Good morning! Please put your Post-Trial Reflection essays in the basket on front table. First Four – Spiral Notebook Describe a time when you had to decide whether or not to fight for something. What did you have to consider? How did you make your decision?

Unit 1.3 Question When should we fight? Major Themes Sheet Guiding Questions: Why had international peace collapsed by 1939? Three ideologies Hitler’s foreign policy

The Collapse of World Order in the 1930s

Ideologies Group Sorting Activity & Discussion What is an ideology? A fixed set of values or beliefs What are the characteristics of Communism Fascism Classical Liberalism – Democracy/Capitalism How will these influence the events leading up to World War II?

Post WW I Europe Review Treaty of Versailles League of Nations Washington Naval Conferences Spirit of Locarno Kellogg-Briand Pact Abyssinia Manchuria Impacts on Germany & Italy?

Guiding Questions: Why had international peace collapsed by 1939? How was Hitler’s foreign policy a cause of WW II?

Rise of Aggressive States Benito Mussolini Fascism Abyssinia 1935

Rise of Aggressive States Adolf Hitler Beer Hall Putsch ‘23 Mein Kampf Hated Communism National Socialist Party (Nazis) Anti-Semitism Elected Chancellor in 1933

Hitler 1936 – Reoccupied the Rhineland Hitler the Peacemaker? How was this a big risk? Hitler the Peacemaker? 25 year Peace Demilitarized zones Germany would join League of Nations French & British reaction? Protest, but no fight What was the message to Hitler?

Hitler & Austria 1938 – Crisis in Austria The Plebiscite Local Nazi groups causing trouble Wanted Germany to take over – not allowed by Treaty of Versailles Chancellor Schuschnigg met Hitler Hitler demanded Nazis join govt and be in control The Plebiscite Schuschnigg planned a vote Enraged Hitler The Anschluss – March 11, 1938 Reaction of France & Britain? What message was sent to Hitler?

Assignment #2 Write a paragraph: What can we learn about Adolf Hitler from his actions in the Rhineland and in Austria?