Contemporary Global Relaignnemts: 1914 to the Present- 20th Century Part One- An Age of Anxiety, 1920s & 1930s
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Andrus AP World History Ch 34 #2 Reading Study Guide P. 802-810
1. Who were the first two leaders of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)?
2. Name the two sides in the Russian Civil War (1918-1920).
3. Which foreign powers intervened in this civil war? On what side?
4. What was war communism?
5. What was the New Economic Policy (NEP)?
6. Why was Stalin a “misfit” among the original Bolshevik elite?
7. What was the purpose of the Five Year Plan?
8. Why did Stalin collectivize agricultural production? Who were the kulaks?
9. Briefly describe the uneven nature of Soviet industrialization.
10. What were the Great Purges? Why do you think Stalin did this?
Read “Goals and Achievements of the First Five Year Plan”
11. What were the fundamental aims and achievements of the First Five Year Plan?
12. Where does the term ‘fascism’ come from? Which two countries were most closely identified with this form of government?
13. What are some of the basic characteristics of a fascist regime?
14. Who was Benito Mussolini? Who were the Blackshirts?
15. How did Mussolini get control of the Italian government?
16. How did Mussolini develop Italy into a fascist regime?
17. With whom did Mussolini make an alliance in 1936? What was the alliance called?
18. What was the official name of Hitler’s party (‘Nazi’ is a nickname)? How did they initially seek power?
19. Why did Hitler and his Nazis eventually choose the “path of legality” to gain power?
20. How did Hitler exploit recent history (WWI, Treaty of Versailles, inflation, etc.) to gain popular support?
21. Which societal groups were the strongest supporters of the Nazi Party?
22. How did Hitler become the Chancellor of Germany? What did he promise?
23. How did Hitler change the structure of the Germans political system and government?
24. How did the Nazis use “race” in their form of government?
25. What was the Nazi view of women and motherhood?
26. How did the Nazis attempt to bolster the birthrates of “pure” German children?
27. Before the “Final Solution” of 1942-45, what early methods did the Nazis employ to “purify” their society?
28. What was the purpose of the Nuremburg Laws? What was Kristallnacht?
29. Why do you think so many Jewish people left Germany by 1938? Who was left behind?