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II. An economic depression in the United States spread to the world and lasted a decade. A. After war, Europe in bad shape.

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3 II. An economic depression in the United States spread to the world and lasted a decade. A. After war, Europe in bad shape.

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5 B. Post-War treaties 1. Locarno – clean up issues left by Versailles 2. Kellog-Briand- outlaw war 3. League of Nations- 1.No enforcement 2.No U.S.

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7 C. The situation worst in Germany. -The Weimar Republic 1. Little government loyalty 2. Weak economy 3. Uncontrollable inflation 4. War debts

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10 5. American plan used bank loans to help the German economy - The Dawes Plan 6. 1929, German factories produce as much as before the war.

11 D. Politics in the Postwar World 1. Economic instability 2. Political unrest. 3. U.S. uneasy about radical ideas so limited immigration from Europe.-The Red Scare

12 4. Britain In Britain, a new multi- party government took over- Labour 4. Ireland-”The troubles” –1916 Easter Rising –Irish Republican Army

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15 E. The economy of the United States booms in the 1920s. 1. Growth hid problems. 2. Inequity in wealth 3. Over-production leads to surplus. 4. Farmers face over production and drought 5. 1929, stock prices plunged

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24 G. 1932 -In the US, Franklin D. Roosevelt began the New Deal. 1. “All we have to fear is fear itself” 2. The government spent large amounts of money on building public works-roads, dams, bridges, airports, and buildings

25 3. The three”R’s of the New Deal a. relief -programs to provide food, clothing and shelter b. recovery- programs to put people back to work. c. reform -programs to prevent a depression from happening again

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