https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz Treaty of Versailles, Global Depression, and the Rise of Fascism, Totalitarianism, and Nationalism en-us 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC 2026-03-09 02:36:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9e8.png s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907541 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907541 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907542 Italy switched alliances in 1917 with the promise of new territory if/when the Allied Powers won.]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907542 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907544 Bolshevik Russia refused to pay their war debts to the Allied Powers  --> Allied Powers refuse to recognize the new Bolshevik government]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907544 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907545 - "Peace without Victory"
- Self-Determination for former Central Powers territories
- 14 Points & League of Nations

]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907545 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907546 - France experienced devastation due to being a major front of the war
- Britain wants payback too]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907546 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907547 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907547 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907548 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907548 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907550 (none of the other Cental Powers exist anymore)]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907550 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907551 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907551 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907553 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907553 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907556 China supported the Allied Powers in the war]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907556 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907558 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907558 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907559 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907559 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907560 Germany doesn't have money to pay, so they just print more]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907560 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907561 Grievances? They disliked the agreements made in the treaty of Versailles, the Weimar republic's inability to negotiate for better terms and their inability to bring Germany out of the great depression. 
Plans? Wanted to overthrow the Weimar republic and establish a more radical and conservative government. Planned to take over territory lost and to regain what they lost in the treaty. Included territory takeover, especially in Slavic Poland and Russia.
Targeting? Particularly disliked Jews and wanted to racially purify Germany. 
Effects? Sparked the beginning of WWII in Europe and allied with Italy and Japan. Holocaust with the death of millions of Jews and other races deemed as "inferior", which forced many Jews to migrate towards Israel, creating a conflict with Arabs.]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907561 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907562 Grievances?       Government (Mussolini in the case of Italy) controlled everything in society, with no say from the people. Promised to end political parties.
Plans?       Mussolini wanted to gain more land as Italy didn't get much in Treaty of Versailles. He also wanted to target "inferior lands."
Targeting?        Fascism targets people by making them have little to no power. Mussolini targeted areas such as Libya and Somaliland to take control of to have more power.
Effects?             Mussolini and Hitler formed an alliance to try and take over Europe]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907562 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907564 France and Britain are counting on German reparations and Soviet debt repayments in order to pay their own debts, no money in = no money out]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907564 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907565 1. After a brief surge in the 20's people have over-invested in the stock market  --> Crash
2. Agricultural Overproduction --> low prices on goods --> farmers can't pay off debts
3. European debtors aren't paying]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907565 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907566 Starting with the US, countries begin passing tariffs intending to protect their domestic economies.
How does this help create a GLOBAL depression?

It made prices go up to a large amount, which was meant to help protect their economy. This meant it was hard for other people to afford goods and only the rich people could afford them. This is what is known as protectionism

]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907566 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907567 What is it?     The New Deal was many policies and programs created by Franklin D Roosevelt to help the US recover from the Great Depression.
Relief?         For citizens to not feel worried anymore with the financial stress.
Recovery?      Helped US recover economically from the Great Depression.
Reform?   Policies changed from the government so this wouldn't happen again.]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907567 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907568 Areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America that were economically dependent on Imperial powers experience severe economic consequences]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907568 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907569 Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907569 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907570 1. Effect of Global Depression on Japan?
Japan's economy was heavily impacted by the global depression because the country relied on foreign trade. To combat the economic decline Japan seized new territories. 
2. New Territories Seized?
Japan seized Manchuria and parts of coastal china
3. Why did they leave the League of Nations?
The League of Nations told Japan that Manchuria should be under Chinese rule, but Japan said no and left the League.]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907570 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907571 What is it?
The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere is an imperialist way of thinking that states that Greater East Asia would benefit from being united economically and culturally under Japanese rule. 
What are the goals?
The goals are for Japan to unite East Asia, for Japanese people to be treated as superior, and for the East Asia to be united economically. ]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907571 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907572 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907572 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907574 Grievances? Wanted the lost land that Japan took and to reject western democracy.
Plans? Wanted communist takeover in China, similar to Russia. Instead of having worker class support, Mao used peasantry support instead who made up the majority of the population for the revolution.
Targeting? Japanese/European control.
Effects? Rise of communism in China, and disagreements with the Chinese Nationalist Party lead to civil war.]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907574 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907575 Grievances? Disliked Europeans going back on their promise and not giving them the territory that they lost to Germany. Angry that they sided with Japan to take the land instead
Plans? Wanted to have China independent from European/Japan economic control and be industrialized. Worked with the communist party to overthrow warlords and foreign domination.
Targeting? Targeted Japanese/European control
Effects? Created an independent China. Disagreements with Communist party lead to a civil war.]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907575 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907576 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907576 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907578 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907578 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907579 Colonies of allied powers felt betrayed that their sacrifices during the war were not acknowledged, and angered that they were not afforded the opportunity for self-determination that some European peoples were given]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907579 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907580 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907580 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907582 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907582 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907584 What were they?
Plans to industrialize the USSR, buildup the military, and to increase agriculture production through collectivization, which was the practice of taking away privately owned agriculture land and give the land to collectives made of peasants
What were the goals?
To transform USSR into an industrial power, increase military power, and for the agricultural nation to "catch up"
What were the outcomes?
Industry grew heavily and substantially increased their military power
Collectivization of agriculture was a huge failure 
(Several millions starved to death)
Farmers became enraged and burnt crops and killed livestock
Plenty of factory jobs and low cost of living]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907584 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907585 Plans?
To increase agricultural production, make USSR an industrial power, and to increase the military's power
Kept tight control of press and expression
Targeting?
The USSR citizens
Effects?
Several millions citizens starved to death from his agricultural policies 
The USSR rapidly industrialized and increased its military
Details of Stalin's atrocities were unreported]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907585 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907586 Nationalists?
The insurgents (Conservative forces)
Opposed the changes that the Popular Front promised to bring
Republicans/Loyalists?
Defenders of the new Spanish Republic (Radicals and peasants)
Wanted the changes that the Popular Front promised
(Mainly wanted land reform)
Some Historians argue that the Spanish Civil War is the actual beginning of WWII, to what extent do you agree or disagree and why?
No, because even if the civil war was a testing site for weapons, it wasn't the trigger for WWII. In order for a war to begin, it needs a trigger and the Spanish Civil War was not the trigger of WWII.]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907586 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907589 Effect of Global Depression on Brazil?
Due to the depression, profits from exports fell drastically and foreign investment declined. 
How do the steps that Vargas takes compare to those of other totalitarian rulers at the time?
Similar to Mussolini's Italy and Nazi Germany, Vargas consolidated power by removing individual rights from the people and imprisoning political opponents. Secondly, Brazil's economy also had corporatist concepts similar to Italy.]]> 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907589 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907590 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907590 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907591 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907591 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907593 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907593 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907595 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907595 s2098067 https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907596 2022-02-17 19:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s2098067/32r0xw9zkrjghbzz/wish/2053907596