Topic: Causes of World War II Essential Question: How could World War II have been prevented?

 The Treaty of Versailles (1919)  Officially ended World War I  Severely punished Germany

 Officially ended World War I  Severely punished Germany  Lost territory  Accepted fault for the war  Paid reparations to the Allies

 Accepted fault for the war  Paid reparations to the Allies  Created the League of Nations  International peacekeeping organization  Purpose was to prevent another world war

 International peacekeeping organization  Purpose was to prevent another world war  Worldwide economic depression

 Totalitarianism  Government has total control over the people  Powerful totalitarian governments after World War I:  Soviet Union (Russia)  Bolshevik Revolution established a communist government (1917) LeninStalin

 Soviet Union (Russia)  Bolshevik Revolution established a communist government (1917)  Japan  Established a militaristic government (1926) Hirohito

 Japan  Established a militaristic government (1926)  Italy  Mussolini established a fascist government (1922)  Extreme nationalism

 Mussolini established a fascist government (1922)  Extreme nationalism  Germany  Hitler established the Nazi government (1933)  Form of fascism

 Hitler established the Nazi government (1933)  Form of fascism  Imperialism  When a stronger nation dominates a weaker nation  Japan  Invaded Manchuria (1931)

 Japan  Invaded Manchuria (1931)  Invaded China (1937)

 Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”

 Invaded China (1937)  Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”

 Invaded China (1937)  Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”

 Invaded China (1937)  Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”

 Invaded China (1937)  Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”

 Invaded China (1937)  Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”

 Invaded China (1937)  Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”

 Invaded China (1937)  Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”

 Invaded China (1937)  Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”  Italy  Invaded Ethiopia (1935)

 Italy  Invaded Ethiopia (1935)  Germany  Moved troops into the Rhineland (1936)

 Germany  Moved troops into the Rhineland (1936)  Invaded Austria (1938)

 Moved troops into the Rhineland (1936)  Invaded Austria (1938)  Invaded Czechoslovakia (1939)

 Appeasement  British and French policy  Hoped to avoid war by giving in to Hitler British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

 British and French policy  Hoped to avoid war by giving in to Hitler  Enabled Germany to easily conquer its weaker neighbors

 Hoped to avoid war by giving in to Hitler  Enabled Germany to easily conquer its weaker neighbors  Isolationism  The United States refused to join the League of Nations Woodrow Wilson Senator Henry Cabot Lodge

 Isolationism  The United States refused to join the League of Nations  The United States did little to stop Japanese, Italian, and German aggression