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FROM A HARSH POST-WAR PERIOD TO THE ROARING TWENTIES - Coggle Diagram
FROM A HARSH POST-WAR PERIOD TO THE ROARING TWENTIES
THE IDEOLOGIES OF THE POST-WAR PERIOD
ideologies were reinforced after the Great War
Nationalism gained support in Wilson’s Fourteen Points
they recognised the right to self-determination of peoples from defeated empires
new states to emerge
second International was dissolved as the socialist parties
was widely accepted by revolutionary socialists and some anarchists
socialist movement split and the ideology of communism
not share the same opinion about the Great War
October Revolution and the birth of the Soviet Union inspired the revolutionary workers
short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic and in the Spartacist Revolt in Berlin (1919)
German communist members and sympathisers began a campaign
agitation, although their leaders, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, did not support it
THE SPARTACUS LEAGUE
was founded in Germany during the final years of World War I
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht as its main leaders
1918, it became the Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
Democracy
spread to many of Europe’s newly independent countries and suffrage was extended to women
Germany
Weimar Republic was proclaimed (1919–1933) after the repression of the Spartacists and with the support of the Socialist Party
A DIFFICULT RECOVERY AFTER THE GREAT WAR
economic crisis
first years in post-war Europe (1918–1925)
still a lot of destruction and financial disorder
currency devaluation
unemployment and social problems
low production rates
Germany could not pay war reparations imposed by the Treaty of Versailles
France occupied To guarantee the payment
Germany’s main mining
Ruhr Valley
industrial region
worsened the German economic crisis
Inflation
general increase in the prices of goods and services
rose to 1 billion percent in 1923
led to the economic and moral ruin of the country
managed to get out of hyperinflation with help from the United States
1923, a German postage stamp worth four marks cost 5 million marks.
EUROPE BETWEEN 1918 AND 1925
3 THE ROARING TWENTIES
League of Nations was established in 1919 to promote peaceful, open and balanced diplomacy
overcome many difficulties
first post-war period, international relations were very tense
The United States never joined the League of Nations
Germany and the Soviet Union were admitted later.
League of Nations was necessary to keep the peace
Pact of Locarno
recognise the borders drawn after World War I
promised to respect them
agreement was applied under the umbrella of the League of Nations
recovery of the economy
eeling of security was accompanied by it
Production levels improved compared to previous years
Germany created a new currency and applied deflationary policies
prosperity of the United States
the repayment of credit given to Europe during the conflict and, after the conflict
For the first time, people had access to consumer goods
