Standards:

Analyze the major political, economic and social developments that occurred between World War I and World War II, to include:

b. causes of the great depression (e.g., over production, under consumption, credit structure);

c. rise of youth culture in the “jazz age”;

d. development of mass/popular culture (e.g., rise of radio, movies, professional sports, popular literature);

e. human and natural crises of the great depression, (e.g., unemployment, food lines, the dust bowl, western migration of midwest farmers);

f. changes in policies, role of government and issues that emerged from the new deal (e.g., the works programs, social security, challenges to the supreme court);

g. role of changing demographics on traditional communities and social structures;

Previewing Main Ideas

Science and Technology

In the 1920s, new scientific ideas change the way people looked at the world. New Innovations improve transportation and communication.

Economics

The collapse of the American economy in the 1929 triggered a depression that threatened the economic and political systems of countries throughout the world.

Power and Authority

In the 1930s, several countries - including Japan, Germany, and Italy - adopted aggressive, militaristic policies.

Chapter Objective

WICOR: Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading

Analyze the economic, political, social, and scientific changes that brought the world to the brink of a second world war.

SECTION 1 Postwar Uncertainty

Identify the scientific, artistic, social, and technological changes that took place during the 1920s and the impact they had on the world.

SECTION 2 A Worldwide Depression

Describe postwar Europe, the Weimar Republic, and the causes and effects of the Great Depression.

SECTION 3 Fascism Rises in Europe

Trace the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany and describe its impact.

SECTION 4 Aggressors Invade Nations

Compare the attempts by fascist nations to gain power with the efforts of democratic nations to preserve peace.

Essential Questions

Vocabulary:

Boom

Period of great economic growth

Cubism

Art style that portrayed objects in geometric shapes

Dictator

Ruler who has absolute authority

Distorted

Twisted; not in the usual shape

Invaded

Entered a country for the purpose of taking it over

Irrational

Not reasonable; not consciously thought out

Moderates

People who are not liberal (in favor of great change) or conservative (reluctant to change) but in the middle

Physics

Science of matter and energy

Pledged

Promised

Radical

Extreme; carried to the limit

Recovery

Economic growth following a depression or recession

Socialists

People who believed in socialist ideas, such as shared ownership of business

Tariffs

Taxes on goods imported from other countries

Thugs

People who carry out violent activities on someone else's orders

Across

• 1.German for "living space"
• 4.Giving in to an aggressor
• 6.BenitoMussolini (2 wrds)
• 8.Avoiding political ties with other countries
• 11.Roosevelt's program of reform (2 wrds)
• 12.Art movement linking dreams with real life

Down

• 2.German dictator (2 wrds)
• 3.Ideology that emphasizes national belonging and ethnic identity
• 4.Germany, Italy, and Japan (2 wrds)
• 5.Founder of psychoanalysis (2 wrds)
• 7.Hitler's German Empire (2 wrds)
• 9.Piloted first solo flight across Atlantic
• 10.German brand of fascism

Chapter Quiz:

Philosophers and writers began to question ideas about progress and reason because of

(A)the theories of Albert Einstein

(B)the brutality of World War I

(C)the decline of religion

(D)the works of Franz Kafka

A major economic problem in 1920s America was

(A)the uneven distribution of wealth

(B)severe inflation

(C)high taxes

(D)rising unemployment

One difference between fascism and communism was

(A)fascism had no clearly defined political program

(B)communism denied individual rights

(C)fascism was rule by dictators

(D)the state was the supreme authority in communism

Hitler became chancellor of Germany through

(A)a campaign of terror

(B)presidential appointment

(C)popular election

(D)a workers’ revolt

One of the main causes of the rise of fascism during the 1930s was

(A)the fear of communism

(B)anti-Semitism

(C)foreign invasions

(D)worldwide economic crisis

On the Final:

Gandhi

Russian revolution

totalitarianism

Zedong, Mao