History of the Americas Questions
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King George III agreed to keep a tax on what product after the repeal of the Townshend Acts
Who had no idea what exactly the "New Deal" would be when he won the 1932 Presidential election?
He promised "Peace, Land and Bread" and appealed to the peasants (KISS)But he quickly realizes a communist economy doesn't work and implements some elements of capitalism back in to the economy
Idealist & reformer- originally stayed neutral-April 1917 speech-"make the world safe for democracy"-Came up with the 14 points and pushed league of nations
Causes of the great depressionFrance & Great Britain were depending of those and Germany couldn't pay it all back.Germany's economy was already bad in the 1920s, so it just started printing money - worthless! Hyperinflation!
Causes of the great depressiongave credit to anyone...even if they couldn't afford to pay back loans
The impact of the great depression-people tried to get their money out and banks ran out of cash. This means that no one can borrow money either
Causes of the great depressionmore goods flooding the market (Lightbulb! Lots of workers!) =prices go down.... Then wages, jobs, and then bank accounts
Causes of the great depressioncreated fear, which limits spending.... (only about 1% of the American population had invested in stocks)Everyone scared to spend money. So more jobs were lost
1800s Russian and Japan compete for control of Korea and ManchuriaAgreements are signed and broken, leading to Japanese attack at Port Arthur, Manchuria (Feb, 1904)Japanese easily defeat Russian troops - embarrassing
The impact of the great depression- trade simply stopped. People didn't want to buy things - especially not from other countries
Lenin gets sick in 1922 and dies in 1924Stalin was the guy Lenin warned the Party leaders aboutStalin manipulates everyone and begins his rule in 1924,implements "5 Year plans" to industrialize RussiaStarts getting rid of all opposition
-The Russian people are poor and angry - serfs gained their "freedom" in 1861 but had to repay their owners.-Most owned no land, and famine was common
After the March Revolution, two groups emergeRed army was well-disciplined and united in its cause (White army? Not so much)Reds will win in October Revolution
The impact of the great depression-Germans are depressed- emotionally, economically. -The Nazi party appeals to them by blaming everyone else for their problems: France, Great Britain, the Treaty of Versailles, Jews
The impact of the great depressionpolicy of abstaining from affairs with other countrieseveryone was focused on "helping themselves" but that meant no country was getting help. You can't fix a global problem by just working on yourself!
The causes of the Great Depression-the Smoot-Hawley tariff raised tariffs so high, that prices for foreign products in the US went up and Americans stopped buying them-So, other countries passed retaliatory tariffs - they didn't want to buy US- made products-International trade came to a screeching halt
Nicolas commits Russia to World War I (1914)Untrained and unsupplied soldiers are sent to the front to be slaughtered by German machine gunsBy 1915, 2 million Russians are dead
The impact of the great depressionin industrial countries - don't make money? Don't spend money.....people lose jobs... bad cycle!
-During WWI, France and Great Britain decided to divide up large portions of the Ottoman Empire for themselves-The system was created to "administer the colonies of defeated powers on a temporary basis." (Ha! - temporary?)-France and Great Britain became "mandatory powers" in the Middle East and planted the seeds for future conflicts in the Middle East