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Modern History
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reparations | Fines that other countries have to pay if they lose a war |
| Reparations example | Germany had to pay 132 billion gold marks after losing WW1 |
| Aryans | People that are fair, blue-eyed, and blonde hair. |
| Aryans example | They are perceived by the Nazi party that they are the most racially pure race in the world. |
| Final solution | When the Nazi's only intention was to murder Jews. This was when they know they were going to lose the war so they decided to kill as many Jews as they could |
| Segregation | The legal separation of people based on race in America |
| Segregation example | The Jim Crow laws were put in place in the US to seperate black and white Americans. |
| Human rights | Rights to inherent to all human beings regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, religion etc. |
| Civil rights | Legal grant of right |
| Eugenics | Reproduction of people with certain traits to create a more desirable outcome/race. |
| Eugenics example | When "white Australian" believed they could breed out the Aboriginal race. |
| Propaganda | Information (in posters, ads, cartoons) that is mis-leading or biased to promote a certain view or political outcome |
| Propaganda example | In Germany, the poisonous mushroom was published, this promoted Jewish people as sneaky, ugly, fat and to rip German citizens off. This caused German people to form a dislike for Jewish people. |
| Hyperinflation | The rapid rise of general price that increases in the economy |
| Civil rights example | Martin Luther King promoting African American civil rights |
| Human rights example | When Emmett Till's death case did not have the right for a fair trial. |
| Fascism | a way of organising a society in which a government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government. |
| Fascism example | Hitler's Nazi Germany movement |
| What is the treaty of Versailles | A peace treaty that officially signified the end of World War One. |
| What was written in the treaty | Germany had to accept full responsibility for starting WW1. They had to pay back 132 billion gold marks. She had to hand over 13% of her land. Her colonies were taken away from her. Rhineland was suspended for 15 years. |
| How did the treaty contribute to WW2 | Because they had to pay so much money back It caused financial complications. Because their army had become so small so many jobs were lost which caused people to be angry and frustrated. |
| Who were the November Criminals | The German government who signed the peace treaty. The people that took full blame for starting WW1 |
| Why did Germany suffer hyperinflation | Because they had to pay so much in reparations that Germany just kept printing money which caused the value of money to go down. |
| Who were in the the big three for the treaty | David Lloyd George (UK), Woodrow Wilson (USA), Georges Clemenceau (France) |
| David Lloyd George | Germany to be justly punished, but not too harshly : Germany to lose its navy and colonies as these were a threat to Britain's own navy and empire : Germany and Britain to become trading partners |
| Woodrow Wilson | Ultimately wanted peace and wanted the league of nations. Because Germany did not destroy of effect USA, they did not care about harsh punishments |
| Georges Clemenceau | To cripple Germany so it couldn't attack France again : Wanted Germany broken down into smaller states (weakened). France was the most effected by Germany and Clemenceau suffered great pressure from France to make Germany pay. |
| Nazi Party beliefs | Only the strong survive, The Aryan race was the master race, Jews were racially the lowest form of life. Communists were hated. Hated the ‘November Criminals’, a stab in the back. |
| Lebensraum | Aryans needed more living room for its expanding population. This is a Nazi belief |
| How did the Nazi Party break the treaty | They created an airforce, they sent military forces into rhineland, refused to keep paying the reparations, they expanded their military. |
| What was the battle of Britain | 10 July - 31 October 1940. The Luftwaffe bombed |
| 5 ways Nazis treated Jewish people | |
| What was the bombing of Darwin | The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, on 19 February 1942 was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. |
| Battle of Britain | an air campaign launched in 1940 by the Royal Air Force to stop the Germans from achieving air superiority |
| Pearl Harbour | Surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 that resulted in the United States' entry into world war 2 |
| What is the league of nations | An international organisation formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations |
| Stalingrad | Soviet city where the German army was forced to surrender after a battle that lasted for months |
| Horishima | City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, in 1945 |
| D-day | Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944 |
| Blitzkrieg | German war tactic of surprise attacks by tanks and fighter planes |
| Dunkirk | port town in France from which a massive Allied evacuation took place in May 1940, when German forces conquered France Mass effort of British citizens to evacuate soldiers from the shores of France. |
| Operation Barbarossa | Germany's unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941-1942, which broke the non-aggression pact and ultimately led to the Soviet Union joining the Allies |
| Day of mourning | The Day of Mourning was a protest held by Aboriginal Australians on 26 January 1938, the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet, which marked the beginning of the colonisation of Australia. |
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