UNIT 7: THE INTER-WAR YEARS

THE ECONOMY IN THE INTER-WAR YEARS

Post-war crisis

Recovery in the 1920

The wall street crush of 1929

The great depression of the 1930s

Agricultural overproduction

Hyperinflation

A shortage of production

High levels of debt

United States applied the Dawes Plan in Germany

Roaring twenties

Speculation on the stock market and excesive bank credit

Industrial overproduction

Wages fell and unemployment increased

World´s economy was affected

Companies closed

Decrease in the standard of living

THE EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY

European democracies

Democracy in the United States

In France

In Great Britain

In Germany

The Republican Party: right-wing

The Democratic Party: left-wing

SPAIN : DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRACY

AUTHORITARIANISM AND TOTALARIANISM

Italian Fascism

Nazi Germany

The USSR: Stalinism

Totalitarian government by Joseph Stanlin

Authoritarian government by Benito Mussolini

System of dictatorship by Adolf Hitler

Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera

Foreign Policy. definitive victory in the war in Morocco

Economy: large public works and state monopolies were set up

Domestic Policy: Patriotic Union; official party

The Second Spanish Republic

The Popular Front (1936)

The centre-right biennium (1933-1936)

The left-wing or reformist biennium (1931-1933)

The Spanish Civil War

The development of the war

Consequences

Reasons for the outbreak

to end public disorder

to end left-wing government reforms

to re-establish the political and social order

March to Madrid

Northern campaign

The battle of the Ebro

The end of the war

Economic: losses were high

Demographic: population reduced drastically due to the war

Political: an authoritarian regime was set up

Cultural: ideological repression was implemented