1. Causes of World War II
AP US History

2. What is the historical context of US foreign policy from 1890-1918?
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3. Part One: Rejection of WWI/Neutrality? 1918 – End of World War I
1919 – US Rejects Treaty of Versailles
1922 – Washington Naval Conference
(5 Power Treaty/9 Power Treaty)
1924 – Dawes Plan
1928 – Kellogg Briand Pact

4. Part Two: Rise of Dictators/Buildup to WWII
1920s – Stalin comes to power
1931 – Japan invades Manchuria (2)
Stimson Doctrine
1933 – Hitler comes to power
– Neutrality Acts (2)
1937 – Japan invades China
– Hitler challenges Versailles Treaty
1937 – Quarantine Speech
1938 – Munich Conference
1939 – Start of World War II (2)

5. Part Three: Gradual American Entry into WWII
1939 – Neutrality Act of 1939 (Cash and Carry Law)
1939 – German victories
1940 – Bases for Destroyers Deal
1940 – America First Committee
1940 – Roosevelt Wins Third Term
1941 – Lend Lease Act
1941 – Germany Invades USSR
1941 – Pearl Harbor (3)

6. Practice SAQ
What was a similarity between US foreign policy during the period from the start of the war to US entry into World War I ( ) to the period from the start of the war to US entry into World War II ( ).
What was a difference between US foreign policy during the period from the start of the war to US entry into World War I ( ) to the period from the start of the war to US entry into World War II ( ).

7. Chronology – Put the Following Events in Order
Bases for Destroyers Deal
Start of WWI
Lend Lease Act
Roosevelt Corollary
Neutrality Acts
Spanish America War
Pearl Harbor Attack
Lusitania
Treaty of Versailles
Japan Invades China
Zimmerman Note
Filipino Revolution
Washington Naval Conference
Start of WWII

8. Chronology Spanish America War (1898) Filipino Revolution (1899)
Roosevelt Corollary (1904)
Start of WWI (1914)
Lusitania (1915)
Zimmerman Note (1917)
Treaty of Versailles (1918)
Washington Naval Conference (1921)
Japan Invades China (1931)
Neutrality Acts ( )
Start of WWII (1939)
Bases for Destroyers Deal (1940)
Lend Lease Act (1941)
Pearl Harbor Attack (1941)

9. Write intro: context (+1) and full thesis (+1)
Practice Writing
Evaluate the relative importance of the causes which led the United States to enter the Second World War.
Write intro: context (+1) and full thesis (+1)
Write complexity (+1): opposite or synthesis or ranking
20 Minutes

10. Japan Invades Manchuria (1931)

11. “Rape of Nanking” (1937)
In six weeks up to 200,000 people were killed and anywhere from 20,000 to 80,000 women were raped by the Japanese Army.

12. Rise of Fascism in Germany

13. Joseph Stalin - USSR

14. Neutrality Acts

15. Neutrality Acts

16. Munich Conference 1939 Appeasement of Hitler

17. Start of WWII – Fall 1939

18. German Expansion – 1939 to 1941

19. Destroyers for Bases Deal

20. Election of 1940

21. Lend Lease Act

22. Atlantic Charter

23. Pearl Harbor

24. Pearl Harbor

25. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”