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Start of Soviet Union
Fall of the Soviet Union
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Versailles Treaty
TREATY OF VERSAILLES, 1919
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace agreement signed after World War One. It forced Germany to concede its territories and Germany had to accept complete responsibilities for causing World War One. -
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The Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic 1919-1933 The Weimar Republic is the name given by the historians to the parliamentary in Germany to replace their imperial form of government. Under the Weimar Republic, Germany was divided into 19 states, where all citizens had the right to vote. Also under the republic, Germany was a true democracy. -
Mussolini takes over
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politican, journalist and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as prime minister. He ruled until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictaroship. Mussolini was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism.
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Beer Hall Putsch,
It was Hitlers attempt to overthrow the Weimar government of Ebert and establish a nationalist governemnt instead of that one. To the nationalists in germany this was an admittance of guilt.
<ahref='http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/beer_hall_putsch_of_1923.htm' >The Beer Hall Putsch of 1923</a> -
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is an autobiographical manifesto by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany.
<ahref='http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Adolf_Hiter_Mein_Kampf.htm' >Mein Kampf</a> -
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Great Depression
On Black Tuesday, the stock market crashed, triggering the Great Depression, the wrost economic collapse in the hisotry of modern industrial world. It spread from the United States to the rest of the world.
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Italy invades Ethopia, and response of league of nations and Japans invasion of manchuria
An armed conflict resulted in Ethopias subjection to the Italian rule. This is oneof the ways world war 2 was triggered. The war demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations when League decisions were not supported by the great powers. Japan invaded Manchuria becuase it was getting crowded.
<ahref='http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/297461/Italo-Ethiopian-War' >Italo-Ethiopian War</a>
<ahref='http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/manchuria_1931.htm' >Manchuria 1931</a -
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Rise of Totalitarianism- Fascism, Nazism, Communism
Communism is based on common ownership of the means of production. Fasicsm states that the government has complete control over peoples lives. Nazism is a dictorship where the government has complete control over its people and products.
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Hitler becomes Chancellor
President Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist German Workers Part, as chancellor of Germany. The year had seen Hitler's meteoric rise to prominence in Germany, spurred largely by the German people's frustration with dismal economic conditio and the harsh peace terms of the Versailles treaty.
Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany -
Reichstag Fire
This is where the German parliament buliding was burned down due to arson. The government thought it was a part of a Communist effort to otherthrow the state. Using constitutional powers, Hitlers cabinet had issued a decree for the protection of german people. This decree authorized the police to ban political meetings and marches. <ahref='http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007657' >THE REICHSTAG FIRE</a> -
Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremburg laws were laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of "German or related blood.They were laws that helped define someone who was a jew.
<ahref='http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007695' >THE NUREMBERG RACE LAWS</a> -
Munich Conference
Was during which the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia.
<ahref='http://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206473.pdf' >Munich Conference </a> -
Sudetenland/Appeasement
Appeasement is giving someone what they want. in 1938 hitler threatened war. Chamberlain persuaded the Czechs to hand over the Sudetenland. But when he met Hitler again, hitler gave more demands, and Chamberlain refused to give it to him. Britain and France gave the Sudetenland to Germany. They gave the bully what he wanted.
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Kristallnacht
Is refered to as the "Night of Broken Glass." This is where, Nazis burned down synagogues and destroyed some 7000 Jewish bussinesses.
<ahref='http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005201' >KRISTALLNACHT: A NATIONWIDE POGROM, NOVEMBER 9–10, 1938</a> -
Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact
This pact was between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. By signing this pact, Germany had protected itself from having to fight a two-front war in the soon-to-begin World War II; the Soviet Union was awarded land, including parts of Poland and the Baltic States.
<ahref='http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/nonaggression.htm' >The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact</a> -
Invasion of Poland
Invasion of Poland by Germnay and the Soviet Unionmarked the beginning of World War 2 in Europe. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
<ahref='http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070' >INVASION OF POLAND, FALL 1939</a> -
Stalin gains power
Stalin conducted activities for the Bolshevik party for 12 years before the Russian Revolution of 1917. After being involved in that, Stalin took military leadership positions in the Russian Civil War. Stalin was very close to Lenin, who saw him as a loyal follower. Joseph Stalin gain power after he was elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party where he dismissed all his political rivals and replaced with his.
joesph Stalin
