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B WHII Unit 2 Test
Interwar Years
Treaty of Versailles | Ended World War I, but failed to keep peace in Europe |
Europe | continent that saw the most destruction during World War I |
League of Nations | Peace keeping organization that failed to keep peace after World War I |
Germany | European nation that was harshly punished after World War I |
Fascism | government with extreme nationalism and a dictator |
Italy | First fascist government was in ______ |
Benito Mussolini | Fascist dictator of Italy after World War I |
Nationalism | Mussolini used the economic depression after World War I and _____ to unite the Italian people. |
Black Shirt Army | Mussolini's army and group of supporters during the Interwar Years |
Roman Empire | Mussolini's goal was to restore the glory of the ancient _________ |
Ethiopia | Italy invades this African nation during the Interwar Years to show dominance and power. |
Reparations | Germany was forced to pay ____ to Allied Nations after World War I. |
Inflation | There was high ______ in Germany after World War I, which cased the value of paper money to decrease and prices to increase. |
Fascism | Type of government of Nazi Germany |
Adolf Hitler | leader of the NAZI Party and eventual leader of Germany during the 1930's |
True | True or False? Hitler used the economic downturn in Germany and nationalism to gain power and influence during the Interwar Years. |
Propaganda | media used to persuade people to believe a certain way |
Jews | People that were used a scapegoats by the Nazi Party and blamed for Germany's loss in World War I |
Anti-Semitism | Hatred of Judaism and followers known as Jews |
Poland | Eventually, Germany invades this neighboring nation and starts World War II |
Eliminate | Hitler and the Nazi Party worked to ____ Jews in stages throughout the 1930s-1940s. |
Pacific | Japan continued to build its' military capabilities and became a strong nation in Asia and the ______ |
Militarism | Japan's government type during the Interwar Years |
Hirohito | Emperor of Japan during the Interwar Years |
Hideki Tojo | Military General of Japan during the Interwar Years |
Oil | Major raw material Japan needed to expand and grow the military |
Manchuria | Northern China Area that Japan conquered and took for raw materials and natural resources, in addition to China, Korea, and Pacific Islands |
Communism | Type of government found in the USSR during the Interwar Years |
Joseph Stalin | After the death of Vladimir Lenin, this leader became dictator of the USSR |
5 Year Plan | Stalin's Policies that included the collectivization of individually owned farms and industries through the KGB |
KGB | USSR's secret police who used intimidation/force to make individuals give up their private property |
Great Purge | Stalin's orders to send "spies" to Northern Areas of USSR- Siberian work camps |
United States | In addition to Japan, this nation helped win World War I and had a decent economy after the war in the 1920s |
Credit | Buy now and pay later economic idea |
Unemployment | when people lose jobs |
Banks | where loans were given and then paid back, during the 1920's they were also investing in the stock market |
Black Tuesday | AKA- Stock Market Crash of 1929 |
Economic Downturn | Stock Market Crash of 1929 began the ______ in the United States and ultimately ushered in the era of the Great Depression. |
Dust Bowl | Drought and overproduction of crops in Midwest United States |
Worldwide | The Great Depression was a_________ economic crisis, not just an American issue. |
Tariff | Tax placed on foreign goods, that causes foreign product prices to increase |
Franklin Roosevelt | President during 1930 who initiated New Deal Programs to create jobs and build back the economy |