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Worldwide Depression
Mrs. GurzlerWorld History
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Questions of the Day
• What is an economic depression?
• How do they happen??
• What is inflation?
• What is a recession?
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Differences between…
• An old joke…– A recession is when your neighbor loses their
job. A depression is when you lose your job.
– A recession is a short economic decline, while a depression lasts for a long period of time.
– Recession are a natural part of an economic cycle.
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Inflation
• Economic situation that comes about when the amount of money in circulation increases. The more money there is, the less the money is worth.
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The Economic Situation
• 1922 – For every US Dollar 162 Marks
• A Couple Months Later…– 7,000 Marks for every US Dollar!
– By 1923, it was printing 400 quadrillion marks a day!!!
– With so much money in circulation, what happens to the money?
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The Rise in Bread Prices (in marks)
• December 1918 0.5 • December 1921 4 • December 1922 163 • January 1923 250 • March 1923 463 • June 1923 1,465• July 1923 3,465• August 1923 69,000 • September 1923 1,512,000 • October 1923 1,743,000,000 • November 1923 201,000,000,000
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The Rise of Other Goods
Item 1913 Summer 1923 Nov. 1923
1 egg 0.08 5,000 80,000,000,000
1 kg butter 2.70 26,000 6,000,000,000,000
1 kg beef 1.75 18,800 5,600,000,000,000
Pair shoes 12.00 1,000,000 32,000,000,000,000
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Emergency Money, “Notegold”
During hyperinflation, some towns printed emergency money called “Notegolds.” They would depict anti-Jews scenes.
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German Inflation
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Inflation Madness
In 1923, a woman feeds her stove with German marks because they can no longer afford firewood with it.
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German Mark
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What Stopped the Madness?
• Charles Dawes, an American banker, provided a loan for Germany to help stabilize its currency.
• They established a more realistic payment plan for their debts from WWI.
• By 1929, Germany was all set.
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Great Depression
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Stock Market CRASH!
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GLOBAL DEPRESSION
• American investors withdrew money from Europe.
• They raise tariffs and other countries decide to do the same.
• Why would they raise tariffs??
• This hurts world trade and it drops by 65%
• Unemployment rates soar.
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Effects Around the World
• 1931 - Austria’s national bank fails!
• Europe is in pain from the tariffs on their goods. Still able to preserve democracy.
• In Asia, farmers are hurt as the value of exports fell in half in 1929 to 1931.
• Latin America is hurt – less Americans and Europeans can afford sugar and coffee.
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Samples of Political Cartoons
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Samples of Political Cartoons
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