GCSE History Topics

The Volstead Act. Speakeasies, moonshine, gangsters, "protection rackets" - paying gangsters to keep businesses safe, corruption, bootlegging. Temperance Groups and the Bible Belt. Government wanted votes.

John Scopes. He was convicted but charges were dropped.

August

Republican. "Do Nothing". "Rugged Individualism." He was a mining engineer. If he could do it everyone could. "The American Dream." "Prosperity is just around the corner."

October. Stock Prices dropped.

Has polio. Democrat. Train Campaign. He's a cool guy.

Relief,recovery and reform.

George Clemencau - France
Woodrow Wilson - USA
David Lloyd George - Britain

Bulgaria.
Restricted their army to 20,000.
£100 million in reparations.

Austria.
Separated Austria from Hungary.
Bohemia and Moravia -> Czechoslovakia
Bosnia, Herzegovina and Croatia -> Yugoslavia
Army was restricted to 30,000.
Forbidden to unite with Germany again.

Turkey.
Smyrna -> Greece
Syria -> mandate under French control

Hungary.
Transylvania -> Romania
Slovakia and Ruthenia -> Czechoslovakia
Slovenia and Croatia -> Yugoslavia

French Soldiers went into Germany to claim coal as reparation payments so the German workers were told to strike. Over 100 German workers were killed. Trade fell as less coal was mined and money had to be printed. This caused hyperinflation. The USA had to organise for the reparation payments to be lessened and for the French Soldiers to retreat.

Failure.
Poland invaded Vilna which was owned by Lithuania. The League of Nations protested to Poland, who did not withdraw, and did not send troops in.

Success.
Both Sweden and Finland wanted control over the Aaland Islands. The League let Finland have control. Sweden accepted this and moved on.

Success.
Both Germany and Poland had civilians living in Upper Silesia and both wanted control over it. The League held a plebiscite where the rural areas wanted Polish control and the industrial areas wanted German control. The league split the borders accordingly.

Failure.
An Italian General was sent to supervise the border between Greece and Albania and was then murdered. Mussolini got very pissy and blamed Greece, asking for compensation and an apology. Mussolini sent in Italian troops into Corfu and killed 15 men. Greece appealed to the League who held the compensation and said it would be given to Italy when the killer is found. Mussolini publicly accepted this but privately persuaded the Conference of Ambassadors to change their mind. Mussolini got paid up front and got a public apology. What a nugget.

Asked for countries in the League to ask the League to help in their disputes and then accept the council's decision. This was meant to strengthen the League but Britain backed out so, in the end, it weakened it.

Success.
Greece invaded Bulgaria after some of their soldiers were killed on the border but when they were condemned and asked to withdraw they did so.

Germany accepted the border between France and Belgium. Britain and Italy guaranteed to protect France if Germany went over these borders.
Germany accepted that the Rhineland would stay demilitarised.
France and Germany agreed to settle any disagreements through the League.

No more war. Settlements will be done peacefully.

Japan invaded Manchuria. Set up a puppet Government.
They wanted:
new trading partners
to gain raw materials
more food for it's growing population
more farmland as their land is mountainous

The League took a year to file a report which asked for Japan to leave China but instead Japan just left the League and invaded Jehol as well. Tsssschk.

Germany wanted equality.
No other countries were willing to disarm as much as Germany and no one wanted Germany to rearm.
Germany left the League and started rearming publicly.

December.
A Secret Pact between the Foreign Secretary of Britain and France to give Abyssinia to Italy.

Mussolini wanted to take people's minds off their lack of money.
He wanted to build up his empire.
He wanted more resources and land.
Mineral Wealth.
Abyssinia had very little defence so it would be an easy win.

February.

October.

Plebiscite for if the Saar-land should be given back to Germany. Germany won 90% of the votes and although it was obviously corrupt, were given the Saar.

The attention was all on the Abyssinian crisis so nothing was done.

used this to test his weapons.

Told the leader of Austria that they needed to unite to calm the public. There was a plebiscite which was completely fixed and Hitler arrested people who voted against him. Lots of pro-Nazi propaganda.

Asked for the Sudetenland, was given half but took all of it anyway. Chamberlain just gave in to avoid war.

invaded the Sudetenland to form a Greater Germany and to get Lebensraum. Threatened War.

Why?
old German industrial sites
Lebensraum
Greater Germany
Coal
Factories
Weapons
German speaking people

Hitler invaded from the West on the 1st September. WW2 began the next day. fucking hitler you fucking douche

Hitler's movement eastwards worried Stalin so they signed a pact to avoid war. They then agreed to split Poland. Wow.