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Worldwide Depression, the Rise of Nazism and the Holocaust
CRCT Prep Book Pages 164-169
I. Worldwide Depression
A. Most countries experienced a time of economic __________________________ at the end of WWI
B. In 1929 there was a ______________________________________________________ in the U.S.
1. Values of stocks quickly ________________________
2. Fearing they would lose everything, investors began selling off their stocks which
caused _______________________ to drop even more.
3. People had less ____________________ so could not purchase goods from businesses.
4. Businesses ____________________ because they could not pay their debts.
5. Workers lost _____________.
6. The American economy came to a _______________.
C. Similar events occurred all over the globe causing what became a worldwide __________________
______________________.
closed
dropped
economic depression
halt
jobs
money
prices
prosperity
stock market crash
II. The Rise of Nazism
A. WWI came at a great __________________ to the country of Germany.
1. Destroyed by war, the highways, roads and railroads needed to be ________________.
2. The __________________________limited the size of the military, so military jobs were lost.
3. Goods became scarce, so ______________________ went up.
4. The German people blamed the _________________________________.
B. Nazi Party
1. Was led by ____________________________________
2. Said they could solve Germany’s __________________________.
3. Blamed the country’s problems on the Treaty of Versailles and _________ who they said were
controlling the banks and money, keeping other Germans from making a good living.
4. Hitler was chancellor and passed laws to give himself more power, eventually becoming
_______________________ with autocratic power.
a. Began to rebuild the _____________________ (against the Treaty of Versailles), but
this put people to work as they built weapons.
b. People went to work to build a superior __________________________ system.
c. The economy improved, but people _________________ many civil rights.
5. Nazis imprisoned or __________________ anyone who spoke out against them.
6. Hitler started what became _____________ when he sent troops to regain the territory lost by
the Treaty of Versailles.
7. European countries did nothing to stop Germany until Hitler invaded ___________________,
at which point France and Great Britain declared war on Germany, and WWII had begun.
Adolf Hitler
cost
dictator
prices
government
problems
rebuilt
highway
Jews
killed
Treaty of Versailles
lost
military
Poland
WWII
III. The Holocaust
A. Involved the Nazi’s systematic killing of every ___________.
B. Jews were ____________________________in slums, and were forced to wear armbands.
C. Eventually Jews were sent to ______________camps where they were forced to work or were killed.
D. Hitler and the Nazi’s engaged in _____________________as they planned to kill every Jew
E. Resulted in the formation of the country of ________________
1. Having no where to go at the end of the war, survivors of the Holocaust wanted to go to
their ancient homeland, _______________________in the Middle East
2. In 1947 the United Nations divided Palestine into an _________state and a Jewish state, Israel
Arab
concentration
genocide
imprisoned
Israel
Jew
Palestine