Download “Dictators and Wars” Outline I. A Bitter Peace Unravels A. When did

“Dictators and Wars” Outline
I. A Bitter Peace Unravels
A. When did WWI end? (324)
1. What treaty ended the war? (324)
a. Who made the important decisions at the Peace Conference? (324)
i. What major countries were not even present? (324)
1. Why did Germans resent the Treaty of Versailles?
2. Why were Italy and Japan angry over the Treaty of Versailles? (324)
B. What kind of government did Italy, Germany, Russia, and Japan develop after the war? (324)
1. How did this government work? (324)
II. Repression in the Soviet Union and Italy
A. Why did Russia have a communist revolution in 1917?
1. Who became the first leader of communist Russia? (325)
2. What did this revolution lead to? (325)
3. Who took control of communist Russia in 1924? (325)
a. What kind of a leader was he? (325)
i. How did he attempt to turn the Soviet Union into an industrial power? (325)
ii. How did he maintain his control? (325)
B. Why were many Italians upset over the results of WWI? (325)
1. How come many veterans were unable to find jobs? (325)
a. Was the democratic government able to help them? (325)
i. What movement did many people turn to solve the country’s
problems? (325)
2. Who was Benito Mussolini?
a. What party did he create? (325)
i. What were their main beliefs? (325)
b. Why did the Italian King allow Mussolini to take power in 1922? (325)
i. How did Mussolini consolidate his control over the government? (325)
III. Aggressive Leaders in Germany and Japan
A. What kind of government did Germans form after WWI? (326)
1. What kinds of troubles did Germany experience in the 1920s? (326)
a. Why did Germany experience this? (326)
2. How was Germany affected by the Great Depression? (326)
B. Who was Adolf Hitler? (326)
1. What party did he join after WWI? (326)
a. What were the beliefs of this party? (326)
b. Why did Hitler gain control of this party? (326)
i. What did he write while he was in jail? (326)
1. What was his vision for the world? (327)
i. Where did he get these ideas from?
C. How did Hitler come to power? (327)
1. How was he able to become a dictator? (327)
a. How did he consolidate his power? (327-328)
b. How was he able to end the depression in Germany? (328)
i. Who was excluded from this new German prosperity? (328)
D. What kind of changes did the Japanese government make in the 1920s? (328)
1. Why was this government discredited in the 1930s? (328)
a. What group came to power during this period? (328)
i. What kind of government did Japan have at this time? (328)
2. What kind of foreign policy did Japan’s government follow in the 1930s? (328)
a. How did Japan expand in 1931? (328)
i. Why did Japan do this? (328)
b. How did Japan expand in 1937? (328)
i. How did the Japanese treat the people they conquered? (328)
IV. Dictators Turn to Aggression
A. Why was the League of Nations weak? (329)
1. What did it not have to enforce its decisions? (329)
a. What were the totalitarian regimes able to do because of this? (329)
B. How did Hitler break the Treaty of Versailles? (329)
1. Why did Hitler seek to expand Germany? (329)
a. What did he do to “unify” the German people? (329)
i. How did the League of Nations respond to these actions? (329)
C. How did Italy expand in 1935? (329)
1. What did the Ethiopian emperor do because of this? (329)
a. How did the League of Nations respond? (329)
D. What were Fascists able to accomplish in Spain by 1936? (329)
1. Why did this lead to Civil War? (329)
a. How did other countries interfere in the Spanish Civil War? (329)
i. How were Britain, France, and the U.S. involved in this conflict? (329)
V. Aggression Goes Unchecked
A. What policy did Britain, France, and the U.S. adopt toward Germany, Italy, and Japan during the
1930s? (329)
1. Why did they pursue this policy? (330)
a. What were these countries more afraid of? (330)
2. How did Hitler take advantage of this attitude in 1938? (330)
a. What did Hitler try to do next? (330)
i. How did Britain and France deal with this? (330)
1. What was the agreement they reached called? (330)
“From Isolation to Involvement” Outline
I. Roosevelt Opposes Aggression
a. What was the official U.S. position on the rise of dictators in the 1930s? (331)
i. How did Franklin Roosevelt deal with Japan’s 1937 invasion of China? (332)
1. How did the Japanese view his statements?
II. War Erupts in Europe
a. Why did the British and French end the policy of appeasement? (332)
i. Why did Britain and France form an alliance with Poland? (332)
b. What was the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact? (332)
i. Why did Hitler propose this? (332)
1. Why did Stalin agree to this? (333)
ii. How did Germany invade Poland? (333)
1. How come Germany was able to conquer Poland? (333)
a. Why did the German invasion of Poland lead to war? (333)
i. Who were the Axis Powers? (333)
ii. Who were the Allied Powers? (333)
c.
How had France prepared for a German invasion? (334)
i. How were the Germans able to overcome them? (334)
d. How did the Germans first attempt to defeat the British army? (334)
i. How was the British army able to hold off the Germans in May 1940? (334)
1. What did the Germans ultimately gain? (334)
ii. What was Hitler’s plan to invade Britain? (334)
1. How did this plan affect the English people? (334)
a. How come it did not succeed? (334)
III. Americans Debate Involvement
a. How did Franklin D. Roosevelt feel about WWII? (335)
i. How come he was unable to do this at first? (335)
1. Why were many Americans against getting involved in the war? (335)
ii. What did many Americans believe were the real reasons why the U.S. entered WWI?
(335)
1. How did congress act to make sure the U.S. did not enter the war? (335)
a. What did these acts restrict? (336)
iii. How was Roosevelt able to get Congress to support the Allies in 1939? (336)
1. What did this act do? (336)
a. How did isolationists view this act? (336)
i. What did they believe were the real threats to the U.S.? (336)
2. How did the media build support for American involvement? (336)
iv. When did Germany, Italy, and Japan officially become allies? (336)
1. What did Congress do in response? (337)
2. What did Roosevelt do to strengthen Britain in that year? (337)
v. Who won the election of 1940? (337)
1. Why did he win? (337)
IV. America Takes Steps Toward War
a. Why was Roosevelt able to more actively support the Allies after 1940? (337)
i. What did he say that the allies were fighting for? (337)
ii. What did the U.S. do to support Britain in 1941? (337)
1. What did this act allow Roosevelt to do? (337-338)
2. What did Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill talk about in
1941? (338)
a. What agreement did they make? (338)
iii. How did Nazi Germany respond to the U.S. alliance with Great Britain? (338)
1. What did Roosevelt order because of this? (338)