The 1930s (years from
1930–
1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the
Great Depression, also known as the
World Depression.The decade started off economically unsteady, with the stock market dropping early in
1930. However, late in 1930, stocks and the economy dropped more, and this time it didn't get better. People began to feel the effects of the plunging stock market in
1931, and the situation grew progressively worse until reaching the low point in
1933. The gloomy conditions that arose led to a religious revival and the rise of
conservatism that rejected the
liberalism of the
1920s, which began to be viewed as a decade of "sin." After 1933, the economy began a gradual recovery which wouldn't reach the level of prosperity of 1930 until
World War II. In both
Central Europe and
Eastern Europe,
Fascism,
Nazism, and
Stalinism dominated as the solution, which adopted war-oriented economic policies, such as Stalin's
Five Year Plans, all of them described as
totalitarian regimes. In
East Asia, the rise of
militarism occurred.
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