Between the Wars – Guided Lecture Notes

League of Nations

  • What did it do?
  • Establishment of the system
  • Mandates =
  • Examples of MandateTerritories =
  • Why did it fail?
  • USA did not want to become a member, it wants to itself from Europe and the rest of the world ( )
  • L of N did not have the power to its decisions

United States

  • Wanted from the rest of theworld
  • Dominant world after WWI
  • Led to economic “boom” (= )
  • People borrowed money on credit for and

Great Britain

  • Horrors of WWI deeply impacted British and
  • Britain lost factory jobs to USA and
  • Labour Party (““ party) won general elections in the

France

  • Devastated by
  • Economic hardship
  • High and gov’t nearly
  • Horrors of War
  • 50% of men ages 18-32 killed in

Italy

  • Resented Treaty of Versailles
  • Did not give enough to Italy
  • High unemployment and
  • Political chaos led to the election of Benito and his government in 1924
  • Fascism =

Germany

  • Anger and resentment over the Treaty of
  • Republic – democratic gov’t elected in 1919
  • Reparations caused economic in Germany
  • Loans from the US led to a period of relative in the 1920’s
  • But…Political Unrest still occurs….
  • Rise of

Russia

  • Lenin’s (NEP) =
  • Changes name – now U.S.S.R. = Union of Republics
  • Lenin dies in 1924 – Josef comes to power
  • Stalin implements his first Year Plan
  • Rapid
  • Collectivization of Soviet farms. Collectivization =

Japan

  • After WWI – Japan felt the West did not treat it as an
  • Industrialization in the 1920’s leads to a need for
  • Japan wanted to gain more control of parts of (mainly Manchuria)
  • Japan becomes increasingly and

Turning Point – The Stock Market Crash

  • Causes of the Stock Market Crash
  • in USA – prices go down sharply
  • Excessive dependence on to buy goods and stocks – people cannot pay off their debts.
  • High protective (or taxes on imports) stifle world trade
  • October 1929
  • Banks call in loans
  • People unable to pay off their bills
  • Stock prices
  • Businesses start to fail, laying off workers
  • Result = The Great Depression

The Great Depression

  • The Great Depression is GLOBAL = effects
  • Production of goods around the world
  • Prices, Salaries, and Wages fell =
  • Many workers lost their jobs
  • in the USA alone

United States

  • 1932 – Franklin D. elected President
  • - Federal gov’t would spend money, put workers back to work
  • Fed gov’t regulated , stock
  • Fed gov’t established and unemployment

France

  • Fascists and Communists constantly battled for influence among
  • 1934 - -led gov’t comes to power
  • Passed many laws that benefited and

Germany

  • 1929 – Hitler appeals to German workers – He can bring back economic and German national pride (“ “)
  • 1930’s – NAZI’s win big in elections (NAZI = acronym for National Party)
  • 1933 – Hitler is appointed ““ or leader of the German gov’t

Russia

  • Results of the FIVE YEAR PLAN
  • Rapid ______
  • Workers work for or pay
  • is scarce
  • Famine widespread
  • 1930’s – ““ – Stalin tries to “ “ (execute or imprison) his “ “ (or people he believed to be his enemies).

Japan

  • Japan dependent on the US - Great Depression in USA carried to Japan
  • Millions unemployed and
  • Military leaders promised stable and national pride ( )
  • Eyed imperial expansion in