1. The Interwar Period (Post WWI to 1939)
Causes of Worldwide Depression

2. This Cartoon is from a German Newspaper
What idea do you think it represents?

3. Causes of Worldwide Depression
Money Germany owed France and Great Britain from WWI
German Reparations

5. Causes of Worldwide Depression
Factories produced as many goods as possible
Expansion of Production Capacities

6. Which country is producing the most?
Global Economy
Which country is producing the most?

7. Causes of Worldwide Depression
The United States was making and trading a lot of goods
United States Dominance in the Global Economy

8. Causes of Worldwide Depresssion
What is the result taxing imported goods?
High Protective Tariffs

9. Causes of Worldwide Depression
Raises the price of goods People can no loner afford to buy the goods
High Protective Tariffs

10. What is happening here?

11. Causes of Worldwide Depression
Too much lending was taking place People went into debt (they owed a lot of money)
Excessive Expansion of Credit

12. Stock Market Crash of 1929

13. Causes of Worldwide Depression
Business lost a lot of money! They worth much less than before the crash
Stock Market Crash of 1929

14. Impact of World Depression
Interwar Years
Impact of World Depression

15. Interwar Years High unemployment Bank failures Collapse of Credit
(No credit available)
Impact of World Depression

16. Interwar Years
Nazi Party rises to importance in Germany Nazi Party Blames Jews for Economic Collapse
Impact of World Depression

17. German Cartoon Top: German Emigrants Bottom: Jews Thrive in Germany

18. Interwar Years Q: What would make people want a
very strong government?

19. Review: Impact of World Depression