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Key Concepts and Events 1919-1939
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- 1NationalismWhen a state chooses to act in their own interest.
- 2InternationalismWhen states choose to cooperate with each other.
- 3'The Big Three'Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson.
- 4Paris Peace ConferencePeriod of 12 month negotiations (1919-1920) of how to draw up treaties to deal with the defeated nations of World War One.
- 5Self-determinationCountries have a right to rule themselves and be independent of rule from empires.
- 6DisarmamentWhen a country reduces the number of military weapons and forces it owns.
- 7ArmisticeAnother word for ceasefire.
- 8War Guilt ClauseGermany was to accept full blame for starting the war.
- 9Collective SecurityPromise to protect other League members in the case of attack.
- 10Economic sanctionsMeans of punishing a country for illegally committing an act of war against another country, such as stopping trade.
- 11Treaty of VersaillesThe treaty signed on the 28 June 1919 in order to deal with Germany after the events of the First World War.
- 12Fourteen Point PlanThese were Fourteen Points drawn up by President of the USA, Woodrow Wlison, to end the war justly and to prevent war from occuring in the future.
- 13DiktatAn order or decree imposed by someone in power without popular consent. Germany claimed the Treaty of Versailles dictated peace.
- 14League of NationsPart of Wilson's Fourteen Points, the League of Nations would act as an international police force to solve disputes between countries. After World War Two it would become known as the United Nations in 1945.
- 15ProtectionismAttempting to protect domestic industries by introducing tariffs in order to limit or stop imports.
- 16RearmamentWhen a country increases the number of military weapons and forces it owns; during the Great Depression rearming was used to create economic growth and reduce unemployment.
- 17LebensraumHitler's policy to increase the 'living space' for Germans in eastern Europe.
- 18FascismA form of politically aggressive nationalism.
- 19CommunismState led control over the economy and industry.
- 20Stresa FrontIn April 1935, Britain, France and Italy sign the Stresa Pact (formal statement against German rearmament and stand against Hitler)
- 21PlebisciteThe direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question (e.g Saar region to unite with Hitler's Germany)
- 22Mein KampfHitler's autobiography where he outlines his ideas of destroying communism, militarism and racial theory.
- 23ConscriptionConscription is the compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.
- 24Rhineland 1936Banned from entering the Rhineland under the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler ordered troops into the Rhineland in March 1936.
- 25AnschlussHitler wanted to unite the many Germans living in Austria back with those in German. Germany campaigned for union with Austria (Anschluss)
- 26SudetenlandThe area of Czechoslovakia where a large number of Germans were living.
- 27Nazi-Soviet PactAn alliance agreed between Germany and USSR not to attack each other and to divide the territory of Poland.
- 28AppeasementIn relation to the drift to war, appeasement involved Chamberlain and Daladier giving into Hitler's demands in an attempt to avoid the outbreak of war.
- 29Munich Agreement 1938An agreement in September 1938, where Mussolini, Daladier and Chamberlain gave into Hitler's demands regarding the borders of Czechoslovakia and the Germans living there. This was to prevent an outbreak of war.
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