yr 9 history

• what happened in 1943?

  hitler became fuhrer of nazi germany.
• what was signed in 1919?

  treaty of versailles
• name one of the conditions germany had to follow?

  germany had to give up oversea colonies.
• why did german people call it diktat?

  they believed it was a dictated peace because they were ultimately help responsible for the whole war and had to pay financial reparation.
• when was the league of nations created?

  1920
• when was the treaty of versailles signed?

  1919
• what three countries were exempted from joining or didn't join the league of nations?

  russia, usa and germany
• when was the great depression?

  1929
• what was the great depression?

  an economic crash that had millions of peoples across the world starving and dying in poverty.
• how did the great depression effect germany?

  it allowed extremist parties like the nazi party to become more popular as it promised work and bread.
• what caused the wall street crash?

  overinflated shares, growing bank loans, agricultural overproduction, panic selling, stocks purchased on margin, higher interest rates, and a negative media industry.
• when did hitler become chancellor?

  1933
• when did hitler and stalin sign the nazi soviet pact?

  1939
• why did they sign the nazi soviet pact?


  it was alliance that meant hitler didn't have to worry of war between two countries on the fronts and a secret agreement to invade to poland.
• when did the nazi's invade poland?

  1st of september 1939.
• what country was mussolini dicator of?

  italy
• what is fascism?


  a form of government in which most of the country's power is held by one ruler or a small group, under a single party.
• who is the father of fascims?

  mussolini.
• when was mussolini leader of italy?


  1922-1943
• what was mussolini's secret force called?

  black shirts
• how did mussolini die?

  he was hung in the middle of milan (the capital)
• hitler was very anti-semistism and murdered around 6 million jews along with other victims of the holocaust.
• what was hitler the leader of?

  nazi germany
• what group did stalin dictate?

  soviet union
• how long did stalin rule?

  from 1927-1953
• what does stalin mean?

  iron fist
• stalin rose to power as general secretary of the communist party in russia, and became a soviet dictator after the death of vladimir lenin.
• stalin had his potential enemies executed or sent to forced labour camps.
• the soviet union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower.
• he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign.
• his red army helped defeat nazi germany during world war 2.
• what was the munich putsch?


  the event that lead to hitler becoming famous as he marched into a beer hall in munich where a political meeting was being held by a leader of the weimar republic.
• when was the munich putsch?


  8th of november 1923
• hitler was arrested on 11th of november and was sentenced to 5 years in prison but was released after 9 months.
• what was the book hitler wrote in prison called?

  mein kampf (my struggle)
• why hitler appealing?

  • he had charisma, he was great public speaker who hypnotised his audiences.
  • sa, intimidated oppostion. publicly beat up communists.
  • propaganda, portrayed hitler as the saviour and only hope for germany
  • great depression, economic crisis allowed for rise of extreme political parties
• who voted for the nazi party?

  • middle-class: worried about the failure of democracy, needed a strong government and gave their votes to hitler
  • nationalists: they blamed the legacy of the treaty of versailles and reparations for causing the depression and so gave their support to the nazis
  • wealthy businessmen: frightened by the increase in support for the communists who would take their wealth
  • farmers: nazi support was particularly strong amongst both middle class shopkeepers and artisans, farmer and agricultural labourers
• what were the gestapo?

  they were hitler's secret police. they spied on ordinary germans, and it ran concertation camps where enemies of the state were sent.
• what were the ss?

  the schutzstraffel. this organisation was responsible for ensuring the population remained under control and any potential threats to the nazis were dealt with.
• what was hitler's control of the legal system?

  all judges had to swear an oath of loyalty to the fuhrer and all lawyers had to join the nazi lawyers' association. it was made harder to defend people placed on trial for suspected crimes and the death penalty was used much more widely than before.