THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS Catalysts for Creation WWI and the Alliance System Wilsons Idealism Modern Economy Goals of LON Peace keeping Encourage contact among nations Settle nationalist issues Humanitarian efforts ID: 761730
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THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS Catalysts for Creation WWI and the Alliance System Wilson’s Idealism Modern Economy
Goals of L.O.N. Peace keepingEncourage contact among nations Settle nationalist issuesHumanitarian efforts
Doomed to fail? Unequal Playing fieldLack of military force Britain and France US did not join
EFFECTS OF WWI Immediate 10 million soldiers killed RUS – 2 milGER – 1.3 milFRA – 1.3 mil GB – 900,000 US: 115,000 4 million civilians killed 350 billion dollars
Soviet Union 2. In what region of Europe did most of the changes take place? 3. What issues/conflicts are likely to emerge as a result of the new map created in 1919?
Long Term Effects 1. Destruction of Eastern & Central European Empires 2. Communism in Russia
Long Term Effects 3. Weakening of Europe --Economic instability: --Unresolved nationalistic issues--Dissent in the colonies: Economic power moves to US & Japan Forced to make concessions to non-European areas
Long Term Effects 4. Social & Political Transformations Women Monarchies
The World By the 1920’s 3 Major Patterns W. Eur. = Incomplete recovery Negative pol. & econ. patterns arose: Fascism in Italy; crippling tariffsW. Europe’s world econ. dominance fell behind U.S. & Japan
The World By the 1920’s 3 Major Patterns 2. U.S. & Japan = New giants in indust. prod.
The World By the 1920’s 3 Major Patterns 3. Consequential Revolutions in: MexicoRussiaChina
The World By the 1920’s The Roaring Twenties *Brief period of stability and optimism Germany’s new dem. gov’t promised friendship & coop. Kellogg-Briand Act = outlawed war General econ. prosperity
The World By the 1920’s The Roaring Twenties – cont’d *Brief period of stability and optimism Intro. of new consumer items: radios & autosCultural burst in arts, film, lit.Women achieve voting rights & social freedoms in West.
THE GREAT GLOBAL DEPRESSION – 1930s
Causes German reparations fueled Hyperinflation
Causes 2. Overproduction: supply > demand
Causes 3. Excessive expansion of credit
Causes 4. Tariffs = poor domestic economy
Causes 5. Stock market crash & panic
Impact Who was impacted the most? High unemployment in indust. countriesValue of exports dropBank failures; collapse of credit Extreme political reactions/massive rearmament Western democracies & Japan
GERMANY Failure of Democracy (Weimar Republic) Rise of Nazism ITALY Rise of Fascism JAPAN MILITARISM & EXPANSION Failure of a return to Pre- War Government Failure of a Civilian government
Impact Who was not impacted? Isolated Communist regime USSR Stalin’s 5 year plan Depression clip
Fascism vs. Nazism Summary1.Fascism is a term that was originally referred to the fascists of Italy under Mussolini. Nazism on the other hand, though a form of Fascism, referred to as National Socialism, is in an ideological concept of the Nazi Party. (National Socialist German Workers’ Party of Adolf Hitler) 2.For Fascists, the state was the most important element. But Nazism emphasized on racism. 3.While fascism considered state as important, Nazism considered ‘Aryanism’ as more important.