Treaty of Versailles
This French Prime Minister, known as "The Tiger," wanted to punish Germany severely to ensure it would never threaten France again.
Who was Georges Clemenceau?
In what month and year did the Wall Street Stock Market Crash take place?
What is October 1929?
By 1933, the U.S. unemployment rate peaked at approximately what percentage?
What is 38%
Manchuria is a region located in the northeastern part of which country?
What is China?
Signed in 1930, this high U.S. protective tariff raised duties on imported goods, worsening global trade during the Great Depression.
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act?
American President Woodrow Wilson proposed a peace outline for Europe containing this number of key points, including self-determination and free trade.
What are the Fourteen Points?
October 29, 1929, saw a massive market collapse after bank intervention failed; by what color-coded weekday name is it famous?
What is Black Tuesday?
Extreme environmental drought and over-farming in the U.S. Southern Plains triggered severe dust storms, creating a geographic ecological crisis known by this name.
What is the Dust Bowl?
Japan had previously demonstrated its military strength in 1905 by defeating which major European power?
What is Russia?
Passed by the U.S. Congress between 1935 and 1937, these acts aimed to keep the United States out of foreign conflicts.
What are the Neutrality Acts
Under Article 231 of the Treaty, Germany was forced to accept full responsibility for starting the war. What was this clause commonly known as?
What is the War Guilt Clause?
In the spring of 1929, this U.S. central banking system attempted to curb speculation by asking New York banks to restrict loans to stockbrokers, though the effort failed.
What is the Federal Reserve (or the Fed)?
This series of public programs and economic reforms was launched in the United States between 1933 and 1936 to combat the Depression.
What is the New Deal
The 1931 stage-managed railway explosion that provided Japan with a pretext to invade Manchuria is known as this incident.
What is the Mukden Incident
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff was a clear example of economic protectionism, while the Neutrality Acts reflected this broader diplomatic strategy of staying out of international affairs.
What is isolationism?
The Treaty mandated that this strategic region in western Germany be completely demilitarized.
What is the Rhineland?
The collapse of the U.S. stock market destroyed this system, causing a credit contraction that immediately impacted banks and broad industrial sectors.
What is the credit system?
The withdrawal of U.S. capital from Europe caused financial panics and bank collapses in which two central European nations first?
What are Austria and Germany
The international peacekeeping body headquartered in Geneva that failed to stop Japanese aggression in Manchuria was called what?
What is the League of Nations
In 1925, Great Britain made a monetary decision that destabilized the international system by returning to this financial backing standard.
What is the gold standard
To provide Poland with access to the sea, this strip of land was created, cutting off East Prussia from the rest of Germany.
What is the Polish Corridor?
Popularized during the 1930s to stimulate purchasing and replace goods quickly, this manufacturing strategy creates products with an intentionally limited lifespan.
What is programmed obsolescence
Germany was hit exceptionally hard by the global crisis, reaching an unemployment peak of 43% in which year?
What is 1932?
During World War I, Japan aligned with which group of powers that included Britain, France, and Russia?
What are the Entente Powers (or the Allies)?
The economic destruction of the Great Depression directly contributed to the rise of aggressive, authoritarian regimes in Germany, Imperial Japan, and which fascist nation?
What is fascist Italy