The World between the Wars: Revolutions, Depressions & Authoritarian Response
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Walker AP World History Ch 29Reading Study Guide #1 P. 672-685
1. What three problems challenged the potential success of the government owned State Universal Stores?
2. What happened to customer complaints in these state owned department stores?
3. When did Russia experience two revolutions?_____4. When did Mussolini take power in Italy?____
5. What is the year of the stock market crash?_____ 6. When did Hitler take power in Germany?____
7. When did Civil War break out in Spain?_____
8. When did Hitler invade Poland?_____
9. What new artistic movement became well-known after WWI? Who led it?
10. Which countries led the way in woman suffrage (right to vote)?
11. What 3 nations known as ‘Dominions’ play an important role in the WWI British War effort?
12. Describe the innovations of US auto manufacturer, Henry Ford.
13. Why didn’t the United States join the League of Nations?
14. What is isolationism?
15. In what ways did Japan enter a ‘new phase of industrialization’ in the 1920s?
16. What is Benito Mussolini’s Fascism?
17. How did he rise to power in 1922? How did he stay in power?
18. Where were other authoritarian regimes established in the 1920s? (name some)
19. What happened in Latin America during WWI?
20. What power replaced Great Britain as the dominant political player in Latin America after WWI?
21. What advances were made in Mexico under the Presidential Dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz?
22. What liberal reforms did Diaz crack down on in 1910?
23. Who were the two leaders of the resistance to the repressive Diaz regime?
24. Where did they operate?
25. What was Zapata’s slogan? Why do you think it resonated with the disposed peasants of Mexico?
26. Who tried to impose a ‘Diaz-type’ dictatorship on Mexico?
27. How did Obregon bring an end to the civil war/revolution and institute stability?
28. What is indigenism?
29. Name the two artists who emerged as leader of the muralist movement in Mexico.
30. Who were the “Cristeros”?
31. How/why did the US become involved in the violent struggle in Mexico in the 19-teens?
32. What is the PRI? How was it able to maintain power for the next several decades?
33. How did the Tsar fall from power in Russia?
34. What government took the place of the Tsarist regime?
35. How/when did Lenin seize power from this new government?
36. Which countries all sent troops to fight against Lenin’s government between 1918-1921?
37. Who organized the Red Army? What was it so successful in the Russian Civil War?
38. What is the New Economic Policy? Why did Lenin have to implement it?
39. What was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics? What ethnic group was dominant?
40. How did this new Soviet government echo the Tsarist regimes of the past?
Read: In Depth- A Century of Revolutions, be prepared to discuss the first reading question on P684.
41. Who were the two rivals for power as Lenin’s health deteriorated and in death in 1924?
42. How did Stalin intend to make Communist work?
43. What was the Comintern?
44. What was collectivization?
Soviet Hammer & Sickle (Industrial Workers and Farmers) as the new proletariat, the globe symbolized the world-wide revolutionary aims of the Third International (Comintern).
The Fasces was a governmental symbol of the AncientRomanRepublic appropriated by Mussolini’s Fascist Party. The Axe bound in birch branches by a red leather ribbon symbolized strength through unity, the axe indicating the governmental authority of various Roman officials.
The Swastika is an ancient Sanskrit/Hindu/Aryan Symbol for “Good Luck” or good fortune. It had been used around the world without stigma until appropriated by Adolph Hitler for use in his new Nazi Party Flag. He claimed common heritage of the German/Aryan people as the “Master Race” Since 1933 it has become so closely associated with Nazism so as to render it almost useless for any other purpose.
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