1930s

The thirties was a decade of great despair around the world. All counties were up in arms about civil as well as national disputes. In order to fully comprehend the events of the thirties, an overview of major countries such as the United States, Japan, Spain and Germany will perhaps enable one to understand the extremities of this decade.

Herbert Hoover was the President of the United States of America when the great stock market crash occurred on October 24, 1929. It was seen, that although American productivity was high and real wealth grew, there were major factors that concluded to this crash. Continuing farm depression, unequal distribution of personal incomes, shaky credit, and speculative practices to outright fraud by brokers on Wall Street were suspected to lead to this economic disaster. Hoover insisted that America could get out of the slums on their own with pride and work. This meant that he would not allow the government to give federal aid. People were jobless, homeless, starving and the spirit in America was only of despair.

The country was ready for new leadership when the presidential election came in 1933 and Franklin D. Roosevelt won for the democratic party

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Spain and Germany were both very similar in ideas towards fascism. Russia would be given Finland, the Baltic States, eastern Poland and eastern Rumania. Their commerce became trading until the emergency banking bill was put into effect.

In 1937, Roosevelt was once again elected to office. Adolf Hitler was able to take advantage of president Von Hindenburg's death and seize dictorial power. One could only marvel at how humanity arrived into this century when looking at the thirties and forties. It would also ban shipment of articles (steel, oil, etc. Germany, Italy and Japan were given Sudetenlandin in Czechoslovakia in exchange for peace. War went on until the great bombing of Pearl Harbor would draw the world awake. However, many of these ideas would backfire. There was barely any security in a day without thinking if there was a chance of survival. It was believed that Japan was instigating a war with the US because they were envious of the wealth and power of England and the United States. The wanted to be rid of their own people in the government who were advocating friendship with England and America and wanting to adapt policies similar to theirs. By September 1, German forces invaded Poland.

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