HIST 2360 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Great Britain, Kingdom Of Italy, German Language

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HIST 2360
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
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Economics and Society in 1920s and 1930s
EUR in very fragile state after WW1
Mix of experiences for different countries
GB and France moving towards recovery
Eooi headuates stated oig fo Lodo to Ne Yok
Cultural renaissance fashion, cinema (talkies), radios
Expansions of information (radio)
New technology very useful for getting ideas across
o Italy and Germany see opportunity for spreading propaganda
Birth rate declined to lowest point ever recorded
o Lots of men died in war
o Contraception/birth control
Anglican Church accepted for family purposes
Catholic Church still against
USA most unaffected, economy boomed
o Sent EUR peacetime supplies
Lots of EUR companies had to change back from war production to peacetime goods
Goods purchased from US on credit
All money that Germany made went to other countries
Trying to recover, spending more money than they had
o Printed more money = inflation
o Germany suffered the most $ of bread
Prices rose 162%
o Hit all the repairing countries
France decided to increase money invaded the Ruhr valley
o Industrial centre
o LOTS of resentment
o Cisis that EUR did’t eed
o US steps in to make peace Daz Plan
US tried to retreat from EUR involvement
1929 US stock crashes
Oct 29, 1929
o New York stock market oetio ash
o Blak Tuesday people all sold stocks
o triggered panic across world
if US screwed, everyone is screwed
Italy
o Victorious side of WW1
Expected to gain territory in Europe
Left Versailles pissed off and cheated
o Unification project still unfinished
Forced unification, not resisted
Did’t settle eooi issues etee oth ad south
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North okay, south really struggling
o Political issues
Voting still very closed
o Relationship with Roman Catholic Church
Still resistant towards unification
Want to remain ambivalent
o Italian speakers in Yugoslavia wanted unification with homeland
o Was very costly of lives (lots lost, lots wounded)
o Sparked radical voices Italian Fascist movements
o Benito Mussolini
Really into the war would get lots for Italy
Organized the Combat Group
Used ancient techniques
Went to socialist meetings and beat them up
Supported by elites and industrializers
Strikes everywhere and constantly
1919 election combat group won 2%
1921 recognized into political party for election
wanted strong, individual leader
supported Russian revolution
Communists/Fascists
Shared features
o 1 party state
o single leader with dictatorship power
o secret police
o use of violence
o extra-constitutional laws
o repressed liberation and human rights
o no abolition of private property
differences
o stress on nationalism
o no internationalism
o rejected class conflict
o bourgeoisie and aristocrats given place in regime
all about fascism
styled himself as the leader
massive public rallys aketig
still only had 10% of vote
uneasy coalition of government
October 1922 fascists move into Rome
Want to declare Mussolini leader
King gives Mussolini power of Premier
Makes parliament give him dictatorial power for 1 year
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