1. How did overproduction after World War I contribute to economic weakness in Europe?

2. What financial problems did farmers and businesses face when they had to cut back production?

1. How did tariff policies in the mid-1920s affect international trade and European economies?

2. Why did countries with war-damaged infrastructure, such as Belgium, lose trade advantages to the United States?

1. What is speculation and how did buying on margin contribute to inflated stock prices in the 1920s?

2. How did the gap between stock prices and actual company values reveal underlying economic weakness?

1. How did the Dawes Plan initially help European economies, and what role did American investment play?

2. What caused investors to pull their money out of the stock market in 1929, and what were the consequences for Europe?

3. How did the collapse of major banks in Germany and central Europe affect trade, industry, and employment?

1. What was the traditional government response to economic depression, and why did it fail during the Great Depression?

2. What new economic approach did John Maynard Keynes propose, and how did it differ from traditional policies?

3. Why did Britain's decision to go off the gold standard in 1931 produce better results than traditional policies?

1. Why did European governments form coalition governments during the Great Depression, and what was the British national government of 1931?

2. What was the French Popular Front and what policies did it introduce to address the Depression?

3. How did Scandinavian countries successfully address the Great Depression through cooperation between capitalists and socialists?

1. Why did Germany suffer more severely from the Great Depression than other European nations?

2. How did the economic crisis and mass unemployment in Germany create conditions for Hitler's Nazi Party to gain power?