Transcript Jeopardy 1 - Mikulecism
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The Great Depression and 1930s
Great Depression
Great Britain
France
Germany The Soviet Union
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What is inflation?
This is what devastated the German economy in 1923 and kept many European governments from spending to end unemployment. WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Great Depression
MAIN What was Kreditanstalt Bank?
This is the bank in Vienna which collapsed in 1931 and weakened further the German economy.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Great Depression
Who was Herbert Hoover?
He was the U.S. President who granted a one year moratorium on German debts.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Great Depression
What was the Lausanne Conference?
This is the conference that ended the era of reparations.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Great Depression
What were the Dawes and Young Plans?
These are the two U.S. plans to ease the German burden of reparation payments and ease inflation.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Great Depression
MAIN Who was Ramsey MacDonald?
He was the Prime Minister for the British Labour government in 1929 when unemployment reached over 2.5 million. WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Great Britain
What was the National Government ?
This was the name of the government formed at the urging of George V and was made up of Conservative, Labour, and Liberal ministers.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Great Britain
Who was Oswald Mosley?
He was the the leader of the British Union of Fascists and preached anti-Semitism.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Great Britain
Who was Neville Chamberlain?( appeasement) He was the progressive Conservative Prime Minister who took over the National Government in 1937.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Great Britain
What was went off the gold standard?
This move by the National Government decreased the value of the British pound by 30% but increased exports of British goods.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Great Britain
What was agriculture?
This is the sector of the French economy that is still protected by the French government with tariffs and government subsidies. WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: France
What were the Action Francaise and the Croix de Feu? These are two of the right-wing groups that were formed in France that added to the political turmoil of the 1930s. WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: France
What was the Stavisky Affair? This is the scandal that threatened the Third Republic of France and involved a small time gangster and a fraudulent bond scheme.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: France
What was the Popular Front?
This was the political party in France that was formed from a coalition of leftist parties.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: France
Who was Leon Blum?
He was the Jewish Premier of France who led the socialist Popular Front after World War I. WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: France
What were the Emergency Decree and the Enabling Act?
This is the act and decree that allowed Hitler to rule due to the emergency of the supposed communist takeover of Germany.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Germany
Who was Paul von Hindenburg?
He was the leader of Germany who appointed Hitler Chancellor in 1933. WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Germany
MAIN What was the Reichstag fire?
This event signaled an excuse for the NAZI’s to take power and for Hitler to take over the government.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Germany
What was the “Night of the long knives”?
This was the nickname given to the night when Hitler ordered the purging of potential rivals from the Nazi party? WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Germany
Who was Heinrich Himmler?
He was the leader of the Schutzstaffel or SS the elite body guard for Hitler.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Germany
What were collectives?
These were the agricultural corporations that were used to increase production and feed the Communist state.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Soviet Union
MAIN What was the Great Purges?
This was the name given to Stalin’s elimination of rivals in the Communist party.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Soviet Union
Who was Sergei Kirov?
He was the former party chief of Leningrad who was assassinated and gave Stalin an excuse to eliminate his rivals. WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Soviet Union
Who was Nikolay Bukharin?
He was the former ally of Stalin and supporter of the NEP who was executed in Stalin’s purges.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Soviet Union
What was the Gosplan?
This was the name of the Soviet state planning commission that set goals for Soviet industrialization.
WORTH: 100 200 300 400 500 SUBJECT: Soviet Union