Road to WWII Guided Notes

Treaty of Versailles
and Germany

•Took Responsibility

•Gave up Territory

•Limited Military

•Assumed War Debt

(Nazi)

Hitler beliefs described in Mein Kampf (My Struggle)

•Germans are superior “Aryan race”

•Destined to rule the world and the inferior races within it.

•Germany’s economic problems were caused by Jews

•Germans needed more land to fill with the pure race

•Germany will be the Third Reich ( The other two being Rome and The German Empire)

Fascism

•System which usually has a ______

______

______

Once in Power Hitler:

•Forced the army to take a loyalty oath

•Outlawed political opposition

•Censured Media

•Hitler employed many Germans building the military, highways, sports arenas, and schools.

Nuremberg Laws (1935)

•Deprived Jews of ______

•______between Jews and Non-Jews

•Jews had to ______

Reasons Hitler wanted to build up the military

•Stimulate the ______

•Increase national pride

•Allow Germany to expand(______)

•Be able to defend itself against ______

Mussolini’s Goals

•Build ______

•Unite Italy to spread a ______

•Replace democracy with ______

Once in Power Mussolini:

•Controlled election

•______

•______

•Mussolini employed many Italians by building ______

______

Japan’s Goals

•______for population (65 million)

•Gain land for ______

•“______”

•______

•Quarantine Speech

•FDR called for containing fascism through economic embargoes

Neutrality Acts (1935-1937)

•Forbade ______

•Banned Americans from traveling ______

•Banned ______to nations at war

Why?

•Isolationism:______

______

The Munich Agreement

•British Prime Minister Chamberlain agrees that Hitler can occupy the Sudetenland as long as he promises to not touch the rest of Czechoslovakia or any other part of Europe

Appeasement:______

Nazi-Soviet Pact (Aug. 1939)

•Germany and Russia agree to divide ______

______

•Sept. 1939 Germany invades ______

•Britain Declares War!

US Response to German invasion of Poland

•Cash and Carry Policy:

•Britain can ______from the US______.

•Britain had to ______

The Axis Powers Expand!

•April 1940 Germany takes Denmark and Norway

•May 1940 Germany takes Holland, Belgium, and Luxemburg

•June 1940 Germany conquers France

•July 1940 ______Begins

Battle of Britain

•1000 German planes a day

•1500 fires in Dec. 1940 alone

•______

•120,000 injured

•America debates Neutrality

Lend Lease Act (Dec 1940)

•Allows for the transfer of ______

______

•US ships will convoy materials as far as Iceland

Reasons for Lend Lease

•Britain______

•Good neighbor policy

Atlantic Charter (Aug. 1941)

•Meeting between FDR and Prime Minister Churchill where they agreed that after the war the US and Britain will:

•Not seek to gain territory

•Support the right of all people to choose their own government

How is this different from the goals of WWI?

Dec. 7 1941

•Pearl Harbor

•______

______and 10 other ships Sank or were badly damaged

188 Planes destroyed

2300 Americans Killed

Reason for Attack on Pearl Harbor

•Crushing US Naval and Air power in pacific ______

______

Result:

•Dec. 8 1941 US declares war on Japan

•Dec. 10 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on US

Road to WWII Lecture Questions

  1. Explain how the end of WWI created conditions which led to WWII?
  1. Define Fascism:
  1. How did the German government legally separate German Jews from the rest of German society? Be specific.
  1. Compare and contrast the goals of Germany, Italy, and Japan (how are they similar, or different).
  1. Compare and contrast how Hitler and Mussolini solidified their control of their nations once they took power.
  1. How did the Neutrality Acts reflect Americas attitude of isolationism?
  1. How is the Munich agreement an example of appeasement?
  1. What event sparks WWII?
  1. Describe the Cash and Carry policy. How is this different from the Neutrality Acts?
  1. Describe the Lend Lease Act.
  1. What event brought the United States into WWII?