1. How did Hitler Happen?

2. 1. Poland

3. 2. “lightning war”

4. 3. Hitler said the Poles had persecuted Germans and fired the first shots.

5. 4. Parliament in Berlin, Germany

7. 6. Germany, Japan, Italy

8. 7. U.S., United Kingdom, Soviet Union

9. Six million

10. 9. Forced to signed the Treaty of. Versailles;
9. *Forced to signed the Treaty of Versailles; *Military power was stripped away; *Forced to pay billions in reparations; *The economy was in crisis

11. 10. Hitler claimed that Jews were an inferior people that threated the “purity” of the German race.

12. 11. Hindenburg needed the Nazis’ support and offered Hitler the role of chancellor, Germany’s second highest office

13. 12. Burned down the Reichstag. building
12. * Burned down the Reichstag building *Suspended free speech and other civil liberties *Nazi opponents were arrested

14. 13. Supreme commander—the Fuhrer

15. 14. Cleaned up street crime. Put the nation back to work
14. *Cleaned up street crime *Put the nation back to work *Rebuilt the army

16. 15. Jews were stripped of their property and freedom.

17. 16. A highly efficient system of mobile killing squads, train lines, and concentration camps

18. 17. In 1941, Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the U.S. joined the Allies.

19. 18. *As the Allies closed in on Hitler, he killed himself and his generals surrendered. *The Allies defeated Japan.

20. 19. U. S. because a superpower. U. S
19. *U.S. because a superpower. *U.S. factories created jobs and ended the Great Depression. *Women entered the work force. *Congress passed the G.I. Bill. *Truman desegregated all U.S. forces.