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The United States:

The Roaring 20’s:

• The U.S did very well at first.

  • They proficted a lot off of the war

  • Their land was also unharmed.

• During this time:

  • Women gained the right to vote

  • Better Business

  • Lots of money/ Very good economy

  • Hollywood began

  • People became more comfortable.

League of Nations:

• The U.S did not join though it was president Wilson’s idea.

  • The congress voted against it.

  • SInce the U.S was so strong, not joining the League made the group very weak.

The Depression:

• After a while the economy began to turn

• Other European countries were taking loans from the U.S which they couldn’t pay back.

• They also overproduced

• And the stalk market crashed.

• All of this led to the U.S economy going into the Great Depression.

FDR:

→ Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Came up with the New Deal as a way to help the economy

  • It created lots of new work for people

  • Worked somewhat

Great Britain:

• Their land was mostly untouched

• Went into a depression

• They were very weak

• Workers went on strike for better conditions and pay

• They switched their government many times

• Winston Churchill- Became Prime Minister and led Britain into WWII.

France:

• Was affected a lot by the war

  • Debt

  • Lots of destroyed land

  • Unemployment.

• They still hated Germany, and the money which they owed France couldn’t get payed back all at once.

  • This made France suffer a lot.

• They also built the Maginot Line

  • A line of concrete bunkers, along their border with Germany so they wouldn’t invade again.

    • Many people thought it was a bad idea, because it used up lots of money which could have been used elsewhere.

• They also switched their government many times.

Japan:

• Were extremely unhappy with the Treaty of Versailles. (Like many others)

  • They got Germany’s islands north of the equator, which isn’t much.

  • They thought it was racist, since they didn’t get much.

• Were also made the being in the League of Nations wouldn’t let them take over more land.

  • They wanted to expand, so eventually they will leave the League.

Italy:

• Like the other countries, they went into a depression

  • They also got very little from the Treaty of Versailles.

• Benito Mussolini, made a fascist party, and quickly became a leader.

  • Fascist→ Complete control over all aspects of society

• When he became the leader of Italy he did make it a fascist government.

  • His efforts did help in some ways though.

    • He got many people jobs

    • And got some land back.

• Mussolini would eventually sign the pact of steel with Hitler, making the Axis Powers.

Germany:

• Faced many of the same problems as Italy and other countries

  • But they also had to pay reparations, and were humiliated by their loss in the war.

• They caused major inflation, which made their money almost worthless.

• The two parties who wanted to fix Germany were:

  • The Communists

  • The Nazis

    • The Nazis were led by Adolf Hitler.

• Eventually Hitler and his party got more and more popular.

  • He had the Prime Minister, make him chancellor, and the Prime Minister died Hitler took over.

• Hitler gave the Germans a scapegoat for their problems. This was the Jews.

  • He also believed that the German Aryans were the best race.

• He made pacts with both Italy and Russia, and became a big reason for the start of WWII.

Overall:

• Not many were happy with the Treaty Of Versailles

• Many countries went into a depression

• The League of Nations was very Weak

• The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed

  • Outlawed war, and said to solve conflicts in a peaceful manner.

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