2. Quick Recap – do not write 15-1-2-3

3. 15-1 Einstein – Theory of Relativity Existentialism Nietzsche Women’s Rights Technology – radio, planes, cars Global prosperity – dependent on U.S. economy

4. 15-2 Coalition Govts. Weimar Republic – Germany prints more $ Dawes Plan Great Depression – U.S. flawed economy Cycle – no $=no buy=less production=layoffs Stock market crashes 1929 Global depression FDR & New Deal

5. 15-3 Fascism – militaristic dictators Benito Mussolini – Italy Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf) – Germany Nazism Lebensraum War on Jews – Kristallnacht

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7. Aggressors on the March 15-4

8. Japan Democratic govt. blamed for depression Military wants nationalism – Pacific Empire & China – raw materials & room for population – Take Manchuria (1931) – Iron/coal – 1937 – full war vs China “Rape of Nanjing”

10. Appeasement Giving in to an aggressor to keep peace Britain and France - economic problems and WWI horrors

11. Italy Sees Japan not stopped by League of Nations Wants colonial empire in Africa Invade Ethiopia (1935) – England allows Italy to pass through Suez Canal to keep peace in Europe

13. Hitler defies Treaty 1935 Germany builds up troops

14. Axis Powers Rome-Berlin Axis (Italy-Germany) Later Japan joins becoming Axis Powers

15. Civil War-Spain General Francisco Franco – Fascist Hitler and Mussolini send troops, tanks, & planes to help Franco 1939 Franco wins = Spain Fascist govt

16. World Britain and France – keep making concessions to keep peace – appeasement U.S. practices isolationism – Belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided

17. Third Reich German Empire to last 1000 yrs 1938 Hitler annexes Austria Hitler wants Sudetenland

18. Munich Conference Germany France Britain & Italy – No Czechs – Agree to let Hitler have Sudetenland if he respects new borders 6 months later Hitler takes Czechoslovakia Mussolini takes Albania Hitler wants Danzig (port in Poland)

19. Nazi-Soviet Pact Stalin talks with Britain and France about stopping Hitler Then signs Nazi-Soviet Pact – Non-aggression pact towards each other

20. War appears inevitable