2. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

3. http://www.slideshare.net/janetdiede rich/world-war-ii-power-point

5. The Great Depression 1 Worldwide interrelationship of governments and economies Huge war debts American loans to Europe Widespread use of credit Overproduction of goods Industrial wages rise as farm earnings fall New York stock market crash Farmers unable to repay loans Banks demand repayment of loans American loans to other countries dry up Without capital, businesses and factories fail Vast unemployment and misery Protective tariffs imposed Loss of faith in capitalism and democracy Authoritarian leaders emerge Rise of fascism and Nazism Governments experiment with social programs People blame scapegoats World War II begins Long-Term CausesImmediate Causes Immediate Effects Long-Term Effects

6. The United States in the Postwar Era The country emerged from World War I in excellent shape. The United States stayed out of the League of Nations. However, the nation took a leading role in international diplomacy during the 1920s. During a “Red Scare” in 1919 and 1920, police rounded up suspected foreign- born radicals and expelled a number of them from the United States. Congress passed laws limiting immigration from Europe. The 1929 stock market crash shattered American prosperity. President Franklin Roosevelt introduced the New Deal, a massive package of economic and social programs, to help combat the Great Depression. 1

7. Cold War- 45 year competition about values. (end of WWII-collapse of Soviet Union in 1991 — 8 presidents) OR COLD WAR U.S. and West -Democracy -Individual Freedom -Market economy Soviet Union and East -Totalitarianism -Socialism: state centered -Communist II. Cold War: Defined

8. 1.Communism a way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products 2. Democracy is a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting. 3. Socialism is a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies

10. New ideas and scientific discoveries challenged long-held ideas about the nature of the world. Sigmund Freud suggested that the subconscious mind drives much human behavior. Freud pioneered psychoanalysis, a method of studying how the mind works and treating mental disorders. Albert Einstein advanced his theories of relativity: Measurements of space and time are not absolute. Marie Curie and other scientists experimented with radioactivity. They found that: atoms of certain elements release charged particles. radioactivity could change atoms of one element into atoms of another. PSYCHOLOGYRELATIVITY RADIOACTIVITY New Views of the Universe 2

11. Please Copy the following: 1. What was the importance of the Social Security programs introduced by FDR? 2. Identify three programs and its purpose introduced by the new deal. 3. What were two long terms effects and causes of the War? 4. Identify four post war issues. 5. Who was Albert Einstein and why is important history? Sigmund Freud? 6. What was the Cold War? Red Scare? 7. What is totalitarianism? Fascism? 8. Who were the axis and allied powers? 9. What is the difference between communism and democracy?