Due to WWI and the treaty of Versailles‚ Germany was forced to pay large amounts of money to France and Great Britain. In addition‚ the treaty also forced Germany to give up thirteen percent of its land. For the next ten years most of Germany’s citizens were unemployed and by 1930 the great depression had begun to hit Germany. Hitler rose to power throughout the 1920s and finally by 1933 President Paul Von Hindenburg named Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany. Hitler focussed on the younger generation
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What criteria do you use to distinguish between knowledge‚ opinion and propaganda? In the 21st century society‚ we are immersed in mass media and absorb all kinds of information. With this amount of information‚ we ask basic questions about the authenticity of the information itself. We can get information from seeing‚ hearing things‚ school‚ friends or even just watching TV. We are exposed to propaganda and opinion everyday‚ but how much of that information do we accept into our knowledge
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surface‚ the method in which Stresemann had achieved stability would cause Germany to fall into turmoil after the 1929 Wall Street Crash. Stresemann wanted to achieve an ecomically stable Germany. Germany was currently crippled by the despised Treaty of Versailles. The reparations Germany were made to pay were sending an already declining country over the edge. Stresemann also wanted to create a single‚ unified‚ proud Germany. They had lost much land from the war‚ and many Germans were being ruled by
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Constitution meant that everyone as politically accountable within quite an advanced political structure which seemed to promise true democracy. And yet it was also based on flimsy foundations. It had accepted the validity of the hugely unpopular Versailles Treaty which ended the First World War this meant that it accepted as law the large amount of reparations imposed on Germany as instigator of the conflict. This led to financial and economic weakness underpinned by political unpopularity with the
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Midterm exam prep sheet‚ History 406W. 2-11‚ Spring 2013 Kurk Dorsey‚ Justine Oliva‚ Shawn Pirelli‚ Mike Verney The exam is scheduled for Wednesday‚ 6 March‚ 9:10-10:00 in Horton 210. You need bring only pens or pencils; we will supply the paper. Essay (50 points): You will be assigned one of these three questions. It should take about 25 minutes of your time to answer it‚ and your answer should have a clear argument that addresses the question and evidence drawn from the reading and lectures. Keep
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ideologies among the citizenry grew to favor the extreme left and right sides of the political spectrum‚ the democratic parties’ share of the vote shrank to less than 50 percent in 1920 (Weimar‚ 7). German distrust in the Weimar government grew as the Versailles
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successful negotiation of the Dawes and Young plans. Sensible and progressive foreign policies enabled Germany to come out of the imposed isolation. Germany was finally allowed to become a member of the League of Nations in 1925 as a result of the Locarno treaties. However the Weimar Republic faced many problems. One of the worst was the fact that German political parties found it difficult to win enough votes to gain an overall majority in the Reichstag. This was because there were too many parties‚ each
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1. Describe the major war aims of the Allied Powers. During the start of the First World War‚ several countries that formed the Allied Powers consisted of the British Empire‚ France‚ the Russian Empire‚ Italy‚ Romania‚ Japan‚ and the United States joined two years later. President Wilson had tried to keep the United States neutral‚ as they only wanted to trade with all of the countries‚ yet that changed after the Germans sunk the passenger ship Lusitania. These Allies fought against the
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and an obvious loser. True Germany is the nominal loser but not to the Germans who would harbor deep resentments about the Treaty of Versailles and the belief that Germany should have won this war. Also France technically won the war but they would come to feel vastly inferior to Germany and would be seen as too cruel with their desire to see the terms of the Treaty of Versailles strictly enforced. Our movie‚ La Grande Illusion‚ takes place during WW1. Two French officers‚ working-class lieutenant
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Compare and Contrast -Hitler and Mussolini- Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini both attempted their rises to power during interwar years in fascist parties. In many ways their attempts at state control were similar; large portions of society were unsatisfied by existing governments who were weak and dysfunctional‚ a war that made life very difficult‚ and a perceived threat from the Left led to support for the Fascists. Additionally‚ the similar ideologies of the soon-to-be dictators as well as mistakes
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