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THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Catalysts for Creation. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. WWI and the Alliance System Wilson’s Idealism. Modern Economy. Goals of L.O.N. Peace keeping Encourage contact among nations Settle nationalist issues Humanitarian efforts. Doomed to fail? . Unequal Playing field Lack of military force

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THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

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  1. Catalysts for Creation THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS • WWI and the Alliance System • Wilson’s Idealism • Modern Economy

  2. Goals of L.O.N. • Peace keeping • Encourage contact among nations • Settle nationalist issues • Humanitarian efforts

  3. Doomed to fail? • Unequal Playing field • Lack of military force • Britain and France • US did not join

  4. Immediate EFFECTS OF WWI • 10 million soldiers killed • RUS – 2 mil • GER – 1.3 mil • FRA – 1.3 mil • GB – 900,000 • US: 115,000 • 4 million civilians killed • 350 billion dollars

  5. Soviet Union 3. What issues/conflicts are likely to emerge as a result of the new map created in 1919? 2. In what region of Europe did most of the changes take place?

  6. Long Term Effects 1. Destruction of Eastern & Central European Empires 2. Communism in Russia

  7. Long Term Effects • --Economic instability: 3. Weakening of Europe Economic power moves to US & Japan • --Unresolved nationalistic issues • --Dissent in the colonies: Forced to make concessions to non-European areas

  8. Long Term Effects 4. Social & Political Transformations Women Monarchies

  9. The World By the 1920’s • W. Eur. = Incomplete recovery • Negative pol. & econ. patterns arose: Fascism in Italy; crippling tariffs • W. Europe’s world econ. dominance fell behind U.S. & Japan 3 Major Patterns

  10. The World By the 1920’s • 2. U.S. & Japan = New giants in indust. prod. 3 Major Patterns

  11. The World By the 1920’s • 3. Consequential Revolutions in: • Mexico • Russia • China 3 Major Patterns

  12. The World By the 1920’s • *Brief period of stability and optimism • Germany’s new dem. gov’t promised friendship & coop. • Kellogg-Briand Act = outlawed war • General econ. prosperity The Roaring Twenties

  13. The World By the 1920’s • *Brief period of stability and optimism • Intro. of new consumer items: radios & autos • Cultural burst in arts, film, lit. • Women achieve voting rights & social freedoms in West. The Roaring Twenties – cont’d

  14. THE GREAT GLOBAL DEPRESSION – 1930s

  15. Causes • German reparations fueled Hyperinflation

  16. Causes 2. Overproduction: supply > demand

  17. Causes 3. Excessive expansion of credit

  18. Causes 4. Tariffs = poor domestic economy

  19. Causes 5. Stock market crash & panic

  20. Impact Western democracies & Japan • Who was impacted the most? • High unemployment in indust. countries • Value of exports drop • Bank failures; collapse of credit • Extreme political reactions/massive rearmament

  21. GERMANY ITALY JAPAN Failure of a return to Pre- War Government Failure of Democracy (Weimar Republic) Failure of a Civilian government Rise of Nazism Rise of Fascism MILITARISM & EXPANSION

  22. Impact • Who was not impacted? USSR • Isolated Communist regime • Stalin’s 5 year plan Depression clip

  23. Fascism vs. Nazism Summary1.Fascism is a term that was originally referred to the fascists of Italy under Mussolini. Nazism on the other hand, though a form of Fascism, referred to as National Socialism, is in an ideological concept of the Nazi Party. (National Socialist German Workers’ Party of Adolf Hitler) 2.For Fascists, the state was the most important element. But Nazism emphasized on racism. 3.While fascism considered state as important, Nazism considered ‘Aryanism’ as more important.

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