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Weimar Republic
A German democratic state that suffered from economic problems.
Political
This replaced Imperial Germany after WW1 -
Reparations
Payments that Germany had to pay for starting WW1
Economic
These payments put Germany in massive debt. -
Lenin
Took over Russia, introduced the New Economic Policy.
Political
Lenin and the communists created the Soviet Union -
New Economic Policy
Peasants were allowed to sell their produce openly. -
Adolf Hitler
Chancellor of Germany, rose to power, and HATED JEWS.
Political
Created Nazism and wanted people to be Aryan because he view them as the perfect person. -
The Soviet Union
Lenin and the communist create a new state called the USSR or Soviet Union.
Political
It was a new state -
Inflation
The value of money goes down
Economic
Germany suffered from inflation, making their money almost useless. -
Benito Mussolini
Italian Prime Minister, who started the first fascist movement. Created a Fascist dictatorship.
Political
He began fascism in Italy. -
Fascism
Glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central governemnt led by a dictorial rule.
Political
The government controls the people and stifles any oppisition. -
Ruhr Valley invaded
France was mad that Germany couldn't make payments, so they sent troops to the Ruhr Valley.
Military
They invaded the Ruhr Valley, and that requires a military. -
Joseph Stalin
The Stalin Era was the beginning of economic, social, and political revolutions.
Politcal and Economic
He started a new form of governemnt, and made economic plans for the future. -
Dawes Plan
American Banker came up with a plan to reduce reparations.
Economic
This plan helped solve the economic problems. -
Heinrich Himmler
Led the SS, the secret police force, and the regular police.
Military
Had control over the police forces -
Treaty of Locarno
Treaty of Locarno garunteed Germany's new western borders with France and Belgium.
Social
New borders for each country, allowing more travel. -
Five Year Plans
Economic goals for five year periods.
Economic
Their purpose was to transform Russia from an agricultural into an industrial country. -
Collectivization.
A system in which private farms were eliminated.
Economical
The government owned all of the land, and the peasants worked it. -
Nazi Party
A new political group created by Hitler that claimed to help Germany out of its economic depressions.
Political
Said they would help Germany's economy -
The Great Depression
In October 1929, the stock market crashed and stock prces plunged.
Economic
This was the beginning of the economic problems America and Europe suffered. -
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The Great Depression
The stock market crashed, and this caused economic trouble all over the world. -
Concetration Camps
The Nazis would send Jews here to either work them to death or straight up kill them
Social
People were sent and lived there -
New Deal
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt made a policy of active government economic intervention
Economic
Roosevelt shut down the banks to prevent people from withdrawing more money. -
Enabling Act
This law gave the governemnt the power to ignore the constitution for four years.
Political
This allwoed Hitler to do whatever he wanted without approval of the president -
The Nazi State
Hitler believed the perfect person would be Aryan. Hitler wanted his empire to be tolitarian and used terror to enforce that.
Social
Hitler wanted to only have the perfect type of person in his empire. -
Nuremberg Laws
These laws defined who was a Jew
Social
Told others who and wasn't a Jew. -
Nuremberg Party Rallies
The Nazis used mass demonstrations and spectacles to make German people an instrment in Hitler's policies.
Political
Hitler used propaganda to get the German people to support him -
Kristallnacht
The night of shattered glass, the Nais burned 7000 Jewish businesses, and killed 100, and sent 30,000 Jews to concentration camps.
Military
The Nazis attacked Jewish property and killed and captured them -
Francisco Franco
The dictator of Spain, helped Spain win the Spanish Civil War.
Political
He created a dictatorship in Spain and ruled until his death. -
Schutzstaffeln
An important force for maintaining order and they controlled all police forces.
Militarism
They were used as police and security. -
Auschwitz
A concentration camp that was infamous for killing many Jews. They also tortured and did medical expirements on them.
Social
There were thousands of Jews here and many of them died. -
Japan Bombings
The United States launched atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing 190,000 people
Military
U.S. launched these attacks to get Japan to surrender.