Essay Topics: Interwar Period and World War 2

New forms of media (Ex. radio), suffered through the Great Depression, went into isolationism, FDR created the New Deal, Went to war when Pearl Harbor was bombed.

Lost generation in population, went into industrial era, Women were elected to Parliament, high unemployment rate, suffered from depression, poor trade, did not receive all money they deserved from Germany, all wanted to fight Germany, lost of nobility.

Isolated, ultra-nationalist fight anarchists, suffered a small depression, increase strength of military, trade restrictions, joined the league but left, imperialism, communistic ideals.

Increase in fascism, lost faith in the government, freedom was deemed useless, thought economy was useless, maintained capitalism, Mussolini came into power, increase use of military in government.

Jewish population was accused of being communistic, wanted them gone, rapid inflation, could not pay reparations, took loans from US, Nazis and Hitler rose to power.

Separation between social groups, government officials/ rich wanted communism, peasants wanted capitalism, rich peasants were unable to charge what they wanted, ran collectives, everything was under government's control, hindered transportation of goods through railroad, Stalin reigned with terror, military killed many people.

western gov't hoped giving Germany what it wanted would prevent another war from breaking out; instead of going against invasion, let Germany take more and more of Poland trying to appease the nation before conflict broke out; ineffective, Germany kept taking more and more of nations surrounding it and built up their power.

Italian dictator that ruled using fascism; boys were trained for military from young age while girls were primed to be best housewives they could: encouraged to have many children (given award if they were above a specific number)

intolerant form of gov't; extremely conservative; pushed nationalism & militarism to strengthen country's standing

strengthening military so that it could be used any time it was needed effectively and quickly; commonly military schools created in a country for the purpose of educating young men on the military and preparing them for it; military service may be required by the nation if one is a citizen; rarely work on bolstering economy.

The leader of the Nazi party in Germany. He had immense power and governed the country with strong military presences. Wanted to eliminate the Jewish population because he believed that they were the source of communism.

Wanted to eliminate the Jewish population because they believed that they were the source of communism. Strong nationalistic/ fascism views and opinionated people. Weaken women's roles and wanted to purify the German population. Mein Kampf is a journal that Hitler wrote in from boyhood to his death.

The policies that were set forth to eliminate the Jewish population. What lead to the death of over 6 million Jewish people.

The murders of over 6 million Jewish citizens during World War 2.

The pact that Germany and the Soviet Union made in 1939 that stated they would not engage in military action for the next 10 years. This was broken when Germany invaded the Soviet Union.

The Japanese and the United States broke off their neutrality trade agreement prior to the attack (US violated part of agreement). Japan bombed the military/ navy based killing thousands of US citizens. This initiated the United States involvement in WW2.