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Chapter 28.1.3.5

Chapter 28.1.3.5. The Post-WWI Era “The in Between Years”. Post-WWI Mindset. The mass destruction of WWI caused many to lose faith in the idea of human progress. The Influenza Pandemic “The Greatest Medical Holocaust in History” 1918-1919.

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Chapter 28.1.3.5

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  1. Chapter 28.1.3.5 The Post-WWI Era “The in Between Years”

  2. Post-WWI Mindset • The mass destruction of WWI caused many to lose faith in the idea of human progress

  3. The Influenza Pandemic“The Greatest Medical Holocaust in History”1918-1919 • Mysterious pandemic (global epidemic) that killed 20-30 million

  4. European Countries in Ruins

  5. Europe After WWI

  6. France • Victorious, but weakened • Industry & agriculture destroyed • Young men dead • Econ. weak • Owed $ • $ to rebuild infrastructure • $ to build up security • Maginot Line • Pol. weak • Locarno Pact (aka the “Peaceful Illusion”) • Fighting b/w conservatives and the liberal Popular Front

  7. Great Britain • Econ. weak • Owed $ • Industry outdated • ¼ workforce unemployed • Led to General Strikes & Pol. Unrest • Prob. in Ireland • Ireland wants Independence • 1916 Easter Rising • Irish revolt, violently put down by GB • 1918 Irish Nationalist Party Sinn Fein declared indep. • Led to fighting b/w IRA (Irish Republican Army) and GB • 1922 Compromise • N = Protestant, controlled by GB • S = Catholic, loose connection to GB

  8. Eastern Europe • In general: • Struggling to build new democratic gov. • Still have ethnic tensions • Econ. problems

  9. Eastern Europe cont… • Austria • Small weak; prob. b/w conservatives & socialists • Hungary • Communism then military dictatorship • Poland • Econ. prob led to military dictatorship • Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria • Military dictatorships or monarchies

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