WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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World economies immediately improved, thanks to government intervention.
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Economic conditions led to a decline in the popularity of Marxist ideas.
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People elected totalitarian leaders, and gave up individual freedoms.
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Workers had more power in controlling the economy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Great Depression spread fear and uncertainty. Citizens in some nations wanted strong leaders to fix their problems. These leaders often became dictators. The dictators formed totalitarian states.
Detailed explanation-2: -Economic instability led to political instability in many parts of the world. Political chaos, in turn, gave rise to dictatorial regimes such as Adolf Hitler’s in Germany and the military’s in Japan. (Totalitarian regimes in the Soviet Union and Italy predated the depression.)
Detailed explanation-3: -Among the suggested causes of the Great Depression are: the stock market crash of 1929; the collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff; government policies; bank failures and panics; and the collapse of the money supply.
Detailed explanation-4: -It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and employment as failing companies laid off workers.