Quiz pp What happened in New York in October of 1929? 2.What is the name given to the global economic downturn in the late 1920’s and 1930’s? 3.Who became the first LABOUR PARTY prime minister of Britain in 1923? 4.Who was STANLEY BALDWIN? 5.What was the POPULAR FRONT in France an alliance of?
THE GREAT DEPRESSION: Global economic crisis and downturn begins in 1929 with the collapse of the American stock market “Black Thursday” - speculation and buying on margin Agricultural overproduction = falling ag prices Falling demand and prices for coal - shift to petroleum Deflation
CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION Causes of the Great Depression - 1.Internal domestic economic problems 2.International economic problems = trade and credit American economic collapse - Americans withdraw investments and credit from Europe Autarky Protectionism and trade barriers = tariffs Declining prices and declining demand = declining production = cutting of jobs Unemployment Political instability
THE DEMOCRATIC STATES IN THE 1920’s & 1930’s - BRITAIN 1.Econ problems - loss of markets and unemployment 2.The Labour Party emerges at the number two party in Ramsay MacDonald ->first Labour Party prime minister in Conservatives govt ->PM Stanley Baldwin 5.The General Strike 1926 = starts in the coal industry and spreads/crisis/fear of revolution 6.The “National Government” in 1931 = coalition of all three parties runs Britain in the 1930’s * Britain is consumed/totally focused on the economic problems in the 30’s - ignores foreign problems and cuts its military spending to devote more money to social welfare programs -> unprepared to deal with the rise of Hitler and the Nazis
RAMSAY MACDONALD – LABOUR PM STANLEY BALDWIN – CONSERVATIVE PM
THE DEMOCRATIC STATES IN THE 1920’s & 1930’s - FRANCE RAYMOND POINCARE -> MAJOR LEADER OF FRANCE IN THE 1920’s Great Depression = political instability in France - political chaos and changing governments’
THE DEMOCRATIC STATES IN THE 1920’s & 1930’s - FRANCE Polarization of French politics = people begin to move to the extremes of the political spectrum The rise of French Fascism = 1. Action Francaise 2. Croix de Feu The Popular Front = all of the different competing leftist parties agree to join together in an anti-fascist alliance and coalition = socialists + communists + radicals Leon Blum = the head of the first Popular Front government elected to lead France in 1936 * France, like Britain, was unprepared to deal with the rise of Hitler and the Nazis
ACTION FRANCAISE PROPAGANDA AGAINST THE POPULAR FRONT -> EXPLAIN IT
LEON BLUM – LEADER OF THE POPULAR FRONT GOVT IN FRANCE IN THE 1930’S POPULAR FRONT PROPAGANDA
DER SPIELVOGEL pp What 4 empires collapsed as a result of WWI? 2.Who was the last ruler of Imperial Russia? 3.What was the ruling family of Imperial Russia? 4.Who was the last ruler of Imperial Germany? 5.What was the last name of the ruling of Imperial Germany? HOHENZOLLERN 6.What was the ruling family of Austria- Hungary? 7.What was an enlarged Serbia called after WWI? 8.What was the new name for Russia after 1922? 9.What replaced the Ottoman Empire? 10.What old country reappeared after WWI? 11.What were 2 ways the Treaty of Versailles attempted to settle the problems of nationalism? 12.How did Germany feel about the Treaty of Versailles? 13.What did Europeans hope would keep the peace after WWI? 14.What was the US policy towards Europe after WWI? 15.Who were the 3 members of the Little of Entente? 16.What were reparations? 17.What did Germany quit doing in 1922? And how did France respond to this? 18.Who was Gustav Stresemann and what was his policy? 19.What was the American plan for reparations which included loans and investments to Europe? 20.What was THE TREATY OF LOCARNO? 21.The KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT agreed to “renounce ________ as an instrument of national policy? 22.What two factors led to THE GREAT DEPRESSION? 23.What happened in October 1929 in New York? 24.What were 3 effects of the Great Depression? 25.Who was Ramsay MacDonald and who was Stanley Baldwin? 26.What was John Maynard Keynes economic idea? 27.What was the POPULAR FRONT in France and why did it come about?