Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Democracy in Danger and the Road to WWII - Coggle Diagram
Democracy in Danger and the Road to WWII
The Crisis of Capitalism
Roosevelt, John Maynard Keynes
The
Great Depression
CAUSES
Unequal distribution of wealth (The Roaring 20s)
The crash of the stock market (
speculation
,
gold standard
,
credit
, failure of the banking system, -50% GNP, unemployment)
Overproduction
(chain production, assembly line, division of tasks, Ford)
High tariff and war debt (The
Dust Bowl
)
EFFECTS
Banks failed
Election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932
Unemployment
The
New Deal
(s): PWA, WPA, CCC, AAA, NRS, Emergency Banking Relief Act, Social Security Act economic programs with the tree Rs (Relief, Recovery, Reform)... ROOSEVELT # HOOVER
WWII: political tensions
1929-1941
The Threat of
Totalitarianism
Germany and The
Treaty of Versailles
Propaganda lied about winning the war
Diktat
Starving people (British blockade)
Weak
Weimar Republic
The
Treaty of Sevres
Turkey lost land to Greece, military reduced to 50,000 men
New Turkish president threatens Allies :: Treaty of Lausannes (override)
Hitler and Mussolini see strong desire to stay away from war; get away with breaking agreements
The
League of Nations
(peace, privilege democratic governments)
WEAKNESSES
No army of its own
Complex structure → slow process
Many important countries did not join
Decisions had to be unanimous, which
also made process slow.
STRENGTHS
All nations had signed agreement that
recognized the organization
Vast membership
Daunting economic sanctions and moral
condemnation
Appeasement
(e.g. of Japan)
Pan-Asian ideology
Liberal democracy (1920s), more technologically advanced
Militarism
and
Zaibatsu
Nationalism
and an imperialistic foreign policy (
Manchurian Crisis
)
The
Big Three
(Paris Peace Conf.)
Lloyd Georges
Keep Germany strong enough for trade (# France)
Reduce Germany's navy and exploit its colonies
Go easy on Germany, fear of retaliation
Woodrow Willson
Strict sanctions on Germany could lead to another war
Self-determination
(countries free to rule themselves),
isolationism
League of Nations (peaceful, idealist)
Freedom of the seas
Georges Clemeceau
Push back German borders to the Rhine
Germany pays all the compensations
Cripple Germany to protect France