No SOL Challenge today due to the Quiz Look over notes for quiz to begin right after the bell rings! BJOTD: Why did the librarian slip and fall?

Japan invaded Manchuria, Korea, and China in the early 1930s Received no punishment from the League of Nations, so… Mussolini Attacked Ethiopia in 1935 One of the only free countries left in Africa The Ethiopians had resisted Italy in the 1890’s Italy wanted revenge Ethiopia appealed for help from the League, but the League did nothing

Hitler defied Treaty of Versailles Hitler decided Germany would no longer have a restricted military The league condemned this Hitler entered the Rhineland, a buffer space in-between France and Germany and an industrial center on March 7, 1936

The French and British urged Germany to stop, giving them an appeasement Definition: giving in to an aggressor to keep peace Hitler is not stopped and plans to take more land

Hitler and Mussolini join an alliance- Rome-Berlin Axis A month later Japan, Germany and Italy together become the Axis powers

The USA is overwhelmed with the Depression and fears war So, the US adopts a policy of isolation 1935, Congress passed 3 Neutrality Acts, saying loans and arms cannot be given to nations at war

Germany meets no resistance, so The Third Reich Expands On November 1937, Hitler announced he was going to add Austria and Czechoslovakia to the Third Reich or German Empire Austrians support this. The union of Austria and Germany is called the Anschluss Czechoslovakians asked France to help protect a region of their land known as the Sudetenland

To try to avoid war a conference is held. Germany, Italy, France and Britain all attend They agreed to give into Hitler and give him Sudetenland, but Hitler had to promise to honor the new borders 6 months later… Hitler takes over Czechoslovakia demanded the Poles give back the former German port, Dazing. The Poles turn to Britain and France for help, both say they will guarantee Poland’s freedom.

Britain and France asked the Soviet Union to join them in stopping Hitler Stalin also talked to Hitler On August 23, 1939, a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and the USSR

After the Soviet Union agrees not to attack Germany, Hitler takes his army and marches into Poland on September 3, World War II has begun.

1. Aggression by totalitarian powers 2. Nationalism 3. The Treaty of Versailles 4. Weakness of the League of Nations 5. Tendencies towards isolationism and pacifism in Europe and the US

Art On a piece of blank paper, create a political cartoon that reflects the cause or causes that you feel were the most influential to starting World War II. You must: Address one or more causes of World War II Use symbols, exaggeration, metaphors to explain your point. More pictures than words! On the back, give a 2-3 sentence description explaining WHY you feel this cause was the most influential in starting World War II. Writing On a piece of paper, rank the causes of World War II in order from most influential to least influential in terms of causing the war. In an 8-10 sentence paragraph, using evidence from the notes, explain WHY you put them in this order. Why do you feel that one is more influential than another? If not done in class, must be finished for homework