France
This left-wing coalition came to power in France in 1936.
What is the Popular Front?
Headed by Ramsay MacDonald, this government was composed of Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Ministrs.
What is the National Government?
This common weakness among new Eastern European states made them vulnerable to authoritarian rule in the 1930s.
What is political instability?
This 1916 uprising in Dublin became a symbolic turning point for Irish nationalism.
What is the Easter Rising?
This event in 1929 triggered the global economic crisis.
What is the stock market crash?
This leader headed the Popular Front government.
Who is Léon Blum?
In addition to balancing the budget and the Import Duties Bill, this economic policy helped Britain recover somewhat.
What is abandoning the gold standard?
The Paris Settlement after WWI forbade the union of Germany and Austria called this.
What is the Anschluss?
This political party led the push for Irish independence and won a majority of Irish seats in 1918.
What is Sinn Féin?
This American policy worsened the global depression by raising tariffs.
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
What is the Radical Ministry?
This agreement in 1938 allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland.
What is the Munich Agreement?
This multiethnic state, created after WWI, experienced deep internal divisions that contributed to instability and later conflict.
What is Yugoslavia?
This leader of Sinn Féin became a central figure in Irish independence and later Irish politics.
Who is Éamon de Valera?
This economic thinker argued for increased government spending during downturns.
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
This 1934 financial scandal in France involved fraud and helped spark political unrest.
What is the Stavisky Affair?
Socialist in its platform, but democratic and distinctly non-revolutionary
What is the Labour Party?
This country in Eastern Europe maintained democracy longer than most until 1938.
What is Czechoslovakia?
This British force became infamous for reprisals against Irish civilians during the War of Independence.
Who are the Black and Tans?
This international financial plan of 1924 had previously helped stabilize Germany’s economy before the Depression.
What is the Dawes Plan?
These agreements granted French workers wage increases and the right to strike.
What are the Matignon Agreements?
Lasting nine days, there was much tension but little violence.
The General Strike of 1926
This treaty formally dissolved the Austro-Hungarian Empire and created several new states in Eastern Europe.
What is the Treaty of Saint-Germain?
This 1921 agreement ended fighting with Britain but created lasting division by establishing the Irish Free State while keeping part of Ireland under British control.
What is the Anglo-Irish Treaty?
This policy response, used by countries like Britain, involved raising tariffs and limiting imports to protect domestic industries.
What is protectionism?