The Great Depression

Question 1

What happened in the USA due to the great depression

Answer 1

Unemployment 25%, share prices of Wall Street stock exchange plummeted

Question 2

What did the USA do due to the great depression

Answer 2

Ban foreign goods, closure of banks

Question 3

What happened in Britain to the great depression

Answer 3

Natives in colonies wanted self-determination and clashed violently, 20% unemployment

Question 4

What did Britain do due to the great depression

Answer 4

Increase trade with colonies, ban foreign goods

Question 5

What happened in Germany due to the great depression

Answer 5

6M/64M unemployed in 1933, collapsed democratic gov, added to reparations, need for radical leader

Question 6

What did Germany do due to the great depression

Answer 6

Empire building, Hitler in 1933

Question 7

What happened in Japan due to the great depression

Answer 7

Peasants starved, crop price plummeted, collapse of democratic gov, need for radical leader

Question 8

What did Japan do due to the great depression

Answer 8

Empire building

Question 9

What happened in Italy due to the great depression

Answer 9

Increased resentment, need for radical leader,

Question 10

What did Italy do due to the great depression

Answer 10

Policies of self-sufficiency, empire building, ban foreign goods

Question 11

What were the general effects of the great depression on the LoN

Answer 11

Reduced international trade and international cooperation,countries self-interested

Question 12

What did Ger, Jap and Ita do due to the depression that affected the LoN

Answer 12

Hitler pulled Ger from LoN, Jap went aggressive in the Pacific to expand, Mussolini was aggressive in foreign policies