin
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Why was Lenin's takeover successful?
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Russia's desire for the end of WWI, Desertion of over 2 million Russian Soldiers and failure of the provisional government to solve economic problems.
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Who organized Red Army?
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Leon Trotsky
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What did Lenin set up to implement pure communism?
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War Communism
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What was Lenin's retreat from communism to rescue the economy and save the country?
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New Economic Policy (NEP)
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When did Lenin die and who came to power after his death?
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1924; Stalin
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What was the goal of Stalin's 5 year plan?
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build up production and collectivize agriculture.
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Why did Stalin est Cominterm?
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to start communist parties in other countries and stir up discontent and revolutions.
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What is Facism?
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Business privately owned but controlled by government, highly nationalistic, military dictatorship openly governing facists states and it glorified the state.
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What is Communism?
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Government owns and controls business, seeks a classless international society, deceptively emphasizes "dictatorship of proletariat" and teaches the state will fade away.
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How did Mussolini gain power in Italy?
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Italy's disappointment from WWI and landowners fear of a communist revolution.
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What was Mussolini's title?
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IL Duce
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What was Mussolini's main goal?
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make Italy economically self-sufficient.
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Who recognized Mussolini's Lateran Treaties?
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the Pope
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What helped in preparation for the rise of Hitler?
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Weakness of Weimar Republic
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Who helped the Nazis obtain power?
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Storm troopers (SA)
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What was an Elite group set up to protect Hitler?
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Defense Detachments (SS)
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What was the goal of Hitler's first Four Year Plan?
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End unemployment through massive rearmament and public works programs.
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What was the goal of Hitler's second Four Year Plan?
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Make German economy self sufficient
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