HIST 1130 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Kingdom Of Italy, French Third Republic, Adolf Hitler
12 Oct 2018
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HIST 1130
MIDTERM EXAM
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Fall 2018
History 1130
Second world War immigration causes:
*1914 – considered the end of a century in Europe, it is when the end of the Congress of Vienna
occurred, which started in 1815
Congress of Vienna = an international agreement to ensue that no European power would
invade another, created after Napoleon
This ended with the start of WW1
September. 1, 1939 – when things started to de-escalate
~Paris Peace Conference – 1919
negotiaitions after WW1
Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austro-Hungary, France
France, the primary winners. Decided to impose The Treaty of Versailles on Germany, another
winner. There was an article accusing Germany of WW1 (Germany pushed Austria to war)
~Weimar Republic
German Liberal Estate
protected freedom of expression
Germany making liberal progress at this time
however, resentment grew toward army members who fought in WW1, held them responsible
for their punishment that was the Treaty of Versailles which set limits on the Germans *look
into restrictions more
Japan and Italy were induced to join war against Germany with Britain -
~Paris Peace Conference Cont.
Italy doesn't believe they were getting what they were promised
the League of Nations was discussed
~League of Nations
guaranteed racial equality
was met with scorn by racists toward Asian culture
(Japan got less for its victory than the European victors)
the fallout of the Paris Peace Conference caused lots of betrayal from Germany -
~”Weiji Restoration”
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late industrialization of Japan
China was brought to it knees by Europeans in the late 1900s, thus, Japanese officials began to
modernize – they built their own battleships, industrialized, collected colonies (starting w/
Taiwan) in order to compete with Great Britain
causes growth of right wing groups
~Black Dragon Society – 1901
promoted emperor power like Britain
it was prioritized to die for your country
did not agree w/ negotiations w/ other countries w/ no respect for their country
made up of young men in the military primarily
believed that in order to restore Japan's national honour, they had to stand up to the westerners
the cabinet of the Japanese government, the originally elected government, became dominated
by military men
these men hated “traitors to their own government
> eg; London Nabel Conference: Japan agreed to only build 3 battleships, and young
army men hated this. They believed the government to
their enemy
~Great Depression, 1929
effects Japan, leads to further anger
~Zaibatsu
family owned mega corporations
dominated whole sectors of economy, pushed down little family owned businesses
the young army men felt they were causing the Japanese to suffer
~Koumintang (National Party)
~Shiang Kai Shek (1887-1975)
moving to move China w/ U.S. + democratic support
this worries Japan
Japanese heavily invested in Manchuria
1931 – junior officers blow up a section of a railway and blame it on Japan, and the Tokyo gov't
promoted this when they learned of it (?)
1932 – Japan grants Manchuria independence – ruled by Manchuko Puuji
~5 years later~
~Marco Polo Bridge Incident – 1937
full-blooded Japanese invasion of China
(second Sino-Japanese war – 1937-45, first Sino-Japanese war 1894-1895)
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