Unit I: Interwar Years - Economics

Section 1: Post-WWI/Roaring 20’s

What were the economic results of the Treaty of Versailles?

What allowed the U.S. economy to expand in the 1920s?

What weaknesses existed in the 1920s economy?

Section 2: Great Depression

What were the causes of the Great Depression?

How did life change during the Great Depression?

How did the Great Depression impact European nations?

Section 3: Reactions to Economic Crisis (New Deal)

How did President Hoover’s government respond to the Great Depression?

What was the New Deal?

How did other nations respond to the Great Depression?