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THE great depression

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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THE great depression

new democracies

  • All Europe's rulers were over thrown
  • Russia created a new provisional government
  • The large number of political parties made government nearly impossible
  • Eventually a coalition government formed
  • Changes were frequently made with no long term goals

Inflation in germany

  • Money slowly lost all value
  • Money was used as toys and to make fires for warmth
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Financial collapse

  • There was an uneven distribution of wealth
  • There was overproduction is businesses and agriculture
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depression becomes global

  • the US demanded there money from europe
  • European market for goods dropped greatly
  • the US starting a chain reaction 
  • world trade dropped by 64%

stock market crashes

  • on October 29th the stock market failed this day is known  as black Tuesday
  • most people panicked resulting in them selling there stocks
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Britain attempts to improve economy

  • British voters elected a national government
  • this increased taxes but regulated currency
  • employment was doubled and production went up immensely
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France reacts to economic disaster

  • five coalition government formed and fell
  • A series of reforms were passed to help workers
  • unemployment was still high but France maintained a democracy
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recovery in the US

  • franklin D. Roosevelt created a system called the new deal
  • the new deal reformed an economic system and a democracy
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