Roads+to+War+p1-10+weiweil2013+12.01.11

Since the first chapter (pages 1-10) was mainly about the events that led up to WW1; therefore, I presented it as a flowchart/note style. Each of the four sections on the page represents a chapter in the book, and also the different phases of the events leading up to WW1.

media type="custom" key="8513872" This is a video made by some local students about the Great Depression, and especially the role of women in the Great Depression. It's quite long, but it tells the story of women in the Great Depression fairly accurately.

This is a photo from the Great Depression era that I found online; we used it for our Prezi. This photo symbolises the "depression" part of the Great Depression, and is often used to represent the GD.

__**Chapter 1: The 'New Era': Hopes for Peace in 1929**__ __**Chapter 2: The Great Depression**__ __**Chapter 3: Japan, Manchuria and the League**__
 * **Locarno** and the "New Era"
 * conference in Swiss town **Locarno**, 1925
 * //Locarno Treaties//: European countries respect each other, peace, no war
 * removed suspicions between **Germany** and other countries
 * friendship between nations, 1929
 * //Kellogg-Briand Pact//: agreement stating not to use war as way of settling disputes
 * Kellogg = **US**, Briand = **France**
 * July 1929: 65 countries had signed
 * //Eastern Pact//: **USSR** pact w/ six nearby states
 * number of pacts settling long-standing quarrels
 * //League of Nations//: 10th anniversary in 1929
 * collective security: if one attacked another, everyone would attack them.
 * three actions realistically considered to keep peace:
 * legal solution - //Permanent Court of International Justice//
 * economic solution - sanctions = everyone else refuses to trade w/ attacker
 * military solution - form //League of Nations// army and attack
 * //LoN// settled 9 disputes in 10 years easily, with disarmament commission, etc
 * limitations of the //League of Nations//
 * not everyone belonged to the league (didn't have **US**, **USSR**, 2 major countries)
 * not everyone liked the league (**Germany** thought it was the "victory club")
 * no proof they could REALLY solve problems (no real problems yet)
 * despite that, they were highly regarded
 * Great Depression = breakdown in world economy, 1929-33
 * began in USA, spread to other countries
 * trade + profits fell, factories + businesses closed down, people lost jobs
 * affecting attempts at world peace
 * gov protect their people with NEPs (raising customs duties, protectionism, self-sufficiency) = forgetting world co-op in LoN
 * caused social unrest amongst unemployment and starvation
 * unemployment = blame government, supporting extreme political parties
 * the problem with empires
 * division of world between powers w/ large empires (UK + France) VS powers which didn't, created envy
 * great depression increased resentment of other countries
 * people under empire rule demanded independence, led to violence, expensive military costs
 * **Japan** eventually took over most of South East China (**Taiwan, Korea, Liaodong, Kiaochow**)
 * wanted **Manchuria** most for territory, agriculture, economy
 * controlled most of economy by 1931
 * great depression ruined trade, so conquering foreign land = solution

__ **Chapter 4: The Revival of Germany** __ and League
 * **Japan** invades **Manchuria**
 * **Kwantung** army against **Jap** gov, military takeover (18 Sept, 1931)
 * blew up section of Railway, blamed locals, used as excuse to occupy **Shenyang**
 * **China** asked for help from //LoN// = order **Japan** to withdraw troops, **Japan** agreed but army continued
 * government lost control of army, occupied entire province (**Manchukuo**)
 * the //League// and **Manchuria**
 * nobody wanted to use sanctions against **Japan** (none willing to damage trade), sanctions -> war
 * tried persuasion, produced report trying to satisfy **China** + **Japan** (**Japan** leave **Manchuria**, but left as semi-independent)
 * **Japan** resigned from //League//, occupied more land
 * **Manchuria** = damaged reputation of //LoN//
 * //Hitler//'s foreign policy aims
 * //Nazi// = strong views about **Germany**'s place in the world; defeat = governmental cowards
 * //Treaty of Versailles// = too harsh (took everything away) and unfair (didn't allow to unite with **Austria**)
 * first: tear up //Treaty of Versailles//
 * second: unite all //German//-speaking people
 * third: give //Germans// "lebensraum" (living space), take land from others
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">rearmament: first in secret, then in public
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//Treaty of Versailles// limited army, //Hitler// needed armed forces to accomplish aims
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">secretly increase armed forces, withdraw from //Geneva Disarmament Conference//
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">re-armed in secret, announced compulsory military service for all men
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">reactions to **German** re-armament
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">could have been halted from 1933-1935 during great depression, but bankruptcy = laziness
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">only Italy opposing, //Mussolini// prevented **German** union with **Austria**
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">military announcement alarmed others, but no military action; issued protest, but no action

**Summary** Ten years after WW1 ended, countries seemed to be on their way to a lasting world peace, thanks to peace treaties, removed suspicions, and the League of Nations. However, the disputes that the League had solved using its diplomatic methods weren't real proof of its ability; the League's reputation and support fell with the Manchuria crisis in East Asia. Meanwhile, Hitler was elected in Germany and swore to make Germany strong again; he started out by building the country's army in secret, but even when an announcement was made, nobody took action.

**Questions** Why didn't the countries help each other during the Great Depression? What was the cause of the Great Depression? How did Hitler find the money to start re-armament? Why didn't the League of Nations take military action against Germany? What caused the League's reputation to fall in 1933-1935?