Quiz-include Mein kamph(book hilter wrote in jail) notes, russia notes, slides 24-62. He might include pics.
Holocaust...cont.
1943
Jews in Warsaw Ghetto resist as the Nazis begin new rounds of deportations. These Jews hold out for nearly a month before the Nazis put down the uprising.
1944
Hilter takes over Hungary and begins deporting 12,000 Hungarian Jews each day to Auschwitz where they are murdered
1945
Hitler is defeated and WW2 ends in Europe
The Holocaust is over and the death camps are emptied
Many survivors are placed in displaced persons camps until they find a country willing to accept them.
1947
The United Nations established a Jewish homeland in British-controlled Palestine which becomes the State of Israek in 1948
Russia/Soviet Union/USSR
Russia dropped out of WW I due to the Bolshevik Revolution
Economically, it was in terrible shape
*Bolshevik Revolution-revolution that made USSR drop out of WW1 and became communist.
Vladimir Ulyanov(Lenin)
Lenin emerged as the leader of the communists.
Lenin was a big Marxist supporter
-Marx never outlined how exactly to reach a classless society so Lenin and the government took control of the economy and farms with a promise to eventually give it back to the peasants.
Lenin organized the country into a federation of republics
- The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Lenin died in 1924
Power struggled ensued between Leon Trotsky and Josef Stalin.
Stalin would win.
Josef Stalin
Wanted to focus on building up the Soviet Union’s economy
Eliminated political opponents in great purges(800,000)
Wanted nationalization and collectivization of the economy
-gov’t took control of industry(nationalization)
-abolished private ownership(upset Kulaks-were farmers)
-forced peasants to merge their land into large collective farms(collectivization)
The Kulaks resisted and Stalin used the secret police to kill them
Stalin admitted that at least 10 million people died due to collectivization and famine
Five Year Plans
-Stalin’s idea of economic growth for industry and agriculture
-Goals were to be met in a five year time frame
-Wasn’t until the third 5 Year Plan did the economy start to improve
Kellogg-Briand Pact
-It outlawed war...was a nice idea...but in reality didn't work
-Afghanistan, Finland, Peru, Albania,Guatemala, Portugal, Austria, Hungary,Rumania...a lot more countries
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
-Japan needed to invade China because the US put a high tariff on our products(because of Great Depression)...so Japan could really trade with us and needed the resources that China had.
-Great Depression really hit Japan hard.
-League of Nation condems the action...Japan didn't care.
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