The Western Democracies Stumble

Chapter 13.2

Politics in the Postwar World

• Europe faced economic instability • Jobs were scarce and cities were

destroyed• The U.S. limited immigration from

Europe.

Postwar Foreign Policy

• Peace fragile after the war. • France wanted to punish Germany. • Reduce military• League of Nations • Japan was allowed to invade

Manchuria, other dictators took note.

Postwar Economics

• Europe economy struggled • U.S. emerged as the economic

leader. • America supported Europe’s

recovery.

The Great Depression

• The U.S. stock market crashed in 1929, • the Great Depression- a global

economic crisis that closed businesses jobless, homeless, starving people.

Democracies React to the Great Depression

• President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs • Relief, reform, recovery• Political radicals gained ground• Totalitarianism• Fascism