At the started of term 3, we have been doing some research about the great depression and how did it affect Germany and New Zealand. We've also did some research about the Treaty of Versailles, why did Germany signed it and how does it link to the great depression. Each question that we needed to answer needs to have at 6-8 sentence or 1 paragraph.
Why was Germany hit the hardest during the depression?
In 1929 the Wall Street Crash collapsed and caused the Great Depression in different parts of the world. Germany suffered more than any other countries in Europe that have experienced this Great Depression. Because of this, it caused a lot of problems resulting in Germany’s economy starting to collapse. This problem led to a chain of events and ended in the destruction of the country’s democracy. There are a lot of challenges that Germany had experienced during the Great Depression such as, factories are shut down, export reduces, farmers are also affected and the speculators took their money back from the market. As a result of this great depression, over 33 percent of Germans are unemployed. On the other hand, 24 percent of Americans were unemployed. In summary, this can show us why Germany hit the hardest during the depression compared to any other countries.
Why did Germany have to agree to signing the Treaty of Versailles?
The Treaty of Versailles is one of the most important treaties that can end the war between Germany and Allied Powers(World War l). The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Allied Powers and by Germany on June 28, 1919. It was signed by Germany in order to end the war and to make peace between them.They signed the treaty because they didn't have any options but to sign it, however they didn’t believe that they started the war. The amount of Germany's troops decreased and some property that they own got stolen by the Allied Powers. After signing the Treaty of Versailles, the great depression started to happen in different countries and the population of the country reduced by about 10 percent. All of this information tells us how important the treaty was for Germany and how the great depression started.
How was New Zealand affected by the Great Depression?
The depression also affected New Zealand in many other ways. The depression started in the 1930's and ended in 1933. Exports started to decrease by 45 percent in two years and national income by 40 percent in three. Same with Germany the percentage of unemployment increased, the price of goods and services also increased. The Great Depression has been described as a traumatic experience in New Zealand. The dairy price index continued to fall until 1934. New Zealand managed to overcome this incident of depression after facing all the problems in unemployment, prices of goods/services and income.
Hi Shiela,
ReplyDeleteI really like how you added a brief introduction at the start of your post explaining what the task was about. I also like how you included pictures in each paragraph to visually appeal the viewers. I also like how you wrote the question in bold font to make it stands out. Lastly, I also like how you added enough information about the Great Depression as well as the the Treaty of Versailles that if anyone who doesn't know about it, will surely understand what it is. Perhaps maybe next time, you could include a couple links on where you got your resources, but other than that, I think you did an excellent job with this post. Well done :)
Hey Shiela,
ReplyDeleteThis blog post that you have made is really good. I like how you constructed your paragraphs and included an introduction in the beginning. I also like how you added some pictures that is related in your topic. What you could do next is to maybe put the links where you got your resources from. But all in conclusion, this blog post is really good. Well done!