The Age of Anxiety
The World after World War I
Lessons of World War I
In the end, World War I left 9 million dead and 23 million injured,
but did not solve anything.
It is only by looking at situations from different perspectives and
through being reasonable that peace can remain.
War is always a possibility…A perpetual cycle continues today, where
people create separation and try to solve conflicts through war.
History often repeats itself. Why in History are there so many
important lessons and not enough people listening?
World War I Outcome
A Changing Map of Europe
• Empires Broken up:
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
• Countries which lost Land:
Germany, Russia
New Countries Formed
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Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
Turkey
The Future of Europe in 1919
Russia
Is the World Safer after WWI?
• Germany is in financial trouble
• Russia is in revolution
• Italy is upset over Treaty of Versailles
• France is trying to rebuild
Affect of World War I
• Shattered the “enlightened belief” that
progress would continue and reason prevail
• People were disillusioned with war =>
people feared the future
Time period between WWI and WWII is known as
The Age of Anxiety
• A new view of warfare
– War is no longer considered glorious
• Increase in general fear level
– War & influenza destroyed moral
• Instability in many countries
– New countries & governments in Europe
• Economic hardship throughout Europe
– People are often desperate, few jobs available
Journal #1
• Explain why the time period between World War I
and World War II is known as the “Age of Anxiety”
• What makes this time period potentially dangerous?
Population in 1920
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Russia
United States
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Poland
Yugoslavia
145
118
60
47
45
40
26
12
(millions)
World Population:
1.6 Billion