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Causes of WWII
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League of Nations
• No control of major conflicts
• No progress in disarmament
• No effective military force
American Isolationism
U. S. Neutrality Acts:1934, 1935,
1937, 1939
6. Charles Lindberg Argues for Isolation
Charles Lindbergh was considered the greatest American hero of the
1920’s, for being the first person to make a solo flight across the
Atlantic Ocean to Europe. When World War II began, Lindbergh spoke
out against America going to war. He supported isolationism, or not
getting involved in the affairs of other countries.
April 23, 1941
6a.Isolationism is :
Charles Lindbergh Warns America not
to Enter WWII
I do not believe that our American
Ideals, and our way of life, will
gain through another World War....
The United States is better situated
from a military standpoint than any
other nation in the world by not
entering WWII. Even in our present
condition of unpreparedness, no
foreign power is in a position to
invade us today. If we concentrate
on our own defenses and build the
strength that this nation should
maintain, no foreign army will ever
attempt to land on American shores.
6b. Why does Lindbergh feel the United States
should be isolationists?
6c. Was Lindbergh right? Did a “foreign army attempt
to land on American Shores?”
America-First Committee
2. The Rise of Dictators
During the 1930’s, a world depression allowed dictators to take control of some countries in Europe and Asia. A
Dictatorship is a form of totalitarian government. This form of government has complete control of the lives of its
citizens.
2a What is making Europe sick?
2b Name the three dictators represented in this
cartoon.
2c Who is in bed next to Europe and what is most
likely going to happen to him?
Great Depression
• Worldwide
Rise of Fascism
Tough times
=
Tough leaders
Fascism in Italy
• 1922, Benito Mussolini forms a
Dictatorship:
• Mussolini =
“Il Duce”
• Cheated by Versailles Treaty
• Fear of Communism
• Economic Depression
Italy Attacks Ethiopia, 1935
Emperor
Haile
Selassie
Rise of Japan
• Economic Depression
• Lack of resources
• Desire for Empire
The Manchurian Crisis,
1931
Japan Invades Manchuria,
1931
The Japanese Invasion of
China, 1937
Rise of Hitler
• National Socialist German
Worker’s Party: Nazi Party
organized, 1920s
• Nazi party largest in
Germany, 1932
• Hitler voted as chancellor,
1933
• New parliament created
• 450, 000 members
• Larger than German
army
Rise of Hitler
• Reparations = economic
depression
• Reduced morale as Germany was
reduced in size
Totalitarian State
• Hitler assumes complete control of
the government and every aspect of
the lives of the people
Rise of Nazism/
Anti-Semitism
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Gestapo Created -- April, 1933
Jewish Boycott – April, 1933
Jewish Books Banned & Burned – May, 1933
27,000 People in Camps – July, 1933
60,000 People in Camps – 1938
Illegal to Leave Germany – October, 1941
Germany Invades
the Rhineland
March 7, 1936
Czechoslovakia Becomes
Part of the Third Reich: 1939
German Territorial Gains
• Austria – March, 1938
• Border of Czechoslovakia – Sept.,
1938
• All of Czechoslovakia – March, 1939
• Poland – Sept., 1939
• By Summer of 1940, Germany
Controlled Most of Europe
• World shocked as France falls to
Germans
The Nazi-Soviet
Non-Aggression Pact, 1939
Foreign Ministers
von Ribbentrop & Molotov
Nazi Germany and Russia Ally
Appeasement: The Munich
Agreement, 1938
To agree to the
demands of a
potential enemy
in order to keep
peace.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Now we have “peace in our time!” Herr
Hitler is a man we can do business with.
4. Appeasement-giving into aggression in order to
this
avoid
picture
war
relates to Appeasement. Does Dr. Seuss thank that appeasement
How
work?
will
Assessment Prompt #1
• Use the information presented to add
bullet points to assessment prompt #1
American Involvement
• 1941 Lend-lease Act allowed
sale or loans of war
materials to “any country
whose defense the President
deems vital to the defense of
the United States.”
8. Lend-Lease Act
By 1941 President Roosevelt made it clear that the United States supported Great
Britain and the Allied Forces. He declared the United States “must be the great
arsenal of democracy.” An arsenal is basically a weapons store. He made the US “an
arsenal of democracy” by selling Great Britain war stuff so they could better fight
Hitler and the other Axis dictators. The act that allowed the president to sell
weapons to Great Britain was the Lend-Lease Act of 1941. British ships transported
the weapons, with escorts of American warships providing protection for about 2/3rd
of the way. The rest of the trip the British ships were open to German sub attacks.
8a. Based on the cartoon, does Dr. Seuss feel that
the Lend Lease act is effective? Support your
answer.
8b. Based on the political cartoon, what might Dr.
Seuss suggest to make the Lend Lease Act more
effective?
U. S. Lend-Lease Act,1941
Great Britain.........................$31 billion
Soviet Union...........................$11 billion
France......................................$ 3 billion
China.......................................$1.5 billion
Other European.................$500 million
South America...................$400 million
The amount totalled: $48,601,365,000
The Atlantic Charter
Roosevelt and
Churchill sign treaty
of friendship in
August 1941.
Solidifies alliance.
Fashioned after
Wilson’s 14 points.
Calls for League of
Nations type
organization.
Japanese Aggression
• Japanese expansion worried Allied powers
• America tries to limit Japanese expansion
by refusing to sell war supplies to Japan
• Japan organized a secret attack on the
United States
• Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor (or Hawaii Operation, as it was
called by the Imperial General Headquarters) was a surprise
military strike conducted by the Japanese navy against the United
States’ naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of
Sunday, December 7, 1941, later resulting in the United States
becoming militarily involved in World War II.
The attack sank four U.S. Navy battleships (two of which were
raised and returned to service late in the war) and damaged four
more. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three
destroyers, and one minelayer, destroyed 188 aircraft, and caused
personnel losses of 2,402 killed and 1,282 wounded.
What was the end result?
Axis Powers8 nations
Axis Powers in 1940
Allied Powers
26 nations
United States
USSR
Great Britain
Assessment Prompt #2
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