The document discusses several key events in Germany and the United States following World War 1: 1) In Germany, the supporters of the new Weimar Republic were attacked as "November criminals" by conservative nationalists. Germany's economy struggled after the war as it had to pay war reparations while resources were scarce. 2) In the United States, overproduction led to an economic depression and the collapse of the American stock market in 1929. Unemployment rose sharply in both Germany and the United States as a result of the economic crisis. 3) Politically, the Weimar Republic was unstable due to flaws in its proportional representation system and issues with the president's emergency powers, contributing to its eventual