The Interwar Period (1917-1939)
The Years between _____________________ and __________________________
Characterized by political, and economic instability  _________________________
Communism in the USSR
______________________________________: November 1917  new gov’t
Lenin signs ______________________________, ends Russian involvement in WWII
Lenin introduces New Economic Policy: Blends __________________________________________ 
Stalin’s Five Year Plans
Introduces Five Years Plans to _______________________ Russian economy and increase
___________________________________
Effects of Five Year Plans _______________________________________________
Stalin’s Totalitarian Methods
Campaign of Terror: ________________________________________
 Propaganda: _____________________________________
Censorship
Religion_____________________________________
Fascism in Italy
Right-wing radicalism: anti-________________, anti-_______________, anti-________________.
Hypernationalism
Mussolini uses political and social upheaval to gain control
Great Depression  dictatorial characteristics: _______________________________,
_________________________, ________________________________
Nazism in Germany
Nazi and German Communist Party undermine Weimar Republic
Enabling Act (March 1933) ________________________
controls press, censorship, secret police, massive public works projects, Nuremberg Laws (1935)
Turkey Modernizes
_______________________________________ creates Turkish Republic (1923)
Rules as _____________________, acts like _____________________________
Modernizes Turkey: western _____________________________, ___________________________,
_______________________, __________________________, and ____________________________
Persia
Controlled by ___________________ (North) and ______________________(South) prior to WWI
Qajar rulers had little real power
1921 _____________________ leads mutiny against _______________________ Qajar Dynasty
and expels British
1925 takes name Reza Shah Palovi, new dynasty; renames Persia ________________
Westernization and rule similar to ___________________________
Egypt, North Africa, and Arabia
British, French, and Italians justify rule by calling colonies _________________________________
Blatant snub by Allied Powers
Nationalist movements gain momentum
__________________________________________ creates Israel, becomes a symbol for Arab Unity
China in the Interwar Period
_________________________ forces ___________________________ out of the presidency; forms
a military dictatorship that governs Beijing through the 1920s
Conflict between conservatives and intellectuals who desire greater democratic freedoms
Mao Zedong forms ________________________ and works with
_________________________
Sun Yat-Sen dies. New Nationalist leader ____________________________ declares war
on Communists
Mao and followers flee into mountains: _______________________________
In mountains Mao rebuilds Communist party
Military takes over Japan
At end of WWI, Japan growing into a strong ___________________________________
Great Depression destroys economy
Japan looks to ___________________________ for wealth and begins conquest
_____________________________________ is one of the worst atrocities in the pre-WWI world
India in the Interwar Period
_____________________ and ___________________________ work for Indian independence
________________________________________: 5 million Indians to vote for parliament
Salt March:
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
1937 Quit India Campaign: to convince _______________________ to give up total control of India
Economy helps Latin American Dictators Gain Power
Major economic control
Good Neighbor Policy: Goal _________________________________________________________
Great Depression destroys most Latin American economies
Dictators come to power in _______________________________,
_____________________________, and _____________________________
The Road to War!
Aggressive actions by _________________________, _________________________, and show the
ineffectiveness of the __________________________________________
League of Nations attempts _________________________________ to prevent war
Hitler’s invasion of _____________________________  Britain and France declare war on
Germany
The Axis Triumphs(1939-1941)
Italy and Germany win many key battles 
1941Lithuania, __________________________, ___________________________,
_____________________, ___________________________, _____________________________,
_____________________, ___________________________, _____________________________,
and _____________________ fall to the Axis
The ________________________________________ shows Britain will not be easily defeated
Germany begins ___________________________________ and invades Russia, violating the NaziSoviet Pact
The Turning Points of World War II
_________________________________ brings US into WWII
Allied Victories weaken Axis offensive in:
Midway
El Alamein
Stalingrad
___________________________ June 1944 leads to V-E Day
US Drops __________________________ on Japan forcing V-J Day in 1945
Japanese War Crimes
_________________________: Hundreds of thousands butchered, raped and mutilated as Japan
takes Nanjing
Bataan Death March
Prisoners of War _______________________________________________________
Nazi War Crimes
Nuremberg Laws strip away basic rights from ________________________________
Ghettoization
___ Million Jews killed 
____ Million non-Jews: ______________________, _____________________,
__________________________, ______________________________________,
__________________________ 
War Crime Trials
Leaders of the __________________ and __________________ were put on trail in international
tribunals in Nuremberg, Germany and Tokyo, Japan
Many important rulings made
_____________________ “following orders” are ____________________ for atrocities they
commit
_____________________ are responsible for their ______________________
Manufacturers of Zyklon-B and death camp owners responsible for murders
United Nations Established
Keep _____________________
__________________ Human Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by General Assembly