before hitler

Question 1

what did the great depression cause?

Answer 1

• people were more likely to support extreme right-wing government
• USA called in loans
• 12 million unemployed by 1933

Question 2

after the depression, what did japan want to do?

Answer 2

military leaders and business interests in japan called for MILITARY EXPANSION to strengthen their country

Question 3

who was italy ruled by?

Answer 3

benito mussolini had been made prime minister in 1922. in 1924, facists swept to power.

Question 4

why was there a rise of dictators in the 1930‘s?

Answer 4

• great depression caused poverty and unemployment
• communism: ppl looked to strong leaders to fight the threat of world revolution
• isolationism: the usa stayed out of world affairs, so britain and france were not strong enough to oppose the large numbers of foreign dictators

Question 5

what was hitlers foreign policy?

Answer 5

• he wanted to overturn the treaty of versailles
• he wanted rearmament for germany
• he wanted all german speaking people to be united in a german reich. this idea was known as GROSSDEUTSCHLAND.
• destroy communism
• expand germany‘s territory by taking land by people he saw as inferior, such as the slavs. this expansion would provide LEBENSRAUM.

Question 6

what did hitler sign with britain in june 1935?

Answer 6

the anglo-german naval agreement

this allowed germany to rebuild it‘s navy to 35% of britains naval strength, and up to 45% of their submarine strength