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Name:______________________________
Period:____
Rise of Fascism
1. What was the problem with the League of Nations?
- It was ineffective:
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No control of major conflicts
No progress in disarmament
No effective military force
2. What is Isolationism? Why did America want to do this?
- Not getting involved in the affairs of other countries
- The America First Committee (AFC) was an anti-war
Organization that was created who put pressure against
America entering World War II. They believed that
the U.S. should remain neutral and focus more on taking
care of its own needs
Country
Dictator
Year
1922
Italy
Benito
Mussolini
List two key actions that led to
political control by the dictator
* Cheated by the Versailles Treaty
What is at least one destructive
action?
Italy attacked Ethiopia in 1935
* Fear of Communism
* Economic Depression
* Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931
Japan
Military
Leader
early
1930s
* Economic Depression
* Japan invaded China in 1937
* Lack of resources
* Desire for Empire
1932
Adolf Hitler
Germany
* Germany was forced to pay
reparations for WWI, which they
blamed was the cause of the
economic depression in Germany
* Reduced morale as Germany was
reduced in size
Hitler assumed complete control of the
gov’t and the lives of its people
* Began invading and taking control
over many countries (Rhineland,
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland
etc.,). By summer of 1940, Germany
controlled most of Europe. By
October 1941, it was illegal for
German citizens to leave Germany
3. What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
- A non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union – Both sides agreed not attack one
another.
4. What is appeasement?
- To agree to the demands of a potential enemy in order to keep peace; Giving in to aggression in order
to avoid war
5. What was the Lend Lease Act? What impact did it have?
- An Act passed in 1941 that allowed the sale or loans of war materials to “any
country whose defense the President deemed vital to the defense of the U.S.”
6. What was the Atlantic Charter? What two countries?
- A treaty signed between the U.S. and Great Britain, which solidified their friendship and alliance
7. When and what was the impact of Pearl Harbor?
- On the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941
- The U.S. became militarily involved in WWII
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Major Axis Powers (8 total nations)
1) Germany,
2) Italy,
3) Japan,
Major Allied Powers (26 total nations)
1) U.S.,
2) U.S.S.R,
3) Great Britain,