What Was Happening Around the World Politically

Jimmy Ancona & Sean Oushana

America• The Great Depression originated in The United States• Originally Hoover was president, but after the crash and the

Bonus Army incident, Roosevelt came to be president• A common misconception is that Black Tuesday and the stock

crash caused the unemployment and lack of family income.• The New Deals called for money to be insured and that it

would get paid back if lost.• President Roosevelt passed several programs to create Jobs• Employment and average income increased.• World War II would get us out of the depression.

England• Still Recovering from World War I• America’s depression spread around the world.• To balance the budget September 10th, 1931 Philip Snowden,

Chancellor, issued an emergency budget, which immediately instituted a round of cuts in public spending and wages

• This caused a mutiny in the Royal Navy• Winston Churchill was appointed minister when World War II

started

Germany• Was about 10$ Billion in debt after World War I• Unemployment soared, especially in larger cities, and

the political system veered toward extremism• Hitler was a rising politician who became popular during this

recession, mainly because of his book, “Mein Kampf”• He became chancellor in 1933, but was favoring anti-Semitism

and made a New Nazi party• He gained territory which eventually led to World War II

Italy• In 1922, Benito Mussolini rose up to power as a totalitarian

leader• The dictator and his fascist party crushed all opposition• Allied with Germany until Mussolini and his party was gotten

rid of• Allegiance with Germany against communism is created in

1936• Mussolini sided with Hitler striving for territorial expansion

Major Issues Facing our Country• We were without money• During the later years of the decade, people wanted to be

isolationists• The people didn’t want war with Germany• Japanese to American relations were getting tense• World War was on the verge of happening, and started on

September 1, 1939

How They Sought to Resolve the Issues

• Germany, Hitler tried and somewhat succeeded on pinning it on Jewish people

• In England, Neville Chamberlain tries to create peace with Hitler by allowing him to annex the Sudetenland

• In the US, Roosevelt passed the first and second New Deal which set up a lot of government funded programs

• Overall, Hitler’s war is what got us out of the depression