The age of world wars - WWI - 9

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• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's planning

Repetition

4.4 Global economic crisis

What event is shown on the picture?

1. Assassination of JFK
2. Assassination of Franz Josef
3. Assassination of Franz Ferndinand
4. Terrorist attack in Ukraine

Tripple Alliance

Engeland

Duitsland

Rusland

Frankrijk

Ottomaanse rijk

Oostenrijk-Hongarije

Germany had two enemies on 2 fronts. Which were they?

1. England
2. France
3. Russia
4. Ottoman Empire

In 1917 the war takes a turn and eventually comes to an end. What changes in 1917?

1. Revolution in Russia
2. A new bom is created
3. Germany surrenders
4. VS joins the Tripple Entente

Main questions

1. What was the Great Depression?

2. Why did the economic crisis spread all over the world?

3. Why was Germany hit hard by the crisis?

4. What measures did the Dutch government take, to fight the crisis?

4.4 Global economic crisis

USA after World War I

Roaring twenties

Buying on credit, getting a loan was easy

Wall street crash of 1929 / Black Thursday

People lost their trust > Stocks lost their value

Economic crisis started in the USA

4.4 Global economic crisis

Not easily solved > Great Depression

1932; Roosevelt came up with a possible solution; New Deal

The economic crisis spread throuht Europe

USA was no longer importing goods

Countries introduced protective taxes > decline in world trade

What to do now?

Work on your HW assignments!