Interwar Years: Great Worldwide Depression

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Interwar Years Great Worldwide Depression
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The International Scene
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Europe in 1919
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After WWI what was created to estb. international
cooperation? To prevent another world war by
encouraging a peaceful resolution to problems?
League of Nations
After WWI what was created to administer to the
colonies of the defeated nations?
Mandate System France and Britain Middle East
Who didnt join the League?
United States
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League of Nations Members in 1919
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Washington Naval Conference 1922
Kellogg Briand Pact 1928
U. S. Britain Japan France
Italy 5 5 3
1.67 1.67
limits amount of weapons each country can have
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League of Nations
Main reason it failed?
No enforcement!!!!
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Mandate System
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Mandate System
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Mandate System
Zionism-the movt to establish a Jewish homeland
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Economics of the Interwar Years
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Agriculturalism- agricultural production was a
profitable item during the war but after the war
there was far less demand for agricultural
products
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Economic Isolationism- the attitude of ignoring
the economic interconnections between countries.
Most countries raise tariffs (taxes on imports)
to encourage their own citizens to buy products
made in their own country. This means no other
country will buy products your country tries to
sell to them...it becomes protectionism
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France
one of the few countries which does not become
totalitarian
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France
Severe economic problems 1) war debt to US 2)
need to build defense against Germany - Maiginot
line

• Counted on German reparations to pay for rebuild
  of infrastructure
• liberals under Populist Party run govt for a
  while
• inflation and bad economy make trouble for
  France

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England
one of the few countries which does not become
totalitarian
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Germany
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Germany
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Germany
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United States
The country that emerged from WWI with the only
dynamic economy
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United States
What caused the stock market crash of October
1929?
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United States
What caused the stock market crash of October
1929?
1. Stock prices were inflated by the govt 2. The
beginning of WWII 3. Negative influence of the
Treaty of Versailles 4. Stock purchased on credit
inflated prices
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World Wide Depression
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the
worldwide depression in the 1930s? 1. German
reparations for World War I 2. Stock Market Crash
of 1929 3. World War II 4. Excessive expansion of
credit
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World Wide Depression
Which of the following was not a result of the
worldwide depression in the 1930s? 1. high
unemployment in industrial countries 2. growing
importance of the Nazi Party in Germany 3. bank
failures and collapse of credit 4. Stock Market
crash of 1929