2.4 The global economic crisis

Chapter 2
2.4 The global economic crisis
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Chapter 2
2.4 The global economic crisis

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At the end of this lesson...
  • You can explain how an economic crisis arose in the United States in 1929.
  • You can explain the effects of that crisis throughout the world.
  • You can explain what the New Deal involved. 

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Planning
  • What do you remember (+- 10 min)
  • Explanation (+- 25 min)
  • Homework (+- 10 min)

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Stock exchange crash!
The prosperity in the United States came to an end

It started with buying shares in companies....

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  • Overproduction in the agriculture sector (WW1)
  • Much is bought on credit (debts)
  • Lots of trust in stocks/investments.
Black Thursday (October 24th 1929)
Companies and banks go bankrupt
Poverty
Decline in trade causes a global economic crisis

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Protectionism
  • The US government was hoping to protect its own economy: it would make Americans more likely to buy goods made in their own country 
  • negative consequences for other countries: collapsing trade meant there was less demand for their products. Those countries in turn decided to protect their own economies in the same way.
An economic policy that aims to protect the national economy against competition from other countries, for instance through high import taxes.

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Before in Germany in 1923.....

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The German workers in the Rhineland go on strike
The German government supports them and decides to keep paying their wages.
Extra money is printed
Money loses its worth
Germany suffers hyperinflation

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Fixed by the Dawesplan!

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But now.....
The US wants their money back...

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Crisis in Germany! (again)
  • German companies went bankrupt, millions became unemployed.
  •  There was no money to support the unemployed: severe poverty!
  • Trust in the government was very low....

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New deal
Read paragraph 2.4 ''the New Deal''. Summarise what the new deal entails. 

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homework
Paragraph 2.4

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