The Inter-war Years

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Challenges for Britain, Europe, and the wider world 1901 to the present day
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the
decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling
which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse.

- John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy

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MODULE CONTENT

This module discusses the following

topics:
● Inter-war years timeline
● The Great Depression
○ The Wall Street Crash
○ Impact to the U.S., Germany,
and Great Britain
● The Rise of Dictators
○ Italy’s Benito Mussolini
○ Russia’s Joseph Stalin
○ Germany’s Adolf Hitler

Image of American Men waiting in line for free soup, coffee, and
doughnuts in Chicago, 1931.
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LEARNING KEY
OBJECTIVES WORDS

At the end of the module, students should Inter-war years

be able to: Great Depression
❖ Trace the events during the interwar Wall Street Crash
period New Deal
❖ Analyse the cause and effect of the Fascism
1929 Great Depression Communism
❖ Evaluate the rise of dictators in Dictatorship
Europe during this period
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INTER-WAR YEARS TIMELINE
The inter-war period covered the year between the armistice that formally ended the First World War in 1919 and
the year before the beginning of the Second World War in 1939.

Germany experienced hyperinflation. Adolf Hitler and General In order to subdue the
1923 Ludendorff led a rebellion known as the Beer Hall Putsch. As a Communist-Fascist
result, Hitler was imprisoned for 2 years.
conflict, King Victor
Emmanuel made Benito
OCT. 1922 Mussolini the Italian
The Washington Conference convened by Premiere.
the U.S. was held and attended by Britain,
NOV. 1921 France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, The first meeting of the League of
Portugal, China, and Japan. Nations was held in Geneva, Switzerland.

NOV. 1920
The Treaty of Versailles was signed between the Triple Entente and Germany. It
formally ended WWI and imposed heavy accountability, including reparation
JUNE 1919
payments, and cession of territories on Germany.
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DEPRESSION ROOSEVELT’S NEW DEAL

AIMS ACHIEVEMENTS It restored public confidence in the federal

❏ To meet the needs ❏ It offered pension benefits to
of citizens through the elderly, the orphaned,
the establishment widowed and those injured
of the Social in industrial accidents
Security Act ❏ All employees of businesses
❏ To secure wages with interstate commerce
and working were protected with
conditions under minimum wages and
the Fair Labour maximum working hours
Standards Act ❏ Moreover, child labour was
prohibited, except on farms
government, especially the president. Moreover, it
strengthened the position and role of the central
government. It stabilised the American banking
system and prevented further closures of
businesses, but did not solve the depression
immediately. Short-term jobs were created by the
Alphabet Agencies. But, it was only during WWII
that widespread unemployment ended. The semi-
welfare state provided pension to the elderly,
widows, the disabled, and sick through the Social
Security Act. As a result, taxpayers felt pressure. It
strengthened the power and position of labour
unions and made negotiations between employee
and employers possible.