Between Wars AP Euro

Lost Generation

-WWI soldiers

-Became accustomed to violence which fostered the rise of authoritarianism and totalitarianism

French Policy of Coercion

-France ensures security by strictly enforcing Treaty of Versailles

-Germany is unable to pay its reparations after the first year and France occupies the Ruhr which leads to massive inflation in Germany

-France holds conference with allies and settles on a more conciliatory approach towards reperations

Dawes Plan

-Reduced reparations and stabilized German payments on its ability to pay

-Granted $200 million loan for German recovery which c

Treaty of Locarno

-Guaranteed Germany’s western borders with France and Belgium

-Beginning of new era in Europe

-People believed it (along with Kellog-Briand act) would end war forever

Great Depression

-Caused by downturn in domestic economies and international crisis caused by American stock market crash

-Farmers expand food production before war and maintain production after war due to the belief Europe would not recover

-Prices fall drastically

-American investors pull loans from Germany to invest in New York stock market and continue to pull loans when it crashes

-European banks start to fail and unemployment rises as production slows