Lesson #5 between the wars

1. OGT Buckledown Lesson 5
Between
the
Wars

2. Many Germans believed their leaders
had betrayed them by signing an unfair
treaty to end WWI.
Germany had to;
1. Pay war damages.
2. Give away colonies.
3. Reduce territory in
Europe.
4. Disarm.
5. Prohibited from
rebuilding a military.

3. What was the U.S. foreign policy
following WWI?
 American people and Congress did not
want any involvement in world affairs,
except for trade.

4. Europe begins to fall to totalitarian
regimes.
 When the German
economy collapsed
Germans became
desperate.
 They looked to Adolf
Hitler leader of the
Nazi party to save the
country.

5. Hitler’s control of Germany
 Used secret police to place all aspects of
citizen life under their control.
 Reminded Germans of the humiliating
WWI defeat.
 Promised to make Germany strong again.

6. Hitler’s control of Germany
 Hitler believed that
German people belonged
to a superior race,
Aryans , who were the
rightful rulers of the world.
 Began a campaign of
persecution and
harassment of German
Jews.

7.  Italy saw a solution to Italy
its economic problems
in the Fascist party.
 Fascist party was led by
dictator Benito
Mussolini.
 Mussolini made all
other political parties
illegal.

8. Great Depression swept over the
world.
 Fascists and Nazis gained followers.
 By 1932 the Nazi party was the strongest
political party in Germany.
 Hitler became chancellor.
 Within a year, Hitler was the absolute ruler of
Germany.
 Began to build up army to extend territory.

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10. Effects of the Great Depression on
Industrialized Europe.
 The economies of Europe were tied to the
United States economy.
 Lowered demand for goods resulted in
lower production and widespread
unemployment.
 Many businesses failed.

11. How did countries deal with the
depression?
Italy
Germany Spain
Japan

12. Dictators gave rise to militarist
states.
 Supported strong national armies and
police to crush dissent and extend the
borders of their empires.

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14. The Russian Revolution
 Caused by dissatisfaction with government
CZAR
policies.
 Serfs lived on the nobles land.
Russian
Nobles
 By 1700 serfs were little better than slaves.
 They lived in poverty and had little opportunity for
Russian Serfs
education of any kind.

15. Causes of the Russian Revolution
 1890 people were starving due to bad
harvests.
 Workers in cities were dissatisfied with
rising industrialization.
 Workers began to form unions.

16. Causes continued
 In 1917 Worker strikes, public anger over
impending military defeat food shortages,
and economic collapse made Russia ripe
for Revolution.
 Czar Nicholas II had no support.
 Forced out of office.
 Imprisoned.
 Shot to death along with his whole family.

17. Karl Marx
 Argued that worker control of society
would lead to greater fairness and
eventual end of the need for government.
 Marxists est. the Russian Social
Democratic Labor Party in 1898.
 Party split into two groups.
 Bolsheviks- Communists.
 Mensheviks

18. New Government in Russia
 Government attempted to bring order to
society and improve conditions for
workers.
 Policies were unsuccessful.
 Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin took over
the government.
 Lenin pulled Russia out of WWI.

19. Russia signed peace treaty with
Germany.
 The treaty gave away much of Russia’s
resources and industries, as well as some
of its rich land, to the Germans.
 In 1922 the Bolsheviks created the USSR
 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

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21. Colonial Rebellion in Asia and
Middle East
 Following WWI Burma, Indochina, and
Indonesia began to seek independence.
 Desire for self-rule created the National
Indonesian Party in 1927.
 Will not have complete independence for
several decades.

22. India Independence movement
 Mohandas Gandhi urged people for 15
years to resist the government
nonviolently.
 The British government created the
Government in India Act in 1935.
 This act gave Indians a voice in the
government and est. providences governed
only by Indians.

23. Middle East
 Many countries in the Middle East
expected freedom following WWI because
they supplied the Allies with Oil during the
war.
 In 1922 Britain allowed an Arab prince to
become king of Iraq.
 The same year Egypt won its independence.
 Iran was taken over in 1925.
 Saudi Arabia was established in 1932.

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