OCR GCSE History Core 2 League in the 1930s Flashcards

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Name and date the two plans which helped Germany to pay the reparations figure.
The Dawes Plan, 1924, and the Young Plan, 1929
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How did economic recovery in the late 1920s lead to improved international relations?
It encouraged trade links.
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What event caused worldwide economic problems in 1929?
The Wall Street Crash
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Why did this event affect the rest of the world so greatly?
Because the Crash affected the trade and economies of all the countries which traded with America, and every country traded with the USA.
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How did economic depression change people's attitudes to the League of Nations?
It encouraged self interest, and made countries such as Britain and France more reluctant to become involved in solving international disputes when their own economies were suffering.
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How did increasing unemployment due to economic failure encourage the rise of dictators such as Stalin and Hitler?
People became desperate to escape the Depression, and so turned to political extremists who promised solutions.
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When did the Manchurian crisis take place?
1931-33
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Which country was the aggressor?
Japan
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What excuse did the Japanese army use to begin its occupation of Manchuria?
An explosion on a Japan controlled railway in Manchuria.
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What was the name of the report commissioned to decide whether Japan was acting aggressively?
The Lytton Report, 1932
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What was Japan's reaction to moral condemnation?
It left the League of Nations
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Why did the League fail to deal with Japanese aggression? (four points)
1) Japan was powerful and determined, 2) League very eurocentric - events in East Asia seemed very far away, unimportant; 3) Japan supposedly restoring order in Manchuria; 4) Manchuria was within Japan's 'sphere of interest'
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In what year did the Disarmament Conference begin?
1932
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Why was pressure for disarmament increasing?
It seemed a more important issue as international tensions rose.
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What role did Germany play in the Conference?
Germany pushed for equality with the other members of the League; either they were allowed to rearm, or the rest of the League had to disarm to their level.
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When did Hitler begin secretly rearming Germany?
In 1933, as soon as he became Chancellor.
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"By late 1933, Hitler ________ Germany from the Conference, and from the _______________.
withdrew; League of Nations
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How did the Disarmament Conference result in a race to rearm by 1934?
By 1934, it was no secret that Germany was rearming, which left other countries feeling vulnerable to attack.
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Name the agreement signed between Britain and Germany in 1935.
The Anglo-German Naval Agereement
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This agreement allowed Germany ta navy what proportion of the size of Britain's own?
35%
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When did the Abyssinian crisis take place?
1935-36
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Which country was the aggressor?
Italy
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What action did the League take?
1) Morally condemned Italy, 2) Imposed trade sanctions
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What was the name of the canal which was crucial to delivering supplies to Italian forces?
The Suez Canal
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What was the Hoare-Laval Pact?
A plan between Britain and France which sought to give Mussolini most of Abyssinia.
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What action did Hitler take during the final stage of the invasion? What was the effect of this?
Hitler invaded the Rhineland, which was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles, ensuring that France would encourage the League to sacrifice Abyssinia in hopes to gain Italy's support.
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Why did the League fail to deal with Italian aggression? (three points)
1) Desperate to retain Italy's friendship, 2) Not unreasonable for Italy to seek to colonise Africa, 3) Unwilling to risk war
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