Journal Write # 14

What are your strengths in

writing a research paper.
What are your biggest
challenges?

The World After World War I

What do you think changed? How do
you think we get to World War II?

Postwar Europe

Unstable
Democracies
Absolute powers
overthrown
Little experience
with
representative
governments

Coalition
Governments
Too many
political parties
Temporary
alliance of
parties doesnt
last long
Unstable

The Weimar Republic

Germanys democratic
government (1919)
Weaknesses
Lacked democratic tradition
Too many political parties
Blamed by people for defeat
& humiliation of treaty

Economic Crisis
No tax increase during war =
inflation
Loans/investments from U.S.
help

Worldwide Depression

1929 Stock
Market Crash
Great
Depression

U.S. restricts
imports to keep
$ in U.S.
Countries who
export to U.S.
suffer

Britain
Economic
measures taken
to encourage
recovery
Preserved
democracy

Worldwide Depression

(Cont.)

France
Coalition government
passes reforms to help
workers
Democracy preserved

The United States

FDR & The New Deal
Preserved democracy
Established FDR as
worldwide leader of
democracy

Bernsteins Big Ideas

World War I left many European
countries with unstable
governments.
The Weimar Republic was a very
weak democracy.
The Great Depression had a global
impact
Britain/France/ US did not want
another War.
Economic disparity led to the Rise of

Quick Write: What is

Fascism?

Propaganda Techniques
Transfer
Linking human emotions to a concept
Connection between the propaganda and the
person

Bandwagon
Joining the in-Crowd or Group
Consequences of failure / not joining = danger,
guilt, death, defeat

Card-stacking
Promotes / emphasizes the negatives of a
concept
Shows only 1 point of view