East European History

Table of Contents

Courses

History 0200

• Topic 1
• Topic 2
• Topic 3
• Topic 4
• Topic 5
• Midterm Review
• Final Exam Options
• Final Review

Historical Timelines

• 1998-1953

• 1953-1998

History 1270

• Outline
• Questions

Useful Links

Maps

Related Sites

News Sources

Library Resources

Topic Five - Lecture Two

The Multinational Nation States:

Romania and the Problems of Expansion

I. The Glory of Unification, 1918-1919...

II. ... and its Problems:

• ethnic minorities (28%)
• regional diversity

III. Policies, Ideologies, and Politics

A. Policies:

• Centralization & unification
• School expansion & school Romanization

B. Ideologies:

• Nationalism
• Liberal (through ourselves alone)
• Peasant populism
• Radical Youth: Codreanu & Iron Guard
• Communists & Socialists--mostly appealed to minorities

IV. Economic and Social Problems

V. Democracy Unravels

• The Royal Dictatorship 1938-40
• Antonescu & Iron Guard