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Depression to Depression to DictatorshipDictatorship
Mr. BachHudson High School
Accelerated World History
Coalition GovernmentsCoalition Governments
Communists
Social Democrats
Catholic Centrists
Nationalists
Nazis
Other
The Weimar Republic of Germany in 1924
An Example of a Weak Post-War Democracy
Hyperinflation in the Hyperinflation in the Weimar RepublicWeimar Republic
Problem: How to Pay for WWI? Solution: Print Money!
Problem: How to Pay for Reparations? Solution: Print Money!
The Dawes Plan and the The Dawes Plan and the Young PlanYoung Plan
Germany
France/England
United States
$2.5 billion in loans
$2.0 billion in reparations$2.6 billion in war
dept payments
The Kellogg-Briand The Kellogg-Briand PactPact
Pledge “to renounce war as an instrument of national policy.”
Problem: How will the League of Nations enforce this?
The Great DepressionThe Great Depression
Foreclosures
Agricultural Overproduction
IndustrialOverproduction
Uneven Wealth Distribution
Stock Speculation
Collapse of the U.S. Economy
Great Depression
Global Economic CrisisGlobal Economic Crisis
Collapse of World Trade(dropped 65%) Tariff War
Withdrawal of American Investment
Global Depression
Rise of a DictatorshipRise of a DictatorshipDepression Starvation and Misery
A need for leadership and change
A need for someone to blame for everything (scapegoat)
A need to feel pride again
People support a charismatic leader
One person takes control
Totalitarian Dictatorship
Rise of FascismRise of Fascism
• Extreme Nationalism – loyalty to one’s country and one’s leader
• Individual rights cannot conflict with the state
• Only the strong survive! Militarily-oriented!