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BJOTD: Why did the librarian slip and fall?

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The Road to War with the Help of Dr. Seuss

Japan invaded Manchuria, Korea, and China in the early 1930s Received no punishment from the League of Nations, so…

Mussolini Attacked Ethiopia in 1935 One of the only free countries left in AfricaThe Ethiopians had resisted Italy in the

1890’sItaly wanted revenge

Ethiopia appealed for help from the League, but the League did nothing

Invasions begin!

Hitler defied Treaty of Versailles Hitler decided Germany would no longer have a restricted military

The league condemned this Hitler entered the Rhineland, a buffer space in-between France and Germany and an industrial center on March 7, 1936

Imperialism Spreads to Europe

The French and British urged Germany to stop, giving them an appeasement Definition: giving in to an aggressor to keep peace

Hitler is not stopped and plans to take more land

Appeasement Urges Hitler On

Hitler and Mussolini join an alliance- Rome-Berlin Axis

A month later Japan, Germany and Italy together become the Axis powers

Alliances Begin

The USA is overwhelmed with the Depression and fears war

So, the US adopts a policy of isolation1935, Congress passed 3 Neutrality Acts, saying loans and arms cannot be given to nations at war

What is the U.S. doing?

What could be the effect of isolationism?

Germany meets no resistance, soThe Third Reich Expands

On November 1937, Hitler announced he was going to add Austria and Czechoslovakia to the Third Reich or German Empire

Austrians support this. The union of Austria and Germany is called the Anschluss

Czechoslovakians asked France to help protect a region of their land known as the Sudetenland

What Germany did as a result

To try to avoid war a conference is held. Germany, Italy, France and Britain all attend

They agreed to give into Hitler and give him Sudetenland , but Hitler had to promise to honor the new borders

6 months later… Hitler takes over Czechoslovakiademanded the Poles give back the

former German port, Dazing. The Poles turn to Britain and France

for help, both say they will guarantee Poland’s freedom.

Munich Conference

Britain and France asked the Soviet Union to join them in stopping Hitler

Stalin also talked to HitlerOn August 23, 1939, a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and the USSR

Nazis and Soviets Sign Nonaggression Pact

After the Soviet Union agrees not to attack Germany, Hitler takes his army and marches into Poland on September 3, 1939.

World War II has begun.

The War Begins

1. Aggression by totalitarian powers

2. Nationalism3. The Treaty of Versailles4. Weakness of the League of

Nations5. Tendencies towards isolationism

and pacifism in Europe and the US

Causes of World War II

ArtOn a piece of blank paper, create a political cartoon that

reflects the cause or causes that you feel were the most influential to starting World War II.You must:

Address one or more causes of World War II Use symbols, exaggeration, metaphors to explain your point. More pictures than words! On the back, give a 2-3 sentence description explaining WHY you feel

this cause was the most influential in starting World War II.

WritingOn a piece of paper, rank the causes of World War II in

order from most influential to least influential in terms of causing the war. In an 8-10 sentence paragraph, using evidence from the notes, explain WHY you put them in this order. Why do you feel that one is more influential than another?

If not done in class, must be finished for homework

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