1 Reparations 1 A lot of money A Causes for reparations countries a French and Belgium complained because of how the Germans destroyed their b Germany complained that they couldn t because it was too much money Seen as the proverbial 800 pound gorilla Nobody could solve it or let it go B Solutions a Dawes Plan b Young Plan 2 Economic downfall A Downturn took place over time B Great Depression was great Beginning of the collapse of the world economy in 1921 a Had an effect on every industrialized capitalist economy b Some people actually got wealthier but a lot got poorer C Hoover was unfairly blamed for the Depression a Got elected with the depression Tried his best Failed so the US elected FDR US vaguely knew FDR New Deal saved capitalism D Britain a Stayed the course No party held the majority in Parliament Voters gave the Labor party a second chance and elected Ramsey McDonald in 1921 Public loved him Took office just as the Depression began and it got worse Conservatives and remnants of the liberals formed a coalition McDonald s choices Bring about new socialist programs Come into office and do what they could with economic limits and help poor problem was that the Depression got worse He had to concede and come to terms with other parties to get support McDonald later sided with the conservatives and created a national government coalition b Budgets One cabinet didn t want to cut spending and recover on the backs of the poor Other sides say that if you keep spending then how would you pay for it Social costs vs defense It was about the money i i i ii i ii iii i ii iii c New government coalition with McDonald and conservatives i Decided that the country should come before the party d Maurice Hankey cabinet secretary 2 Italy 1 Mussolini A Fascist regime 3 Germany 1 Coup A Beer Hall Coup by Hitler a Was good at keeping crime low i A police state b Did a pretty good job at preserving historic monuments a Start of the Nazi Party b Marched down into the beer hall while Hitler led them Hitler shooting into the air and led his men into the city hall c Stopped by a bunch of troops Hitler was hiding Found guilty and sent to prison But was basically a guest at the prison because he was treated well and his sentence was shortened A State was involved in private life so there was no private life a Effectively used by Hitler 4 Totalitarianism 1 Developed by Lenin 5 Fascism 1 All over Europe A Party dictatorship a Having the right people b Elite conspiracy Refining of elite Commonality of ideas and goals c Leads to a successful dictatorship i ii Efficiency improves as technology improves Produces qualified leaders By meeting the standards of leaders who ran the party B Obedience a Emphasis on leadership with discipline and obedience Salute as a recognition of authority Acceptance and obedience b Party label Enter as a trainee in the bottom level Then you rise higher and higher Not like a civilian job in a democracy or military job You only have to please at the top i i i i i A Books taught racialism a People were looking for evidence to justify racialism Prove that the Aryan race was the best Racialism reached a height never before achieved Nazis invested money in social science Final solution Holocaust Genocide b You re better than everyone else Everyone who is like me is better than everyone else c You can only make this work through force Control everything d Purity Always talked about in racialism If you wanted to be promoted in the Nazi regime you had to present generations of birth certificates to prove purity B Cult of irrationality a Irrationality i ii Doesn t have any moral weight I am better than you are because that s what God says so b Nazi regime not entirely based on reason So it s irrational Embrace obedience Didn t all work smoothly c Need for a secret police Kept an eye on domestic population Stalin Hitler and Mussolini all had one Mussolini s secret police wasn t so effective KGB People were made to disappear C Fascists a Mussolini Became PM legally March on Rome Fascists poured into Rome There was no violence They were scary but nothing happened b Hitler i ii i i i ii i ii i ii iii i i ii Decided that he should use legal means now Beer hall Coup Popularity grew with the demise of the German economy Massive unemployment Orthodox political parties had no answers ideas and gave up Kurt Schleicher thought that they needed a figure head so they can control him and Hitler was a candidate so a deal was struck iii President Hindenburg was appalled by Hitler but still made him chancellor then a coalition government was created Hitler demanded the Enabling Act and was signed by Hindenburg Place all pour for 6 months originally in the hands of the chancellor in a state of the emergency when the Reichstag burned down Weimar constitution was actually still in place at the end of the war
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