1. Ch. 17.4
Response to Fascism

2. Fascist Relations 1936: Germany & Italy formed a military alliance
Japan would later join

3. Founded the Axis Powers
Fascist Relations
Tripartite Pact- 1940
Founded the Axis Powers
Military alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan

4. The Munich Conferences & Appeasement

5. The Munich Conferences
Roosevelt called for European leaders to meet and resolve conflict peacefully
Germany, Italy, Britain, and France met at Munich, Germany in 1938

6. The Munich Conferences
Signed a pact giving Germany control of the Sudetenland (Czechoslovakian territory)
European leaders feel Hitler will stop expanding his territory

7. Appeasement
=Giving in to demands in an attempt to avoid a larger conflict
General fear of Hitler – avoid conflict
Some worried appeasement would only encourage Hitler to continue
Some ethnic Germans cheer the Nazis entering into the Sudetenland

8. Appeasement British Prime Minster- Neville Chamberlain
Believed appeasement would give Britain enough time to rearm its military
Made Hitler sign a treaty between Great Britain and Germany in 1938
Neville Chamberlain lands back in Great Britain with signed paper from Hitler ensuring the pact after Sudentland is given to Hitler

9. The United States Response to Fascism

10. Neutrality Laws
Passed by Congress between 1935 & 1939
Prohibited the shipment of munitions to warring nations
Required warring nations that bought US goods to transport them themselves
Forbade Americans from traveling on vessels of warring nations

11. Commitment to Neutrality
Dec. 1937
Japan sunk the US gunboat Panay
2 US citizens killed
54% of Americans still want to avoid war at all costs