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World War II
The beginning of a Global War - Part II
OBJECTIVE
• By the end of the lesson, SWBAT explain how the
depression in Europe and Asia led to German and
Japanese aggression.
• By the end of the lesson, SWBAT explain how
Japanese and European aggression led to the start
of World War II.
• By the end of the lesson, SWBAT to identify the
two sides of World War II.
Vocabulary
• Imperialism - The act of taking over other countries to gain
power and natural resources
• Neutral - not picking a side and staying out of war
• opportunity cost - The costs that go along with a decision.
Background
• IT IS 1935 - WHAT IS THE U.S.
LIKE?
• IF THERE IS A LOT OF TRADE
BETWEEN COUNTRIES, WHAT DO
YOU THINK COUNTRIES IN EUROPE
AND ASIA WERE LIKE IN THE MID
1930S?
GLOBAL DEPRESSION
• The U.S. was not the only place where there
was high unemployment!
• European and Asian countries were going
through really bad times too!
THE WORLD IN THE 1930’s
Germany and the Depression
•
Germany was even more depressed than the United States
because they had to pay for all of the damages of World War I.
•
Germany had to pay ALL THE ALLIED POWER COUNTRIES:
U.S., FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN, and RUSSIA.
•
many germans were unemployed.
•
Germany was still rebuilding from the war!
ADOLF HITLER
• IN 1932, WHEN GERMANY WAS REALLY DOWN IN
THE DUMPS, THEY LOOKED TOWARDS A NEW
LEADER FOR HOPE.
• Adolf Hitler told the Germans that they deserved better,
more jobs, more money, and more land!
• He was a member of the leader of the Nazi Party
• He was elected the German Chancellor in 1932.
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
• Why do you think Adolf Hitler was
so popular in Germany in 1932?
ADOLF HITLER
• HITLER WAS POPULAR BECAUSE HE
PROMISED THE GERMANS A BETTER LIFE.
• Hitler blamed the Socialists and the jews for all of
Germany’s problems.
• How do you think a lot Germans felt about the
Jews and Socialists?
TEXT
NAZI GERMANY
• HOW DID THE PROPAGANDA
MAKE THE GERMANS look
compared to the Jews?
Nazi Germany
• GERMAN PROPAGANDA MADE the Germans
look strong.
• German propaganda made the Jews and the
socialists look like thieves.
• German propaganda made the germans think they
deserve more!
• Hitler was an imperialist.
Nazi Imperialism
• Hitler said that Germany should invade other
countries so germany can have more land and
natural resources.
• Germany took over Austria-Hungary, and invaded
Czechoslovakia and Poland!
Nazi Imperialism
EUROPE
• Great Britain, France, New Zealand, and Australia
(allied Powers) WERE FORCED TO DECLARE
WAR ON GERMANY on September 3, 1939!
• Why would the the allied powers declare war on
Germany?
• The U.S. stayed neutral.
• World War II started in Europe on September 3,
1939.
JAPAN
• JAPAN LIKE GERMANY WAS IN THE
MIDDLE OF A HUGE DEPRESSION.
• UNEMPLOYMENT WAS OUT OF
CONTROL!
• EMPEROR OF JAPAN, HIROHITO, decided to
use imperialism to help Japan get out of the
great depression.
EMPEROR HIROHITO
Hirohito
• HOW WOULD IMPERIALISM
HELP JAPAN?
JAPANESE IMPERIALISM
• JAPAN DECIDED TO INVADE PARTS OF
CHINA AND TRY TO GET MORE
NATURAL RESOURCES, AND TO RAISE
MORALE (spirits).
Japanese Imperialism
World War II
• The war is both Europe and Asia
• The Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, New
Zealand, Australia, and Russia
• The Axis Powers: Japan, Germany, Italy
• THE U.S. STAYS NEUTRAL!!
U.S. NEUTRALITY
• Why would the U.S. Stay neutral?
• Think about world war I.
• Opportunity Cost
U.S. Neutrality
• If America entered World War II, what would be
the opportunity cost of that decision?
• If America did not enter world war II, what would
be the opportunity cost of that decision?
Key Points/Conclusion
• Germany and Japan were in the middle of big
depressions.
• Germany elected adolf hitler and used the jews and
socialists as scapegoats.
• Germany and Japan invade other countries
• World War II was in Europe and Japan
• The U.S. STAYED NEUTRAL.