Europe Between Two Wars, 1919-1939
I. The Postwar World A. Changing Patterns of Life B. Artists and writers C. New technologies
1920s fashion, aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart
New novels, air travel, instant news
Picasso (Cubism) and Dali (surrealism)
II. The Western Democracies A. The U.S. 1. isolationist policy 2. “Red Scare” 3. U.S. emerged as world economic leader. 4. 1930s: Great Depression
B. Great Britain 1. General Strike (1926) 2. Labour Party ( P.M. Ramsay MacDonald) 3. Commonwealth of Nations – est. 1931 4. Ireland: Easter Uprising, 1916; independence in 1937 under Eamon De Valera
C. France 1. Devastated by WW I 2. Popular Front (Leon Blum)
D. International affairs 1. Disarmament conference in Washington D.C., 1922 2. Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928) 3. Locarno Treaties (1925) 4. Maginot Line
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III. Italy A. Feel cheated from WW I B. Mussolini: Fascist party C. March on Rome (1922): Black Shirts
IV. Germany A. Weimar Republic (1919) B. Hitler and the National Socialists
C. Germany Becomes Totalitarian http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/germany/hitlerconsolidaterev_print.shtml
D. Nuremberg Laws of 1935
E. Third Reich 1. rearmament program
2. Kristallnacht-Nov.9 and 10, 1938
V. The Soviet Union A. Russian Revolution (1917) 1. March Revolution – Provisional Govt. 2. October Revolution – Bolsheviks
B. Russian Civil War (1917-22) C. NEP (1921-8) D. Stalin & The First Five-Year Plan (1929-32)
E. The Great Purge
VI: Spanish Civil War (1936-9)