1. World History
Causes of WWII

2. BellRinger: Match the dictator to his country
Dictators
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Emperor Hirohito
Benito Mussolini
Countries
Japan
Italy
Germany
Soviet Union

3. Aggression, Appeasement, and War Chapter 31 Section 2
Reading: p
Questions
When dictators took aggressive action, how did the Western Democracies (Britain, France, and the U.S.) respond? P.788
Why was Japan a threat? P.788
What is appeasement? P.788
What is pacifism? P.789
How did the U.S. respond to the events in Europe? P.789
What was the Munich Conference in 1938? P.791
What was the non-aggression pact? P.792
What event started WWII? P.792

4. Causes of WWII Failures of the Treaty of Versailles
Did not create lasting peace
How/Why?
Rise of Totalitarian Dictators
Adolf Hitler (Germany), Benito Mussolini (Italy), Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union), Militarists in Japan
How does this lead to a world war?

5. Causes of WWII (continued)
Nationalism
Pride in your own country
Extreme Nationalism
How does this lead to war?
Militarism
Building up of military
Imperialism
Conquering territory
How does this lead to war?

6. Aggression in Europe Japan Invaded Manchuria, 1931
Hitler pulled out of League of Nations,1933
Hitler rebuilt military, 1935
Italy invaded Ethiopia, 1935
U.S. Neutrality Acts, 1935
Rome-Berlin Axis Pact, 1936
Spanish Civil War, 1936
Japan invaded Manchuria, again, 1937
1938 Germany invaded Austria
1938 Munich Pact
1939 German invasion of Czechoslovakia
1939 Signing of the Non-aggression pact
1939 Invasion of Poland

7. German and Japanese Imperialism
German Imperialism
Map of Europe
P. 791 in textbook
Austria, Sudetenland, Rhineland, Czechoslovakia
Japanese Imperialism
The Pacific Area Map
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Manchuria, China, Korea, Philippines, French Indo-China, Burma, Siam, Malaya, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea

8. Japanese Empire by 1942

9. Key Terms Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister prior to WWII who appeased Hitler by signing the Munich Pact
Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister during WWII

10. Munich Pact
The Sudetenland (Northern Czechoslovakia) was handed over to Germany without a shot being fired
How did Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier appease Hitler with the signing of the Munich Pact?
Audio Clip of Neville Chamberlain’s speech
Appeasement
Giving in to an aggressor

11. Non-aggression Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union pledged not to fight one another, 1939
How did signing this increase Hitler’s chances for success in WWII?

12. Aggression in Europe
How do all of the aggressive events eventually lead to war in Europe?