1. US History Goal 10.01

2. Causes Treaty of Versailles (End WWI in 1919)
Germany pay reparations (money for damages)
War Guilt Clause (accept guilt for WWI)
Result in Germany entering depression
German people humiliated and upset

3. Rise of Dictators in Europe
Benito Mussolini
Establish Fascist government in Italy in 1922
Fascism (totalitarian government
Based on nationalism (loyalty to country)
Military expansion
Lots of government control (censorship and government control of radios, newspapers, etc)
Anticommunist

4. Rise of Nazism Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany in 1933
Installs Nazi government
Nationalism (loyalty to country)
Racism- create Aryan race
Military expansion
Lots of government control- censorship and government controlled radios, newspapers, etc
Anticommunist
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5. Stalin and Soviet Union
1917 Russian Revolution
Led by Vladimir Lenin
Install Communism (become Soviet Union)
Lots of government control- censorship and government control of radios, newspapers, etc
One political party
Based on a “classless” society where everyone shares equally
Joseph Stalin becomes leader in 1924

6. Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Empire of Japan
Military dictatorship
Need for more land for a growing population
Emperor Hirohito of Japan

7. Expansion of Dictators
Japan
Invade Manchuria (Northern China) in 1931
Italy
Invade Ethiopia (Africa) in 1935
Germany
Take Austria and Sudetenland in 1937
1939- take Czechoslovakia
1939- Invade Poland (Sept. 1, WWII begins)

8. German Tactics Blitzkreig “Lightning War”
Attack quickly and with all your might
Goal- end battle as quick as possible

9. Responses to Expansion
Munich Agreement
European Leaders meet with Hitler in Munich
Agree to let Hitler keep areas he invaded
Hitler promises to stop
Hitler will go back on his promise
Hitler invades Poland on Sept. 1, WWII begins
United States
Remain neutral and not get involved

10. Alliances of WWII Alliances Allied Powers Axis Powers Britain Germany
France
Axis Powers
Germany
Japan
Italy

11. Hitler and Stalin Soviet Union and Germany have two agreements
Non-aggression Pact
Agree not to invade each other
Secretly divide Poland after war

12. US Response Neutrality Acts 1940- Lend-Lease Plan
US refuses to trade with any nation involved in war
1940- Lend-Lease Plan
US will lend or lease arms to any nation who is resisting Nazi aggression
Atlantic Charter (1941)
President Roosevelt and British leader Winston Churchill agree to an alliance

13. Why does US enter????
Dec. 7, 1941
Japanese bomb and attack Pearl Harbor
Led by Hideki Tojo
President Roosevelt asks Congress for a declaration of war the next day 8

14. Why does Soviet Union enter WWII??
1941- Hitler invades Soviet Union
Defies non-aggression Pact
Soviet Union enters on Allied side
Allied Powers
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union- enter in 1941
United States- enter after Pearl Harbor
Axis Powers
Germany
Italy
Empire of Japan