1. Vocab List 25 P 266 CH11 -Fascism
-Appeasement -Collective -Internationalism -Strategic MaterialsFrom P CH12
-Rationing -Victory Gardens

2. World War II
Background & Causes

3. BIG PICTURE WWII: From 1939 - 1945 Major Players:
Allies = O:) USA + England + France + Russia + Poland
Axis = >:( Germany + Japan + Italy
Lives Lost:
WW 1: 15 Million died
WW 2: 60 million died (11 million in Concentration camps)
Begins; and Ends:
Europe: Germany invades Poland; Russia/USA invade Germany
Asia: Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; USA atomic bombs Japan

4. I. Background & Causes: A) Great Depression - Sadly, wars create jobs.
Unemployment rate:
% %
B) Treaty of Versailles - ended WW1 by blaming war on Germany + owed $30B + crippled them economically for 20 years
-Also created Poland
-Said Germany could not expand again
→ Germany was fed up with this, will fight back

5. Starringggg the USA

6. Russia (Stalin)

7. England (Churchill)

8. Germany (Hitler)

9. Japan (Hirohito)

10. I... C) Dictators
Fascism - aggressive nationalist movement considering the nation/military more important than the people. Opposed communism & capitalism.

11. Video Dictators

12. II. From Neutral to Ally
Neutrality Acts could not sell arms to nations at war
Why? tired from WW1 + did not ever get paid back
Cash & Carry after Axis forms (J/G/I), FDR allows arms sales to allies for cash only if they carry (ship it) themselves
Lend-Lease Lend 50 battleships for 99 year lease in UK naval bases.
Atlantic Charter Allies (USA/GB) goals for the post War (disarmament of aggressive nations & end of territorial expansion)
Embargo on Japan no more oil/trade, will spark attack at Pearl Harbor

13. III. Mobilizing for War A) Just Like Preparation for WW1!!!
Series of Government Agencies created for production of war materials
Food Rationing
Propoganda
Taxes are mandatory
⅓ of labor force was Women
Second Great Migration - to the NW (Seattle & Los Angeles)
VIctory Gardens - food grown everywhere for soldiers

14. WW2 Propaganda:

19. III. Mobilizing (Cont…)
B) Armed Forces:
WW1: 4 million Soldiers
WW2: 16 Million Soldiers
Consisted of Blacks, Hispanics, Jewish-Americans, Native Americans
C) Unemployment Low because of War Production
Built a new airplane every 5 minutes
Built a new battleship each day.
Our Economy doubled during the war (GDP $91B → $215B)

20. Video Start of Causes

21. IV. In Sum: War took place in two parts of World
Asia (next Class) USA vs. Japan (Japan trying to conquer Australia/China)
Europe (following Class) USA/France/GB/Russia vs. Germany/Italy-- most of this war was Russia vs. Germany
Consequences of WW2:
Holocaust
The United Nations
Atomic Bombs
USA #1 for rest of 20th Century (Capitalism Wins)

22. First Person WW (if time)