1. IV. League of Nations Fails

2. A. Japan Builds an Empire
1920s – Japan becomes more democratic
Had prime minister and cabinet
1930s – Government blamed for Great Depression
Military leaders won control of the country
Emperor Hirohito – Becomes a figure head

3. B. Strike One
Manchuria – (1931) Japanese army seized control of this Chinese providence
First direct challenge to League of Nations

6. League protested Japan’s action but had no power to punish them
1935 – Japan withdraws from the League of Nations

8. C. Strike Two Mussolini attacks Ethiopia in 1935
Ethiopia’s army is easily defeated by the more powerful Italians
Again, the League condemns the attack but does nothing

10. D. Strike Three Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles
1935 – Hitler begins rebuilding Germany’s army
Also sent troops to reoccupy the Rhineland – area along the German/French border

11. Appeasement – Giving into an aggressor to keep peace
France and Britain wanted to avoid another war at all cost
Rome-Berlin Axis (1936) – Alliance between Italy and Germany
Axis Powers –Germany, Italy, & Japan

12. E. Spanish Civil War ( )
Francisco Franco – Leads attack on the Spanish government
Hitler & Mussolini send troops, tanks, and airplanes
Practice grounds for tactics used in WWII
Franco becomes Fascist dictator of Spain

13. Francisco Franco

14. “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso

15. F. United State’s Policy
Isolationism – Political ties with other countries are avoided
U.S. does not want to fight in another war

17. G. German Reich Expands Third Reich – German Empire declared by Hitler
1938 – German army annexed Austria
September 1938 – Hitler demanded that the German-speaking Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia be given to Germany

19. H. Appeasement
Munich Conference – British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain meets with Hitler
Chamberlain agrees to give Germany the Sudetenland if Hitler would stop there

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Hitler & Chamberlain

22. On his return to Britain Chamberlain declares “I believe it is peace in our time”
6 months later Hitler took all of Czechoslovakia