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Western Civ. Final
Lectures 14 to 19
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Undergraduate 1
12/09/2011

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Anschluss
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the idea to combine Austria with Germany because they were nationalistically similar; a vote was held in Austria in March 1938 but before the vote was completed, Hitler invaded Austria in his plan to unify Aryan peoples
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Czechoslovakia
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Hitler's target after Austria, Czech wanted nothing to do with it Hitler threaten to invade unless they surrendered the Sudetenland
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Neville Chamberlain
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England's Prime Minister during WWII created the Munich Pact and used policy of appeasement
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Munich Pact
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Chamberlain agreed to not oppose Germany's claim to the Sudetenland in return Germany does not go to war with Great Britain
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Appeasement
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a way of preventing war by making concessions for legit grievances
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Pact of Steel
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Hitler and Mussolini's pledge of offensive/defensive support to counter-effort to France and Great Britain promises to help the Czech surrounding countries if Germany invades
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Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact
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peace agreement sign Aug 23, 1939 if one goes to war, the other neutral. It was strange because they hated each other
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Manhattan Project
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international group of scientists who developed atomic bomb
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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civilian cities that Truman dropped atomic bombs on b/c he wanted to end the world early and b/c U.S/Soviet pact was starting to crack and STILL Japan did not immediately surrender
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Young People
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kids in Germany during Hitler's time that wanted to become trial men; boys ages 10-14
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Young Maidens
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girls ages 10 to 14 in Nazi Germany
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Hitler Youth
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Hitler thought to instill Nazi values in the youth of Germany; boys had to pass a test at the age of 14 to enter Hitler's Youth
all had to be Aryan, healthy, chosen and physically fit
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League of German Girls
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Girl version of Hitler's Youth
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People's Radio
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inexpensive alternative to pamphlets and was preset to Nazi approved stations Young people teaching young people
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leadership principle
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philosophy taught to Hitler's Youth; obey your leader no matter what
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Reich labor service
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1935 Reich felt that people could serve the country by doing socially useful tasks; when you graduate from high school you had to clear forests, drain swamps, and create usable land
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Joseph Goebbels
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Minster of propaganda in Nazi Germany; manipulated people at speeches, rallies, & parades which had people bound to Hitler; used radio, press, film, and pamphlets to get the message out
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Numremberg Laws
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took away citizenship from Jews
forced Jews to wear the yellow star of David on their clothes
forbade marriage and sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews
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Kristallnacht
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Novemeber 9-10 1938; night of broken glass; Germans were incited by Goebbels to attack Jewish residences after the assassination of a German diplomat; places of business, synagogues and homes were vandalized
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Reinhard Heydrich & Heinrich Himmler
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1941- introduced policy of extermination; started in Poland and Russia; came up with mobile vans, killing by gas, and gas chambers
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GULAG
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main camp administration in USSR; system of concentration camps and exile villages for people who were considered dangerous to the USSR; thought exiling was more humane than killing
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katorga
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forced labor system for people in the GULAGs
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class enemies
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someone who opposed the revolution and worked either openly or secretly to destroy it
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All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage (Cheka)
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the sword and shield of the Bolshevik obligation, they were above the law
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Solovetsky
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1st GULAG camp located in the white sea. It was a former monk monastery
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N.A. Frenkel
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prisoner who turned camp commander; created food rationing system used based on amount of work done; workers should do as much work as someone in that field; 1/3 work = 1/3 food
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Five Year Plan
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Stalin's economic programs that renewed every 5 years; 20% annual increase in industrial output, workers got food, no more 7 day work week
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Stolypin Wagons
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a wagon that transported prisoners to GULAG camps; horrid conditions
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The Big Three
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The Allies: U.S. Great Britain & Soviet Union (FDR, Churchill, Stalin)
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Atlantic Charter
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1941 proclamation created by FDR and Churchill meant for France that stated that any country that was free before the war but occupied during the during the war would be free after the war
Significant because Stalin wasn't leaving Baltic states even though they were free
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guerilla
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independent armed resistance forces in Lithuania in the 2nd stage of their war for independence which involved small groups and no open battle
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partisan
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someone devoted to a party or cause
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underground bunkers
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underground hideouts Lithuanian partisans would build to camp-out and hide out from the Soviets
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underground press
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During the 3rd stage of the Lithuanian war for independence which involved secret publications, they had to steal a printing press to make these possible
80 publications in total
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Potsdam Conference
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only post WWII meeting; July 1945
Stalin wants to place Red army troops in Eastern European countries for protection
Divided Germany into zones to easy control
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buffer zone
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Red armies in Eastern European nations to protect from future invasion
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Harry Truman
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President during the Cold War after FDR dies
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Clement Attlee
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British prime minister after Churchill is voted out
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Berlin Blockade
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US and GB wanted to create a new currency for Germany to promote capitalism, obvious the communist USSR didn't like this and blocked off ground transportation to Berlin as a reaction
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Berlin Airlift
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Since Berlin was blocked off the US airlifted supplies to West Berlin June '48 to May '49
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German Federal Republic
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new name for West Germany when western zones merged
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German Democratic Republic
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New name for East Germany
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collectivization
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combined independent farmers into state run farms; causes famine in Ukraine in 1950s-1980s; tells what to plant, when to plant, and how much to plant
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central planning
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planning the economy from Moscow- the center so they could control how much of everything is made; leads to a lot of corruption
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Leonid Brezhnev
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leader to follow Stalin; sick for 7 years dies in 1982
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Yuri Andropov
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ill and elderly, does nothing. dies in 1984
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Konstantin Chernenko
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has cancer, dies in 1985
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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last leader of the USSR; actually a normal man, not sick or elderly
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perestroika
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part of Gorbachev's 3 part plan; restructure the economy, market forces control economy
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glasnost
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part of Gorbachev's plan; open to discussion; corrected human rights issues IE released political prisoners and repealed censorship
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Chernobyl
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nuclear power plant meltdown in 1986 shows that Gorbachev is actually going to be open because he admits to the meltdown
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Sajudis
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Vytautas Landsbergis
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Solidarity Party
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