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Interwar years 1918-
rise of dictatorships
Question | Answer |
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This is an organization created at the end of WWI and designed to prevent wars in the future. | League of Nations |
What country refused to join the League of Nations because of isolationism? | USA |
Why was the League of Nations unable to control the behavior of countries? | They had no power to enforce their decisions. |
In the interwar years England was most concerned with ______ | social unrest at home |
France tried to eliminate any threat from Germany by building the _____ | Maginot Line |
The period in America after WWI and before the Great Depression was called the ________ | Roaring Twenties |
The invention and widespread popularity of radio and movies led the development of _________ in America. | mass culture |
The process when people move from farms to cities to work in factories is called _______ | industrialization |
The biggest economic difficulty facing Germany after WWI was ________ | hyperinflation |
Many Germans blamed the loss of WWI to this. | "The Stab in the Back" |
According to the Nazis, the stab in the back was carried out by _______ | Jews and Communists |
Hyperinflation, economic depression, and resentment over this treaty were all issues the Nazis used to gain power in Germany | Versailles |
Hitler used this method to take the office of Chancellor of Germany. | democratic elections |
This philosophy called for a powerful state and an all powerful leader. | Fascism |
This philosophy called for a powerful state, an all powerful leader and racism. | Nazism |
Fascists and Nazis were not afraid to use this against their political enemies. | political violence |
The Fascist leader of of Germany was | Adolf Hitler |
The Fascist leader of of taly was | Benito Mussolini |
Fascists were helped by Germany and Italy in the civil war that took place here in the 1930's | Spain |
A basically Fascist nation growing in power in Asia in the 1930's was _____ | Japan |
The Fascist leader of Japan was an army general called _______ | Tojo |
The 1930's saw a civil war between communists and nationalists in this Asian country. | |
After WWI, Germany was governed by the | Weimar Republic |
Wealth is _________ | things that can be used to achieve desires |
When people are afraid they often make decisions that are _______. | stupid |
The Weimar Republic finally solved the hyperinflation problem by ___ | issuing a new kind of money and destroying all the old Marks |