Interwar Years How did nationalism affect Asia and the Middle East in the 1920’s and 1930’s? What led to worldwide economic depression after WWI? How did dreams of empire affect the actions of Japan? What led to the rise of totalitarian dictators in Europe after WWI?
China May 4th Movement- China’s movement against foreign Imperialism Chiang Kai-shek- leaders of Kuomintang Mao Zedong- led the Long March, leader of Communist Party
India Amritsar Massacre- British soldiers open fire on India demonstrators Mohandas Gandhi- Civil Disobedience, Ahimsa- Non violence
Middle East Kemal Ataturk- Father of the Turks Reza Khan- Overthrew the shah of Persia, changed name to Iran
US Economy Consumer Goods- Automobile to vacuum cleaners Buying on the Margin- Buying stock with credit Speculation- buying high risk stock to gain a quick profit Unequal Distribution of Wealth- Top 1% Credit- Buying now pay back later Black Tuesday- Stock market Crash Unemployment Herbert Hoover- Laissez-Faire Franklin Roosevelt- New Deal John Maynard Keynes- New Economic Theory
Worldwide Depression Debt Reparations Unemployment Inflation Bank Closures Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Quiz Choose 5 Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong Long March Amritsar Massacre Mohandas Gandhi Kemal Ataturk Credit Black Tuesday Great Depression Franklin Roosevelt Herbert Hoover New Deal John Maynard Keynes
How did dreams of empire affect the actions of Japan? Japanese Imperialism How did dreams of empire affect the actions of Japan?
Japanese Imperialism 1929- The Great Depression hits Japan 1931 Japan takes control of Manchuria 1933 Japan withdraws from the League of Nations 1934 Japan announces it will no longer submit limits on its navy 1936 Japan signs agreement with Germany 1937 Japanese troops kill hundreds of thousands of civilians in Nanjing 1940 Japan attempts to expand its power in Asia by proposing an economic alliance with Asian nations.
What led to the rise of totalitarian dictators in Europe?
Totalitarian Governments Political The state is more important than individuals The government is controlled by a single political party A powerful dictator unites the people and the government Social The government controls all aspects of daily life Secret police use terror and violence to enforce government policies Citizens are denied basic rights and liberties Economic The government controls businesses and directs the national economy Labor and business are used to fulfill the objectives of the state
Benito Mussolini Fascism- Extreme nationalism, Nation above individual needs March on Rome Totalitarianism Ethiopia- Haile Selassie
Joseph Stalin Totalitarian State 5 Year Plans Collectivization- execution and Siberia Great Purge
Adolf Hitler Postwar Germany Weimar Republic Inflation Nazi Party 1923 Coup Mein Kampf 1933 Hitler named chancellor Anti-Semitism Nuremberg Laws Kristallnacht