Explain How The United States Should Reflect The Domestic Context Of Each Country In The Early 1930s

The 1930s were a difficult time for most Americans. Faced with colossal economic hardships—unprecedented in American history—many Americans turned inward to focus on the worsening situation at home. The United States became increasingly insensitive to the obliteration of fellow democracies at the hands of brutal fascist leaders like Hitler and Mussolini. The U.S. was determined to stay out of war at all costs—even if its allies were in trouble; Americans believed that they were immune from Europe’s problems as long as they refused to get involved. However, as the “free” countries fell, one by one, to the Nazi war machine, Americans began to realize the folly of their foolish optimism and clamored for increasing involvement in foreign

In the early 1930s the United States had a isolationist policy. This meant that the U.S would not intervene in foreign affairs and to focus on helping America first. Meanwhile in Europe, Adolph Hitler became the chancellor and began mobilizing in order to start invading other countries. Simultaneously, Japan invaded the province of Manchuria in China and because of the American isolationist policy, the U.S did not help China. A few years later a World War broke out with Japan and Germany as allied nations however, the U.S did not enter this war and largely ignored it. The U.S isolationist policy worked for a few years until Japan attacked the U.SS Panay which killed 3 Americans. After this event, the United States began a selective service

Hitler had carried out his conquest and now was willing to spill English blood in order to receive the island nation. Postliminary to the French defeat, Europe consisted solely of one allied power, a couple neutral powers, and an axis power. It seemed that while other countries were becoming powerless, the German Empire was acquiring that weakness and recreating it into strength. Churchill, newly appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, sensed the impending doom that his nation was sure to face, as its allies once had. He felt threatened as his country’s sovereignty would soon be taken hostage by the Nazis and how soon his country would become a downpour of unfortunate souls due to policies he knew would be enacted if the county were to fall

Using the four passages and your own knowledge, assess the view that the impact of the First World War was the main reason for the booming economy in the USA in the 1920’s (40 Marks)

In 1932, Germany was in turmoil. Mass inflation had caused the prices of all commodities to rise, while the German people lived paycheck to paycheck. This type of socio-economic climate is notorious for breeding radical political ideologies. Ever since Germany lost the Great War (now called World War I) in 1918, the Germans had been required to pay reparations to the countries they had fought. While the US and UK prospered during the 1920s, Germany suffered. In order to pay off its debts, Germany raised taxes on the people and this caused businesses to increase their prices without raising employee salaries. The stock market crash of 1929 only made the situation worse for Germany, as the US and Britain stopped paying loans to Germany. All

One of the main areas that Chamberlain is criticised over is his acceptance of Hitler’s assertion that the only reason Germany was interested in the Sudetenland was his desire to unite all Germans. After his first meeting with Hitler in Berchtesgaden on September 15th 1938, Chamberlain wrote in a letter to his sister that “I got the impression that here was a man who could be relied on when he had given his word”. Although Hitler is famous for his ability to manipulate people’s opinions, Chamberlain was an experienced politician, who could presumably read

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According to “Hitler Comes to Power” by the Holocaust Memorial Museum,“The worldwide economic depression had hit the country especially hard, and millions of people were out of work. Still fresh in the minds of many was Germany's humiliating defeat fifteen years earlier during World War I, and Germans lacked confidence in their weak government, known as the Weimar Republic. These conditions provided the chance for the rise of a new leader, Adolf Hitler, and his party, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or Nazi party for short.” The Great Depression hit the United States very hard, but another country it hit was Germany, because American Banks withdrew from loans they had invested in other countries, including Germany. This lead to an economic downfall consisting of

As Hitler’s army had worked to take over most of the countries of Europe, one was left which was the United Kingdom. As said in the article Roosevelt and Churchill: A Friendship That Saved The World,”Britain and its new Prime Minister, Winston Churchill stood alone as the last bastion against the Nazis and their domination of Europe.” It was essential to the other countries of the world including The United States that this last remaining country wasn’t lost to Hitler. If so, then all of Europe would be at the palm of the hands of the nefarious leader of Germany, and no one would have the power to overthrow this deleterious regime. Thankfully, the affable President Franklin D. Roosevelt stepped in and helped the British which lead to the great friendship of the two leaders FDR and Winston

The main reason the crash had such an immense effect on Germany’s economy was because germans were mainly reliant on american loans which had previously given the Republic and economic boost. In 1929 all the loans by the americans were ceased and any given loans were recalled within 90 days. This excessive pressure from the U.S government and investors was too much to handle for the reliant German economy and this lead to extreme unemployment staggering approximately 6 millions or 26% of the total population. In addition to that, germany’s total industrial production dropped to around 58% leading to even more unemployment by early 1930’s. Due to all these chain reaction of events the German society was in a very hard time period, there was food shortage for many and children suffered with malnutrition and hunger diseases. British writer describes this horrifying situation best with his beautiful words: “Morning after morning, all over the immense, damp,

Chamberlain had stated in a letter to king George vi (13th September 1938) an agreement was reached with the French supporting a policy of appeasement allowing Hitler to gain control of his Sudeten people. Also in his letter he stated without much detail his understanding that “Hitler had made his mind up to attack Czechoslovakia and head east, in such a timeframe that it would not be possible for Anglo French intervention”. The British Ambassador to Berlin, Sir Neville Henderson, referred to the Czechoslovakian President, Eduard Benes, as “pigheaded” and claimed he could become the reason for a second world war. Henderson writing to Lord Halifax from the British embassy in Berlin stated

In 1929, the Great Depression began. Since the United States was giving loans to Germany, when the ‘Wall Street Collapse’ in the United States occurred it also brought poverty and unemployment to Germany because they wanted their money back from the Germans. Not long after was the devastation of the Germans and their poor economic crisis.

Chamberlain was for appeasement at any cost. Avoiding war was most important to him. He wanted to make Germany happy and avoid war; unfortunately, he misjudged Hitler. He believed that Hitler only wanted to rebuild Germany and so because of his previous mentioned sympathies he believed he was working with Hitler to reconnect Germany. But instead he was working to create more tensions and anger through out Britain and Europe as is shown in the next paragraph.

The impact of the Great Depression in Germany was significant because it affected virtually every section of German society, and was significant both in the short and long term. The Great Depression was caused by the Wall Street Crash in the USA in October 1929. Germany was disproportionately affected compared to other European countries, as Foreign Minister Stresemann had secured loans worth millions of dollars from American banks in order to boost its economy in the 1920s, and it had an impact on Germany economically, socially and politically in the 1930s. The significance of this impact can be measured by examining the sections of society impacted, the number of people impacted and the duration. The economic impact was the first to be felt and also affected the majority of Germans, along with the social impact. However, it was the resulting political impact that would have a much greater and long-lasting effect on Germany and its population. Therefore, it was overall the most significant outcome.

After world war I America turned away from Europe and went back to its domestic problems. The American people did not want anything to do with European affairs because many of the debts that were accrued during the war were not being paid and Americans were very bitter. Britain also turned to its domestic problems and did not want to interfere in Continental Europe’s problems. If one or both of these countries had attempted to stop Hitler when he first came into power he probably would have been thrown out of office and world war II might have been