Rise of Fascism and Nazism Between WW1 and WW2

What is a characteristic of a healthy democracy?

What is the consequence of a small percentage of the population owning a large percentage of the wealth?

What is the relationship between farming methods and crop prices?

What is the Economic Triangle of Doom related to?

What was a key component of Roosevelt's New Deal?

What was a common strategy used by European countries to boost their economies during the Great Depression?

What was the consequence of China's lack of territorial gains from World War I?

Who helped found the Chinese Communist Party and developed his own brand of communism?

Which factor directly contributed to the rise of fascism, Nazism, and totalitarianism?

What was Germany's solution to pay off its debt post-World War I?

What was the primary goal of the Dawes Plan?

By what factor did the price of a loaf of bread in Germany increase from 1918 to 1923?

What major event in August 1929 severely impacted the world economy?

How many times more fatalities were attributed to the Spanish Flu compared to World War I?

Why did early democracies in the 1930s struggle to maintain stability?

Interwar Period

Upset countries after Treaty of Versailles: Japan, Italy, Germany, and Russia felt cheated
Great Depression: People were unemployed and had no money
Rise of Fascism, Nazism, and Totalitarianism due to fall of democracies
Fascist aggression and failure to stop it led to the lesson of the 1930s

Spanish Flu

Killed 5 times as many people as World War I
Indiscriminate and unpredictable, unlike most of life which is predictable
Led to the rise of Expressionism as an art movement

Economic Challenges

Governments need money: bonds, printing money, taxes, allied loans, tariffs, and selling goods
Printing money causes inflation, reducing the value of currency
Germany's hyperinflation: 1 loaf of bread cost 2 marks in 1918, but 20,000,000,000 marks in 1923, rendering life savings useless

Dawes Plan

Stabilize Germany's economy with US money
Prevent social and political instability in Germany
A stable Germany would buy US products, benefiting the US economy

The Great Depression (August 1929)

US produced over 50% of the world's goods, making the global economy dependent on the US
Early democracies were fragile, and people were unhappy, making them prone to dictatorship
5% of the population owned 33% of the wealth, reducing consumption and production
Farming improvements led to overproduction, debt, and bank failures
Stock market crashes and margin buying exacerbated the crisis

Economic Responses

Britain: Devalued currency, spent on welfare, and lowered interest rates
France: Devalued currency, invested in public works, and pursued trade agreements
USA: Invested in public works, welfare, and reformed the banking system
Scandinavian countries: Invested in public works, welfare, and devalued currency

Chinese and Japanese History

Qing Dynasty: Overthrown in 1911, leading to Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People
Communist Party: Founded by Mao Zedong, who developed his own brand of communism
China was outraged by the Treaty of Versailles, not receiving any land after World War I

This quiz covers the post-WW1 events that led to the rise of fascist and totalitarian regimes, including the Treaty of Versailles, the Great Depression, and the failure to stop fascist aggression. Also, explore the impact of the Spanish Flu on society.