1. Causes of WWII

2. Rise Of F A S C I M

3. Ineffective League of Nations
No control of major conflicts
No progress in disarmament
No effective military force

4. American Isolationism
U. S. Neutrality Acts:1934, 1935, 1937, 1939

5. 6. Charles Lindberg Argues for Isolation
Charles Lindbergh was considered the greatest American hero of the 1920’s, for being the first person to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe. When World War II began, Lindbergh spoke out against America going to war. He supported isolationism, or not getting involved in the affairs of other countries.
6a.Isolationism is :
April 23, 1941
Charles Lindbergh Warns America not to Enter WWII
I do not believe that our American Ideals, and our way of life, will gain through another World War.... The United States is better situated from a military standpoint than any other nation in the world by not entering WWII. Even in our present condition of unpreparedness, no foreign power is in a position to invade us today. If we concentrate on our own defenses and build the strength that this nation should maintain, no foreign army will ever attempt to land on American shores.
6b. Why does Lindbergh feel the United States should be isolationists?
6c. Was Lindbergh right? Did a “foreign army attempt to land on American Shores?”

6. America-First Committee

7. 2. The Rise of Dictators 2a What is making Europe sick?
During the 1930’s, a world depression allowed dictators to take control of some countries in Europe and Asia. A Dictatorship is a form of totalitarian government. This form of government has complete control of the lives of its citizens.
2a What is making Europe sick?
2b Name the three dictators represented in this cartoon.
2c Who is in bed next to Europe and what is most likely going to happen to him?

8. Great Depression
Worldwide

9. Rise of Fascism
Tough times =
Tough leaders

10. Fascism in Italy 1922, Benito Mussolini forms a Dictatorship:
Mussolini = “Il Duce”
Cheated by Versailles Treaty
Fear of Communism
Economic Depression

11. Italy Attacks Ethiopia, 1935
Emperor Haile Selassie

12. Rise of Japan
Economic Depression
Lack of resources
Desire for Empire

13. The Manchurian Crisis, 1931

14. Japan Invades Manchuria, 1931

15. The Japanese Invasion of China, 1937

16. Rise of Hitler
National Socialist German Worker’s Party: Nazi Party organized, 1920s
Nazi party largest in Germany, 1932
Hitler voted as chancellor, 1933
New parliament created
450, 000 members
Larger than German army

17. Rise of Hitler Reparations = economic depression
Reduced morale as Germany was reduced in size

18. Totalitarian State
Hitler assumes complete control of the government and every aspect of the lives of the people

19. Rise of Nazism/ Anti-Semitism
Gestapo Created -- April, 1933
Jewish Boycott – April, 1933
Jewish Books Banned & Burned – May, 1933
27,000 People in Camps – July, 1933
60,000 People in Camps – 1938
Illegal to Leave Germany – October, 1941

20. Germany Invades the Rhineland March 7, 1936

21. Czechoslovakia Becomes Part of the Third Reich: 1939

22. German Territorial Gains
Austria – March, 1938
Border of Czechoslovakia – Sept., 1938
All of Czechoslovakia – March, 1939
Poland – Sept., 1939
By Summer of 1940, Germany Controlled Most of Europe
World shocked as France falls to Germans

23. The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, 1939
Foreign Ministers von Ribbentrop & Molotov

24. Nazi Germany and Russia Ally

25. Appeasement: The Munich Agreement, 1938
To agree to the demands of a potential enemy in order to keep peace.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Now we have “peace in our time!” Herr Hitler is a man we can do business with.

26. 4. Appeasement-giving into aggression in order to avoid war
How this picture relates to Appeasement. Does Dr. Seuss thank that appeasement will work?

28. Assessment Prompt #1
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29. American Involvement
1941 Lend-lease Act allowed sale or loans of war materials to “any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.”

30. 8. Lend-Lease Act
By 1941 President Roosevelt made it clear that the United States supported Great Britain and the Allied Forces. He declared the United States “must be the great arsenal of democracy.” An arsenal is basically a weapons store. He made the US “an arsenal of democracy” by selling Great Britain war stuff so they could better fight Hitler and the other Axis dictators. The act that allowed the president to sell weapons to Great Britain was the Lend-Lease Act of British ships transported the weapons, with escorts of American warships providing protection for about 2/3rd of the way. The rest of the trip the British ships were open to German sub attacks.
8a. Based on the cartoon, does Dr. Seuss feel that the Lend Lease act is effective? Support your answer.
8b. Based on the political cartoon, what might Dr. Seuss suggest to make the Lend Lease Act more effective?

32. U. S. Lend-Lease Act,1941
Great Britain $31 billion Soviet Union $11 billion France $ 3 billion China $1.5 billion Other European $500 million South America $400 million The amount totalled: $48,601,365,000

33. The Atlantic Charter
Roosevelt and Churchill sign treaty of friendship in August 1941.
Solidifies alliance.
Fashioned after Wilson’s 14 points.
Calls for League of Nations type organization.

34. Japanese Aggression Japanese expansion worried Allied powers
America tries to limit Japanese expansion by refusing to sell war supplies to Japan
Japan organized a secret attack on the United States
Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

35. Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor (or Hawaii Operation, as it was called by the Imperial General Headquarters) was a surprise military strike conducted by the Japanese navy against the United States’ naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, later resulting in the United States becoming militarily involved in World War II.
The attack sank four U.S. Navy battleships (two of which were raised and returned to service late in the war) and damaged four more. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, and one minelayer, destroyed 188 aircraft, and caused personnel losses of 2,402 killed and 1,282 wounded.
What was the end result?

36. Axis Powers- 8 nations

37. Axis Powers in 1940

38. Allied Powers
26 nations
United States
USSR
Great Britain

39. Assessment Prompt #2
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