Transcript The Collapse of the Old Order, 1929-1949

The Collapse of the
Old Order,
1929-1949
Chapter 29
Lecture
After World War I
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A “fake” normalcy takes place globally.
The economy like a house built on
quicksand…looked good but was about to
collapse.
The 1929 Stock Market crash sparks the
largest depression the world has ever seen.
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This depression coupled with the resentment left
from The Versailles Treaty lead to the rise of
fascists dictators.
The Stalin Revolution
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Russia underwent 2 revolutions in
the past chapter
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Over threw the Czar Nicholas II
Brought Communism under Lenin’s
leadership
Later Joseph Stalin will replace Lenin
after his death
Five Year Plans
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Stalin wanted to turn the
USSR into an
industrialized country so
that the Communist Party
and the country is
strengthened.
Collectivization of farm
land left many peasants
penniless and under
government control.
Stalin’s Plans Desolate Russia
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public and secret police
Stalin used terror
organization of the
tactics and the NKVD
Soviet
Union
to protect his power
and squash any
opposition.
The Great Purge is an
example of the terror
of Stalinist Russia.
**Know how women were affected by Stalinist Russia
The Depression
 “Black
Thursday” occurs on October
24, 1929
How the Depression Spreads Globally
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The United States calls in loans from
Germany and Austria
Germany and Austria now cannot pay war
reparations to France and Great Britain.
Great Britain and France now can not
repay loans to the U.S.
It is a circular problem!
Germany and Japan
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Both countries suffer the most during the
Depression.
They do not recover as easily as the U.S.,
Britain, and France.
This leads to more resentment and paves
the way for radical leaders to emerge.
Adolf Hitler
Admiral Yamamoto
Fascism Rises
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This ideology is based on nationalism, anticommunist sentiment, and expansion.
There are elements of communism, such
as a one party state and a totalitarian rule
but fascism and communism are opposing
ideologies.
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Benito Mussolini in Italy
Adolf Hitler in Germany
**Know the Italian Fascist slogan
Hitler’s Mein Kampf Goals
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1st :repeal the humiliation
felt by the war guilt clause
and military restrictions
caused by the Versailles
Treaty.
2nd :expand Germany
Lebensraum (living space)
3rd :to eliminate the Jewish
problem.
Road to War, 1933-1939
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In 1933 Hitler withdrawals from the League
of Nations.
Next step, build up the German Army
Begin invading German speaking countries
so that all German speakers are united.
When Hitler invades Poland, the Second
World War begins!
Know the British and French response to Hitler’s actions and what policy they
practiced.
Japan
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When Japan invades China in the SinoJapanese War the united states and the
League of Nations denounce Japan.
Japan uses extremely cruel and ruthless
tactics against the Chinese.
This builds even more resentment against
the United States, resulting in Pearl Harbor!
**Understand what happens in China during the Japanese invasion
and post war China
World War II Technology
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Radar
Antibiotics
Synthetic
Rubber
Nuclear
Weapons
The Holocaust
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Nazi Germany embarks on a policy of
persecution of Jews and others deemed
inferior or a national threat.
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Disabled and mentally ill
Gay men
Freemasons and Jehovah’s Witness
Political activists
Christians
Nazis force thousand of Jews to emigrate.
They then went one step further by isolating
Jews in conquered territories by forcing them
into ghettos
The Taking of the Jews to the
Ghettos
Hitler’s “Final Solution”
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Nazi’s unleash killing squads
and ship Jews and others to
concentration camps.
 The “Final Solution”
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eradicate the entire Jewish population that the
extermination camps were built and the mass
slaughter of Jews began.
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results in the death of 6 million Jews.