Fascist leader who led Italy after WWI until 1943
Who was Benito Mussolini and what role did he play in Italy?
The Chinese communists redistributed the land to the peasants and helped them with education and health care.
How did Chinese communists win the support of peasants?
Desire to be free from colonial rule because the Western Powers prevented the people from controlling their land.
What is “Pan-Africanism?”
Most of these peasants worked on haciendas, or large plantations, controlled by the landowning elite. Some peasants moved to cities, where they found jobs in factories, or worked in mines. Everywhere, they earned limited wages
Why did Francisco Madero demand free elections?
This event made Gandhi realized there was no turning back that the British needed to leave India
What was the significance of the Amritsar massacre in shaping Gandhi’s views on Indian independence?
overproduction and a drop in demand for goods.
investors became unable to repay loans.
The United States began to demand repayment for foreign loans to different countries.
What caused the Great Depression?
How did Stalin plan to achieve his “five-year plan”?
Mass inflation occurring in the market from the government printing too much money and then in the same year, the Great Depression struck, affecting everyone heavily
What happened in 1929 that caused the German Economy to collapse?
Italy would gain power in the period before WWII but was not successful in the war
What was the outcome of Mussolini’s reign?
The communists and Guomindang formed a united front to fight the Japanese.
How did the Japanese invasion help to unify China?
The people wanted to make money off their natural resources
Why did Africa want to be free from imperialism?
The U.S.A invested lots of time and effort into Latin America, always keeping a close eye on what was occurring. This was mainly for the benefit/safety of themselves. Latin America’s pessimistic view of the U.S.A changed when the “Good Neighbor” policy was enforced. This prevented America from involving themselves in affairs that weren’t theirs, and improved their relationship with Latin America.
How did the "Good Neighbor" policy change Latin America's view of the U.S.A?
Gandhi’s philosophy in our movement is that we all have a common spiritual character and common interests, and that of civil obedience, which is the refusal to obey laws as a peaceful protest. He has inspired all of us to get rid of our helplessness and join the cause.
Gandhi’s idea of nonviolent protest has been established through his experiences, such as in Hindi and Jain environments, which shaped his beliefs of ahimsa, or nonviolence.
What was Gandhi's philosophy based on, and what did it represent?
washing machines
canned food
vacuum cleaners
During the 1920’s what labor-saving devices became common in most middle class homes?
Stalin had the older Socialists murdered and put his loyalists in the positions of the leaders he had killed
What was the great purge and what impact did it have?
Hitler got his supporters to get violent with protesters evoking fear in people and intimidating them.
What tactics did the Nazis use to secure their positions of power?