Prior to World War II, both Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler rose to power in their respective countries and brought about great change during their ensuing reigns. ... Both men molded their countries into international powers prior and during World War II through sometimes-questionable means; however, Hitler was better for his country than Stalin was for his due to the economic, social, and political changes that he caused in Germany. Although, Germany eventually lost World War II, Hitler did much more with much less in Germany when compared to Stalin. ... After World War I, Germany was the c...

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Before the Project was terminated during World War II, it left permanent monuments on the landscape in the form of buildings, bridges, dams, hard-surfaced roads, airports, and schools. ... By the 1950's many older Americans had grown weary of depression and war. ... The end of World War II brought thousands of young servicemen back to America to pick up their lives and start new families in new homes with new jobs, and American industry expanded to meet peacetime needs. Americans began buying goods that were not available during the war, which created corporate expansion and jobs. ... T...

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This along with his militaristic alliances, plans made on a war footing and aggressive foreign policy convinced Europe that a war was inevitable. Prior to the Second World War the situation was similar. ... Within this, one can observe that the main source of these actions came from the leaders of the time; Kaiser Wilhelm II and Adolph Hitler. ... Nationalism can be seen as another likeness in the roots of the two wars. ... One can observe another parallel in the origins of the two wars in militarism. ...

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Nearly all economists agree that World War II cured the Great Depression; Keynesians believe this was so because the U.S. finally began massive public spending on defense. This is a large part of the reason why "wars are good for the economy" written by Keynes himself. ...

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The Dust Bowl Storms also happened during a very bleak time for the United States because the country was going thru the great depression as well as dealing with the looming threat of World War II. I feel like that the dust bowls were even harder for the people to deal with from a psychological standpoint because the country was suffering thru a great depression and also dealing with an upcoming war and then you add the devastating dust storms to go along with the high temperatures, the wind and drought and you had a recipe for disaster. ...

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Advertising methods that had been developed to build support for World War I were used to persuade people to buy such relatively new products as automobiles and such completely new ones as radios and household appliances. ... The Great Depression came to an end with the starting of World War II. ...

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Influential American photographer and photojournalist, Dorothea Lange, captured society and humanity in the 1930's. Working primarily during the Great Depression, Lange's photographs humanized the consequences of the social and economic climate and influenced the development of documentary photography in subsequent years. Through her personal views of the great depression, and the era, Lange endeavored to show the struggle and resilience of people enduring the events of the time. Evident in the works 'The Migrant Mother' and 'Unemployed Lumber Worker', Lange us...

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Keynes wrote about the experience the novel The Economic Consequence of Peace, where he argues against the reparations placed on Germany after the war. ... Keynes gained so much support because he predicted the economic problems that came after World War I and his creation of the World Bank after World War II5. ...

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" In the old days, we used to suffer nearly periodic economic crises, the sudden onset of which was called a "panic", and the lingering trough period after the panic was called "depression". The most famous depression in modern times, of course, was the one that began in a typical financial panic in...

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The Grapes of Wrath: A True Depiction of a Terrible Depression The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl of the 1930's drove many farmers west in search for jobs and put many others on the streets. In this time of pain and suffering the Joad family in John Steinbeck's classic novel, The Grapes of W...

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