AGE OF ANXIETY POST WWI GREAT DEPRESSION EUROPE

TRANSFORMATION OF EUROPE • Period of Social Change • Scientific and Cultural Transformation •

SOCIAL CHANGES OF THE 20’S • Class distinctions faded • Government expansion = more

GERMAN HYPERINFLATION • German economy collapsed in 1923 • Treaty of Versailles • Loss

WHAT DOES HYPERINFLATION LOOK LIKE? • What can you do with German money in

THE GREAT DEPRESSION Causes Effects • Agricultural Depression • Bank Failures • Overproduction of

REACTIONS TO THE DEPRESSION • Government Changes • The New Deal (in USA) •

FASCISM • Mussolini – Italy (1922) • One- party dictatorship • Took over government,

TOTALITARIANISM AND MASS MOBILIZATION • Characteristics: • Attack democracy and capitalism • State directed

ADOLF HITLER Rise of Hitler Reforms by Hitler • Austrian • Ignores the Treaty

What made Hitler so charismatic? Let’s take a look.

JAPAN • Authoritarian • Wants out of the Great Depression • Government in the

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AGE OF ANXIETY POST WWI & GREAT DEPRESSION

EUROPE AFTER WWI

TRANSFORMATION OF EUROPE • Period of Social Change • Scientific and Cultural Transformation • German Hyperinflation

SOCIAL CHANGES OF THE 20’S • Class distinctions faded • Government expansion = more “white -collar” jobs (office work, business, etc) • Technology slowed growth of working class • Women earned the right to vote • Not a huge change? • WHY?

GERMAN HYPERINFLATION • German economy collapsed in 1923 • Treaty of Versailles • Loss of territory • War Guilt Clause • Had to pay the winners back for the war • Leads to Hyper-inflation

WHAT DOES HYPERINFLATION LOOK LIKE? • What can you do with German money in 1923? • Make a fort (below) • Burn it for heat (right)

Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe

THE GREAT DEPRESSION Causes Effects • Agricultural Depression • Bank Failures • Overproduction of Goods • Credit • Decline in world trade • Massive unemployment • Global decline in industrial production • Poverty and hunger widespread

REACTIONS TO THE DEPRESSION • Government Changes • The New Deal (in USA) • Keynesian Economics • Greater government role in the economy • Political Radicalization • Rise of communism and fascism • Germany and Japan turn to state controlled economic growth

FASCISM • Mussolini – Italy (1922) • One- party dictatorship • Took over government, press, public education • Extreme nationalism • Secret police • Fascism appealed to people who feared: • Quick change & economic instability

TOTALITARIANISM AND MASS MOBILIZATION • Characteristics: • Attack democracy and capitalism • State directed economy • State more important than the individual • Charismatic dictator • Mobilization of the masses • Embrace public welfare programs • Use censorship and propaganda • Women not permitted a public role

ADOLF HITLER Rise of Hitler Reforms by Hitler • Austrian • Ignores the Treaty • Served in World of Versailles War I • Ends war • Became reparations chancellor of Germany in 1933 • Remilitarizes Germany

What made Hitler so charismatic? Let’s take a look.

JAPAN • Authoritarian • Wants out of the Great Depression • Government in the hands of a nationalist military group • Began aggressively attacking areas of Asia