Topic: Causes of World War II Essential Question: How could World War II have been prevented?
Topic: Causes of World War II Essential Question: How could World War II have been prevented?
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Topic:
Causes of World War II
Essential Question:
How could World War II have been prevented?
The Treaty of Versailles (1919) Officially ended World War I
Severely punished Germany
Officially ended World War I Severely punished Germany
Lost territory Accepted fault for the war Paid reparations to the Allies
Accepted fault for the war Paid reparations to the Allies
Created the League of Nations International peacekeeping organization Purpose was to prevent another world war
International peacekeeping organization Purpose was to prevent another world war
Worldwide economic depression
Worldwide economic depression
Totalitarianism Government has total control over the people
Powerful totalitarian governments after World War I: Soviet Union (Russia) Bolshevik Revolution established a communist government (1917) Lenin Stalin
Soviet Union (Russia) Bolshevik Revolution established a communist government (1917)
Japan Established a militaristic government (1926)
Hirohito
Japan Established a militaristic government (1926)
Italy Mussolini established a fascist government (1922)
Extreme nationalism
Mussolini established a fascist government (1922)
Extreme nationalism Germany
Hitler established the Nazi government (1933)
Form of fascism
Hitler established the Nazi government (1933)
Form of fascism
Imperialism When a stronger nation dominates a weaker nation
Japan Invaded Manchuria (1931)
Japan Invaded Manchuria (1931) Invaded China (1937)
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Italy Invaded Ethiopia (1935)
Italy Invaded Ethiopia (1935)
Germany Moved troops into the Rhineland (1936)
Germany Moved troops into the Rhineland (1936) Invaded Austria (1938)
Moved troops into the Rhineland (1936) Invaded Austria (1938) Invaded Czechoslovakia (1939)
Invaded Czechoslovakia (1939)
Appeasement British and French policy
Hoped to avoid war by giving in to Hitler
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
British and French policy Hoped to avoid war by giving in to Hitler
Enabled Germany to easily conquer its weaker neighbors
Hoped to avoid war by giving in to Hitler
Enabled Germany to easily conquer its weaker neighbors
Isolationism The United States refused to join the League of Nations Woodrow
Wilson
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
Isolationism The United States refused to join the League of Nations
The United States did little to stop Japanese, Italian, and German aggression
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