1. World War II

2. Part 1: Appeasement

3. Aggression goes unchecked
Japan seizes Manchuria and eastern China after Second Sino Japanese War.
Italy invades Ethiopia to make up for previous loss.
Hitler defies Treaty of Versailles and militarizes.

4. Aggression goes unchecked
League of Nations condemned and sanctioned countries, but had no power to enforce them.
Western powers could not stop them individually because they were too weak.

5. Responses to Aggression
One response was appeasement:
Policy of giving into an aggressor’s demands in order to keep peace.
Another was pacifism:
An opposition to all war

6. Responses to Aggression
The United States passed the Neutrality Acts:
Forbade the sales of weapons, loans, and travel on ships of nations at war
Intended to keep America out of any European conflict.

7. Responses to Aggression
Germany, Italy, and Japan formed the Axis Powers:
Tried to stop communism
Supported each others expansion and against democracy.

8. Assignment 1 Definition – underline Give an example of it - star
Write a paragraph on appeasement
Include:
Definition – underline
Give an example of it - star
Opinion of it – do you think it was a good policy or not, why? - circle

9. Part 2: March towards war

10. Spain falls into civil war
Germany, Italy, and Japan formed the Axis Powers:
Tried to stop communism
Supported each others expansion and against democracy.

11. German aggression continues
Germany, Italy, and Japan formed the Axis Powers:
Tried to stop communism
Supported each others expansion and against democracy.

12. Europe plunges toward war
Germany, Italy, and Japan formed the Axis Powers:
Tried to stop communism
Supported each others expansion and against democracy.