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A temporary government.
Provisional Government
Add territory to ones own territory.
Annex
Name 2 countries that were dissolved because of the geopolitical shifts?
printing too much money =
money becomes worthless
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
The 1919 Treaty of Versailles contributed to WWII by imposing harsh punitive measures on Germany, fostering extreme resentment, economic collapse, and a desire for revenge.
One of the local representative councils formed in Russia after the downfall of Czar Nicholas II.
Soviet
Extremely rapid, often out of control price increases. Can exceed 50% per month and destroy a currencies value and wipe out savings.
Hyperinflation
Where was Adolf Hitler born?
Austria
Hyperinflation =
prices rise extremely fast, money loses value
What was the War Guilt clause in the Treaty of Versailles?
Forced Germany to accept full responsibility for WWI, causing deep humiliation and resentment.
A government control over every aspect of public and private life.
Totalitarianism
Major changes in the global distribution of power, influence, and alliances among nations.
Geopolitical Shifts
What was the political group that Hitler joined in 1919?
the DAP
When hyperinflation hit Germany what happened with the price of bread?
A loaf of bread went from 250 marks → 200 billion marks or from 1 USD to 45 USD
The crippling financial debt ($33 billion) crippled the German economy, causing hyperinflation and contributing to the failure of the Weimar Republic was called ____________
Reparations
An economic system in which the government makes all economic decisions.
Command Economy
An extreme right-wing, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, and the forcible suppression of opposition.
Fascism
Why was Hitler arrested?
He and his followers stormed a beer hall, this was seen as treason.
How was the Great Depression different from hyperinflation?
People had no money in the Great Depression. They had too much money that was worthless when hyperinflation hit Germany.
What territorial losses did Germany suffer because of the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany lost 13% of its European territory and all overseas colonies, including vital industrial land like the Saarland and the Polish Corridor, which severed East Prussia.
A deliberate and public refusal to a obey law considered unjust.
Civil Disobedience
Name 5 new countries that were created in the geopolitical shifts because of the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles?
Poland, Latvia, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania, and the USSR
How did Hitler become leader of Germany?
Some say he was an influential speaker. Paul Von Hindenburg named him chancellor. When Hindenburg died Hitler took his place.
When did the Great Depression begin?
In 1929 during the stock market crash.
How did these conditions of the Treaty of Versailles help Hitler rise to power?
These conditions allowed Hitler to rise to power by promising to tear up the treaty and restore German pride, effectively turning the "war to end all wars" into a 20-year armistice.