Worldwide Strife & Depression build after WWI
France
Great Britain
Northern lands destroyed
Huge debt to U.S.
Young population dead
Industry dropped
Owed $$ to U.S.
High Tariffs
Maginot Line-fortification along Germ/Italian borders
Huge unemployment
1923- Invade Ruhr Valley—FAILED!!!
1926-27…STRIKES
1925- Locarno Pact
1934- Workers strike—socialist rise
Anti-labor laws passed
Trade Disputes & Trade Unions Act of 1927
Ireland
Easter Rebellion of 1916
I.R.A. (Irish Republican Army)
1921 –Country divided into 2
1937 –Constitution written, called “Eire”
1949 –Officially named “Ireland” and completely independent from Great Britain
Eastern Europe
Attempted to industrialize and create own nations based on culture
Proved to be unstable; lacked organization. Good leadership
Austria
Small country
Anschluss with Germany
1/3 of population lived in Vienna
Socialists vs. Conservatives
Private Armies fought on streets
Hungary
Republic in Nov. 1917
1919- Bela Kun (Communist) vs. aristocrats
1920- Admiral Nicholas Horty rules
Emperor Charles I wants to restore Hapsburgs
Allies do not permit this to occur
Nobility ruled for the next 10 years
Poland
Constitution created
Bitter politics between conservatives and liberals
1926: DICTATORSHIP; Marshall Josef Pilsudski
OTHER CONFERENCES & TREATIES WERE ESTABLISHED AFTER WWI!!!
1920 Treaty of Sevres: Division of Turkish provinces after WWI
End of the Ottoman Empire, which ruled Arab region for 600 years;
Established political harmony under Sultanate & religious harmony under Caliphate
*Treaty ended political order
*Kemal Staturk banned Caliphate in 1924
*British India route was secured
*France was given interes in Syria
*Mideast oil supplies were safe
Historical Impact: *Osama Bin Ladin plots vs. Saudi & Jordanian monarchies
-products of the allied treaty…Founding of Israel will add Fuel to bin Ladin’s fire
*Kuwait belonged to Iraq during this treat