interwar years/wwii 1919 - 1939
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Interwar Years/WWII 1919 - 1939. Essential Question. How did Russia and Germany change after WWI?. Lenin’s Russia. Russia becomes the Soviet Union Communist Party under Lenin controls government (not a democracy) New Capital – Moscow Treaty with Germany to end the war Russia lost land - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Interwar Years/WWII 1919 - 1939
Essential Question
How did Russia and Germany change after WWI?
Lenin’s Russia Russia becomes the Soviet Union Communist Party under Lenin controls
government (not a democracy) New Capital – Moscow Treaty with Germany to end the war
– Russia lost land Distributes farmland to peasants Workers control factories Average person has little freedom or
rights
Murder of the Romanov family
Treaty of Versailles and Germany German economy was weak after the
war– Now, they had to pay reparations– Lost valuable land and towns
German people were dissatisfied– Felt they were punished unfairly– Felt “stabbed in the back” by their
democratic government who ended the war
Germany was insecure and paranoid– Army was reduced– Surrounded by enemies (France, Poland,
Russia)
“So it had all been in vain. In vain all the sacrifices and privations ... in vain the hours in which, with moral fear clutching at our hearts we nevertheless did our duty; in vain the deaths of two million…had they died for this? So that a gang of wretched criminals could lay their hands on the Fatherland?”
~Adolf Hitler (1923)
Essential QuestionWhat caused the Great Depression and how was the world affected by it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpKmfjf5tUk
Underlying CausesUneven distribution of wealth
–Top 5% controlled 33% of the wealth
Overproduction of goodsPeople are buying on credit. Go
into debt–Buy stocks (certificates of ownership in a company) on credit
–This is okay as long as the economy is good
The CrashEconomy starts downturn in Sept 1929
People lose confidence in economy
Investors sell their stocks and get less in return
Oct 29, 1929 – Black Tuesday–Economy takes a dive and entire
fortunes wiped out, billions lost
Great Recession of 2008
Depression Goes Global U.S. was largest economy so it
affects others U.S. had loaned countries money to
rebuild after WWI (France, Germany, etc…)– Their economies collapsed– U.S. cannot buy world goods or sell
American goods – hurts Europe World goes into Global Depression
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exuGv3HsV-U
Directions: Use the document (song, charts, and quote) to answer the following:–1. What was the point of the song?
–2. How was life for a worker or cook (use charts)?
–3. Explain how these events could make you lose faith/trust in your government