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A Worldwide Depression
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Bell-work 3/7 At the top of your Cornell Notes “notes” box, predict what you think the condition of Germany will be after WWI. How will it be a different country than it was before the war? What struggles does will it face? Write at least 3-4 sentences.
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A Worldwide Depression Topic/Objective: Describing postwar conditions in the U.S. and Europe Essential Question: What were the effects of the Great Depression on different countries?
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New Democracies Many countries have formed new democracies – Coalition government No more absolute rulers
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Postwar Economy Late 1920s – Europe was rebuilding its war- torn countries – WWI left many countries bankrupt US helped by giving out loans
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What’s up with Germany? Became a democracy- Weimar Republic Lacked democratic tradition Many political parties Germans blamed the Weimar government for the loss in WW1
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What’s up with Germany? Still humiliated and bitter Didn’t pay for war by raising taxes – just printed more money To pay back reparations to Allies – printed more money Money lost value – Loaf of bread in 1918 = less than a mark – In 1923 = 200,000,000,000 marks America loans Germany $200 million – Dawes plan Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Inflation gone mad! It’s hyperinflation
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U.S. Financial Collapse Overproduction of goods – no one buying them Factories lay off workers = unemployment October 29, 1929 – Black Tuesday – Stock market crash! – Banks close, people lose their savings – Great Depression 1933 – 25% of Americans unemployed
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Bank Run!
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Effects Global depression Americans demand to have their loans paid back – ASAP! World trade stopped- Import taxes Every country hurt Franklin Delano Roosevelt – New Deal – Creates jobs for the unemployed
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New Deal: Civilian Conservation Corps
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On your own How did the world try to solve the economic crisis? Use page 474 and take notes on the following: – Britain – France – Socialist Countries – USA
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