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The Depression's effect on IR
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- 1WHEN THE DEPRESSION BEGAN...- USA bought less from other countries.
- USA called back loans from other countries.
- USA put high tariffs on foreign goods so that Americans bought American products. - 2THE DEPRESSION CAUSED SOME COUNTRIES TO BECOME MORE AGGRESSIVE...- Japan wanted to build an empire so it could take resources from other countries. It started to build up its army.
- Germany elected Hitler as their 'saviour'. He began to rearm openly and announced their intention to take back the states lost as part of the TofV.
- Italy looked to expand their empire, this would distract the people from economic problems. - 3THE DEPRESSION CAUSE SOME COUNTRIES TO BECOME MORE PASSIVE...- The USA was already out of the LofN. Now the USA wouldn't even help with economic sanctions because they needed to trade as much as they could. They even traded with aggressive countries.
-B&F were unwilling to get too involved in international disputes whilst their economies were in trouble. Sanctions and soldiers would be costly.
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- (USA 1919-1937) Flashcards on The Depression's effect on IR, created by hannahbishop95 on 07/05/2014.
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