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Flashcard 1: What was the 1938 conference where European leaders appeased Hitler called?
Answer: Munich Conference. Gave Hitler Sudetenland without Czech consent.
Flashcard 2: Which 1936 event demonstrated the weakness of the League of Nations?
Answer: Italian invasion of Ethiopia. Exposed League's inability to stop aggression.
Flashcard 3: Identify the leader of Italy during the Interwar Period.
Answer: Benito Mussolini. Founded the Fascist Party and ruled as Il Duce.
Flashcard 4: What was the main economic plan implemented in Germany post-WWI?
Answer: The Dawes Plan. Restructured German war reparations with US loans.
Flashcard 5: What was the German term for the annexation of Austria in 1938?
Answer: Anschluss. Union with Austria that violated Versailles Treaty.
Flashcard 6: Identify the British Prime Minister who signed the Munich Agreement.
Answer: Neville Chamberlain. Pursued appeasement policy toward Hitler's demands.
Flashcard 7: What was the name of the failed coup by Hitler in 1923?
Answer: Beer Hall Putsch. Failed Munich coup that led to Hitler's trial.
Flashcard 8: Which political party rose to power in Germany in 1933?
Answer: The Nazi Party. Hitler's party that established totalitarian rule.
Flashcard 9: What was the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party called?
Answer: SA (Sturmabteilung). Brownshirts who intimidated Nazi opponents.
Flashcard 10: Identify the term for the Nazi policy of territorial expansion.
Answer: Lebensraum. Living space doctrine justifying territorial conquest.
Flashcard 11: What was the primary focus of the Weimar Republic's foreign policy?
Answer: Reintegration into international community. Sought to reverse Versailles isolation through diplomacy.
Flashcard 12: Which movement sought to unite all German-speaking peoples?
Answer: Pan-Germanism. Nationalist ideology promoting German ethnic unity.
Flashcard 13: Identify the French defensive line built in the 1930s.
Answer: Maginot Line. Fortifications along German border proved ineffective.
Flashcard 14: What was the name of the German democratic government post-WWI?
Answer: Weimar Republic. Germany's first democratic government after monarchy.
Flashcard 15: Who was the Soviet leader during the Interwar Period?
Answer: Joseph Stalin. Consolidated power after Lenin's death in 1924.
Flashcard 16: Identify the 1935 laws that institutionalized racial discrimination in Nazi Germany.
Answer: Nuremberg Laws. Legalized anti-Semitic persecution in Nazi Germany.
Flashcard 17: Which nation was invaded by Germany in 1939, sparking WWII?
Answer: Poland. Blitzkrieg attack that began World War II.
Flashcard 18: What was the pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 called?
Answer: Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Non-aggression pact that shocked Western powers.
Flashcard 19: Identify the 1936-1939 conflict that served as a prelude to WWII.
Answer: Spanish Civil War. Testing ground for fascist military tactics.
Flashcard 20: Which term describes the fear of communism spreading in Europe?
Answer: Red Scare. Anti-communist paranoia following Russian Revolution.
Flashcard 21: Identify the 1933 act that gave Hitler dictatorial powers in Germany.
Answer: Enabling Act. Legal foundation for Hitler's dictatorship.
Flashcard 22: Which country experienced hyperinflation in the early 1920s?
Answer: Germany. Currency collapse due to excessive money printing.
Flashcard 23: What was the political ideology of the Fascist party in Italy?
Answer: Fascism. Authoritarian nationalism opposing democracy and socialism.
Flashcard 24: What was the name of the German Parliament during the Weimar Republic?
Answer: Reichstag. Democratic legislature weakened by political extremism.
Flashcard 25: Which event marked the beginning of the Nazi regime in 1933?
Answer: Hitler's appointment as Chancellor. Legal path to power through democratic process.
Flashcard 26: Who succeeded Lenin as the leader of the Soviet Union?
Answer: Joseph Stalin. Consolidated power after Lenin's death in 1924.
Flashcard 27: What was the name of the 1938 agreement allowing Germany to annex Sudetenland?
Answer: Munich Agreement. Gave Hitler Sudetenland without Czech consent.
Flashcard 28: Identify the 1935 treaty that established the Franco-Soviet alliance.
Answer: Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance. Alliance against German expansion threat.
Flashcard 29: Which 1929 plan restructured Germany's reparations payments?
Answer: Young Plan. Further reduced German reparations burden.
Flashcard 30: What was the name of the Spanish dictator who rose to power in the 1930s?
Answer: Francisco Franco. Led Nationalists to victory in Spanish Civil War.