History 2.1.7
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2.1.7 Practice: Comparing Responses to the Global
Depression
Practice
World History, Culture and Geography Sem 2
Points Possible:
30
Name:
Travis Dome
Date:
In this assignment, you will complete the following steps:
1.
Research: Using reliable sources, research key actions taken by the German, Japanese,
and U.S. governments to address the Great Depression.
2.
Analyze: Answer questions that compare and contrast each government's response to
the financial crisis.
3.
Synthesize: Draw conclusions about global responses to the Depression and predict
how these responses affected each country following the crisis.
This section is worth 15 points. See the scoring rubric below for more details on how you will be
graded on your research.
You have learned about some of the key actions taken by the German, Japanese, and U.S.
governments to address the Great Depression. Using reliable resources, you will now research
additional responses from these countries.
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For each country, record three responses to the Great Depression not covered in this
lesson (ideas mentioned in timelines are O.K.). Be sure to include the date of each
response.
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At least one response for each country should involve that country's military.
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When you finish your research, write a few sentences summarizing each country's
overall response to the Great Depression.
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Take notes in the graphic organizer provided below.
Begin your research by looking at the websites below. There you will find links to other web
pages and sites that may be helpful as well.
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U.S. Department of State: Office of the Historian
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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University of Houston Digital History
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BBC: GCSE Bitesize
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National Diet Library: Modern Japan in Archives
Country
Responses involving the
military
Responses not involving the
military
Germany
Any man that could be in the
military was put into the military
Every single worker in Germany
became a member of the same
trained union, The German labor
front.
Million upon millions of young men
had become drafted
The more and more Hitler rose,
the stronger the Nazi’s had
become
Briefly
summarize the
German
approach:
Germany forced many young men to work and join the military which
gave Hitler more power. Hitler would force young men and men with no
jobs to join his army.
Japan
China and Japan had another war
The Japanese government started
to decline in both economic and
political power.
Japan’s military power did
increase as their weapons and
their bombs grew stronger.
Prime Minister Fumimaro enforced
stricter rules for religion in japan.
Briefly
summarize the
Japanese
approach:
Japan achieved an early recovery from the Great Depression of the
1930s. A veteran finance minister, Takahashi Korekiyo, managed to
stage the recovery by prescribing a combination of expansionary fiscal,
exchange rate, and monetary policies
.
United States
London began influencing the U.S.
military
Sent indirect help to banks by
sending them loans to avoid
bankruptcy
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Lowly armored and not combat
ready
Worked to help restore faith of the
economy
Briefly
summarize the
U.S. approach:
The president created bills that allowed people to get funded money
from the government, such as low income, elderly, or disabled people.
They also passed a law for medicare, and medicaid. These allowed
help for those same people.
This section is worth 10 points. See the scoring rubric below for more details on how you will be
graded.
Use your research findings to answer the questions below. Remember to support your answers
with evidence from your notes.
For questions 1 and 2, select two of the three countries you researched (Germany, Japan, or the
United States).
1. Choose two of the countries you researched and answer the following question. How were
these countries' approaches to the Great Depression similar?
Germany started the 1930s with a to a great degree powerless economy, however, the Nazis
soon settled a fascism; subsequently, the administration could seek after aggressive strategies
without dread of restriction. By differentiating, Japan entered the 1930s with a generally solid
economy, however, a separated government; numerous capable Japanese authorities
contradicted military extension.
2. Choose two of the countries you researched and answer the following question. How were
these countries' approaches to the Great Depression different?
The reason they took different approaches was because they had different problems. Japan is a
small island with limited resources, and trading became very difficult when countries raised their
tariffs. To counteract this, Japan wanted to take land that was plentiful in natural resources. This
solution wouldn’t have helped the U.S. though, because the U.S. was not low on resources, but
many citizens were jobless so the country created jobs in an attempt to neutralize this.
3. How did the United States and Germany use the power of the government to solve the
problems of the Great Depression?
For both Germany and the United States, a major part of responding to the Great Depression
involved funding public works projects through government spending. These projects helped to
solve one of the worst problems of the Depression: unemployment.
4. How did the U.S. government's approach to the military during the Great Depression differ
from that of Germany's Nazi government?
The Great Depression affected Germany in that the Weimar Republic experienced heavy
inflation in the decade of 1920 because Germany had to pay many reparations due to World
War 1 and the agreements of the Versailles Pact. The Weimar Republic decided to borrow
money from the United States instead of collecting more taxes on its citizens. The government
cut spending and the interests paid to the US worsened the poor economic situation in
Germany. This situation created a frustrated and angry people ready to accept the radical ideas
of the Nazi Party and Adolph Hitler.
5. Of the three countries you researched, which approach to the Great Depression do you think
was most effective? Why?
I think that the United States’ approach to the crisis was more effective than that of Germany
and Japan, because the U.S. was able to stay on their feet until more job opportunities arose in
World War II, and although there were some casualties, they were able to last until the next
world war without taking over the government, or conquering other countries, and generally
without as many casualties as the amount that resulted from Germany and Japan’s approaches.
This section is worth 5 points. See the scoring rubric below for more details on how you will be
graded.
Use your research findings to answer the questions below. Remember to support your answers
with evidence from your notes.
6. Why do you think certain countries favored military solutions to the Great Depression while
other countries did not?
Germany and Japan favored military solutions more than the United States did. I think the
militaristic nations felt they had more to prove on the world stage. For Germans, rearmament
became a point of national pride. For the Japanese, imperialism played a similar role. By
contrast, Americans entered World War I reluctantly, and they remained reluctant to enter World
War II until the bombing of Pearl Harbor left them with few alternatives.
7. Predict how the German, Japanese, and U.S. approaches to the Great Depression may have
affected each country once the Depression ended.
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The Germans blamed the Great Depression on the German Jews and repressed them severely
while the Japanese suspended democracy and came under the dictatorship of Emperor Hirohito
and both countries promoted wars of aggression and ended up being defeated by the Allies.
The US on the other hand, under FDR developed government infrastructure building programs
to keep the Americans employed and then entered WWII and helped defeat the German, Italian
and Japanese fascists on the battlefield.
Here is the rubric on which your research and writing will be graded.
Research
Points
Possible
Points
Awarded
Student accurately describes three additional German responses to
the Great Depression; at least one response involves the military.
Student thoroughly summarizes the German government's approach
to the Great Depression.
5
Student accurately describes three additional Japanese responses to
the Great Depression; at least one response involves the military.
Student thoroughly summarizes the Japanese government's approach
to the Great Depression.
5
Student accurately describes three additional U.S. responses to the
Great Depression; at least one response involves the military. Student
thoroughly summarizes the U.S. government's approach to the Great
Depression.
5
Analyze
Points
Possible
Points
Awarded
Question 1: Student accurately compares similarities in two countries'
approaches to the Great Depression.
2
Question 2: Student accurately contrasts differences between two
countries' approaches to the Great Depression.
2
Question 3: Student accurately compares similarities in how the
United States and Germany used the power of the government to
solve the problems created by the Great Depression.
2
Question 4: Student accurately describes how the U.S. government's
approach to the military during the Great Depression was different
from that of Germany's Nazi government.
2
Question 5: Student convincingly explains why one country's approach
to the Great Depression was most effective.
2
Synthesize
Points
Possible
Points
Awarded
Question 1: Student draws a reasonable conclusion about why
Germany and Japan favored military solutions to the Great Depression
while the United States did not.
2
Question 2: Student makes reasonable predictions about how the
German, Japanese, and U.S. approaches to the Great Depression
affected each country once the Depression ended.
3
Total
30
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