Nov.+7th-+11th

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 * //November 7th-Keona Jones//**

Today we basically went over our study guides. We also learned about inflation, deflation, and borrowing money. THe majority of the class period, however, was reviews.

Nov. 8th- Andro

Today we talked about the Treaty of Versailles and WWII.

Treaty of Versailles:


 * 1) Germany lost land
 * 2) War Reperations by Germany
 * 3) Germany’s military scaled down to 100,000 troops
 * 4) Buffer Zone along Rhine
 * 5) League of Nations
 * 6) Germany’s Economy was scaled down
 * 7) Germany had no NAVY
 * 8) War guilt clause

__Before WWII__

Italy


 * 1) Just had a revolution
 * 2) Became fascists
 * 3) Mussolinni was their dictator

Russia


 * 1) Were in a civil war
 * 2) Communists
 * 3) Stalin (1st communist leader)

Germany


 * 1) Economy was terrible
 * 2) Hitler

__Mussolinni (from treaty of Versailles until WWII):__

1919 – Him and his followers formed the Fascists party

1922 – Appointed as primeminister of Italy by force

1935 – Invaded Ethiopia

__Hitler (from treaty of Versailles until WWII):__

1919 – Hitler joined the Nazi Party

1923 – Tried to overthrow the government but failed

1933 – Became Chanceller of Germany

1934 – Became chanceller and president of Germany (the president died)

__Stalin (from treaty of Versailles until WWII):__

1924 – Took over Russia after the death of Lenin

Late 1920’s – Began creating state farms

1934 – Unfair trials to any who opposed the government (automatically guilty)

World War II
 * November 9th: Toast **
 * 1) Dictators
 * Stalin (USSR or Russia)
 * Communism: "equal" government
 * 1) Government regulates and owns everything
 * 2) Equal pay, equal property (same clothes, cars, etc.)
 * 3) Dictatorship
 * Took over after death of Lenin (original Russian communist reform leader)
 * Let millions of Russians starve, killed many who opposed him
 * Mussolini (Italy)
 * Fascism: belief that an ethnic group is superior, leads to imperialism
 * Appointed chancellor by the Italian king after threatening to attack Rome
 * Became Prime Minister, used new power to become dictator
 * Conquered Ethiopia
 * Hitler (Germany) : also Fascist
 * Gained support as leader in Nazi political party (German socialist workers' party)
 * Tried to overthrow government, jailed for 5 years, wrote "Mein Kampf" ("My Struggle")
 * Elected chancellor, then president
 * Made emergency military control law, staged uprising, established dictatorship
 * 1) Causes of World War II
 * Treaty of Versailles: Germans felt it unfair, ruined their economy, Hitler elected to fix it
 * Failure of "Appeasement" policy in Britain and France
 * Played off Hitler breaking the Treaty of Versailles, saying it had been to harsh, and Germany prevented spread of communism
 * Both countries reluctant to fight after WWI
 * Hitler's Actions
 * Defied Versailles Treaty: stopped paying reparations, built up military, adding navy and air force
 * 1936: Sent military into Rhineland, allied with Italy and Japan
 * 1938: Invaded Austria and forced a vote on becoming part of Germany: most citizens supported it and Austria was seceded
 * 6 months later invaded Sudetenland, then rest of Czechoslovakia in 1939
 * Made pact with Stalin: reduced enemy front-line and allowed easy conquest of France, later invaded Russia anyway
 * Used extremely efficient Blitzkrieg ("Lightning War") strategy
 * 1) Send in air force bombers (heavy attack)
 * 2) Send in tanks (medium attack)
 * 3) Send in infantry (final takeover)
 * 4) America in early WWII
 * Focused on New Deal and solving own problems: isolationism
 * 1935 Neutrality Acts
 * U.S. wouldn't sell weapons to, give loans to, or trade with countries in the war
 * Roosevelt was concerned about these acts because of the rise of dictatorship
 * He adapted the acts after the invasion of Poland
 * 1) "Cash & Carry": Trade with countries at war was legal as long as cash was paid upfront
 * 2) Lend-Lease Act: U.S. lent weapons to Europe; they promised to return or pay for them after the war

November 11: Bekah

We finished watching //A league of Their Own.//