Interwar Years: Great Worldwide Depression
The International Scene
Europe in 1919
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 didn’t join the League? United States
League of Nations Members in 1919
Washington Naval Conference 1922 U. S. Britain Japan France Italy Kellogg Briand Pact 1928 limits amount of weapons each country can have
League of Nations Main reason it failed? No enforcement!!!!
Mandate System
Zionism-the mov’t to establish a Jewish homeland
Economics of the Interwar Years
Agriculturalism- agricultural production was a profitable item during the war but after the war there was far less demand for agricultural products
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
France one of the few countries which does not become totalitarian
France Counted on German reparations to pay for rebuild of infrastructure liberals under Populist Party run gov’t for a while inflation and bad economy make trouble for France Severe economic problems 1) war debt to US 2) need to build defense against Germany - Maiginot line
England one of the few countries which does not become totalitarian
Germany
United States The country that emerged from WWI with the only dynamic economy
United States What caused the stock market crash of October 1929?
United States What caused the stock market crash of October 1929? 1. Stock prices were inflated by the gov’t 2. The beginning of WWII 3. Negative influence of the Treaty of Versailles 4. Stock purchased on credit inflated prices
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 World War II 4. Excessive expansion of credit
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