1. Standard
Compare the German, Italian and Japanese drives for an empire in the 1930s and relate that drive to the role of appeasement, nonintervention (isolationism), and the domestic distractions in Europe and the U.S. prior to the out break of World War I

2. Isolationism

3. Isolationism Most Americans favored this policy
US Should not have political ties with other countries
1935- Congress passes Neutrality Acts
If the US Stays out of European Affairs, it could avoid war

15. How Did isolationism lead to war?

16. Domestic Distractions
What was going on in the US and Europe that kept the leaders distracted within their countries?
In the US – Inflation, Racism, Rebuilding economy after the Great Depression
In Europe – Unemployment, rebuilding the economy, spread of communism, inflation, Spanish Civil War