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Essential Question : What factors led to the outbreak of World War II in 1939?

This text discusses the events and factors that led to the outbreak of World War II in 1939, including the Treaty of Versailles, the Great Depression, and the rise of totalitarian dictators.

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Essential Question : What factors led to the outbreak of World War II in 1939?

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  1. Essential Question: • What factors led to the outbreak of World War II in 1939? • CPUSH Agenda for Unit 11.1: • Clicker Preview Questions • “Totalitarianism and World War II” notes • Today’s HW: 24.1 and 24.2 • Unit 11 Test: Wednesday, February 20 • Semester Essay: Thursday, February 21

  2. Warm Up • 1. What was the Smoot-Hawley tariff, and how did it affect the economy of Europe in the 1930s?

  3. Warm Up • Please do the “Monday” section of your warm up handout. We will discuss.

  4. WWI was not the “war to end all wars” because events from 1919 to 1939 led to another world war The punishing terms of the Treaty of Versailles led to resentment in Germany Huge reparations slowed Germany’s ability to rebuild after the war Britain, France, and other members of the League of Nations wanted to avoid another war The Great Depression meant no American money for rebuilding and a world-wide depression in Europe Germany inflation was so bad, money was worthless; German children play with stacks of money

  5. In the 1920s and 1930s, nationalism increased and totalitarian dictators came to power https://youtu.be/TUh5luLQWiI Totalitarian leaders came to power by promising jobs and promoting nationalism Dictators controlled all aspects of the nation by eliminating rivals, denying liberties, using censorship, secret police

  6. After Vladimir Lenin’s death in 1924… …Joseph Stalin gained control of the Soviet Union Stalin was Communist and seized all property, farms, factories in order to control the economy and create equality He used a secret police and the Great Purge to eliminate rivals

  7. Stalin’s Five Year Plans transformed the Soviet Union into an industrial and military power by 1939

  8. Not all totalitarian dictators were Communists… …In Italy, Germany, and Spain, people turned to an extremely nationalist gov’t called fascism Fascist governments were controlled by dictators who demanded loyalty from citizens Fascists did not offer democracyand used one party to rule the nation Unlike Communists, fascists believed people could keep their property

  9. Totalitarian Regimes in Europe & Asia Mussolini & Hitler believed in fascism: the idea that nations need strong dictators, total authority by one party, but that people can keep private property Stalin was a Communist believed that the government should control all property & business

  10. In Italy, Benito Mussolini’s Fascist Party seized power by promising to revive the economy, rebuild the military, and create a new Roman Empire Mussolini’s “march on Rome” The “Blackshirts”

  11. Closure Activity:Triple Venn Diagram • Use your notes & knowledge of fascism, communism, and democracy/republic to create a venn diagram comparing the three. • Use countries as examples. • Provide as many differences & similarities as you can.

  12. Mussolini created the Blackshirts (a secret police force) to enforce the goals of his Fascist Party

  13. As prime minister, Benito Mussolini was known as “Il Duce” (the chief) Mussolini ended democracy & all opposition parties Mussolini built up the military to create new jobs He planned to conquer new territories in Africa for Italy

  14. The Nazis were a fascist group in Germany that wanted to overthrow the disloyal Weimar Republic Adolf Hitler was an early Nazi recruit and quickly rose to power in the party https://youtu.be/yEk6zGYwyhc Hitler was impressed by Mussolini and used many of his ideas to make the Nazi Party strong in Germany

  15. Warm Up • Please finish the bottom of yesterday’s warm up.

  16. This Day in History!! • 100 years ago, a 15 foot high “tidal wave” of molasses killed 11 people in Boston, Massachusetts.

  17. Government Shut Down • Day 24, and…. • The Hurricane Center had to cancel working on updating it’s detection systems. • FEMA had to cancel training for workers, and now has an extreme shortage of workers.

  18. Teacher Strike • https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/lausd-teachers-strike.html

  19. Hitler’s Mein Kampf outlined his plans for Germany He wrote that Germans were members of a master race called Aryans and all non-Aryans were inferior He declared that Germans needed lebensraum(living space) and should conquer Eastern Europe and Russia He called the Treaty of Versailles an outrage and vowed to regain land taken from Germany after the war

  20. When Hitler was released from jail in 1924, he spent years organizing the Nazis into Germany’s most powerful political party In 1933, Hitler was named chancelor (prime minister) of Germany As chancellor, Hitler used his power to name himself fuhrer (dictator) He called his gov’t the Third Reichto promote pride & nationalism

  21. A blow to Eugenics • Eugenics – pseudo scientific belief that some races were superior than others. • Jesse Owens – African American athlete who beat Hitler’s athletes. • http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/tucker/strusky_m/Resources/TheCentury/Over_the_Edge.html

  22. Hitler put Germans to work by building factories, highways, weapons, and increasing the military He created the gov’t protection squad called the SS and a secret police called the Gestapo to eliminate rivals and control all aspects of Germany

  23. In 1935, Hitler began a series of anti-Semitic laws called the Nuremburg Laws that deprived German Jews of the rights of citizens, forbade mixed Jewish marriages, and required Jews to wear a yellow star In 1938, Hitler ordered Kristallnacht(NightofBrokenGlass) a series of attacks on Jewish synagogues and businesses https://youtu.be/SiSLx8pcEAk

  24. After WWI, Japan was the strongest nation in Asia and was ready to conquer new lands to provide resources for Japanese industry Emperor Hirohito, gave full control of the Japanese military to Hideki Tojo who served as a military dictator

  25. In the 1930s, Japan, Italy, and Germany began aggressively expanding in Africa, Asia, and Europe

  26. Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 and mainland China in 1937

  27. In 1935, Mussolini began his campaign to create an Italian Empire by invading Ethiopia Ethiopian soldiers defending their country from the Italian military The League of Nations condemned Japan and Italy but did nothing to stop the attacks in order to maintain world peace

  28. Warm Up • 1. Make sure you labeled your dictators. • 2. Please start the vocabulary packet. Do the ones you know (European theater).

  29. The failure of the League of Nations to stop Italy or Japan, encouraged Hitler to expand Germany too By 1936, Hitler had expanded the German military and moved troops into the Rhineland In 1938, Germany annexed Austria and the Sudetenland In 1939, Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia

  30. The League of Nations used appeasement to avoid war with Germany, Italy, and Japan Hitler Chamberlain Mussolini At the Munich Conference, 1938

  31. In 1939, Hitler demanded the return of Poland to Germany but wanted to avoid a war with the USSR Stalin and Hitler agreed to the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, promising to divide Poland and to never to attack each other On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland On September 3, 1939, Britain and France declared war on the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and World War II began

  32. When World War II began, German blitzkrieghttps://youtu.be/YZ7Mt-dbRtc tactics led to the conquest of Poland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, France, the Balkans …the Axis Powers seized North Africa

  33. In 1941, Hitler broke the Nazi-Soviet Pact and invaded the Soviet Union

  34. By 1941, Germany and Italy controlled most of Europe and North Africa Meanwhile, Japan conquered new territories in Asia and threatened Guam and the Philippines

  35. From 1939 to 1941, the United States remained neutral, but not isolated, from the global conflict

  36. Closure Activity • On your map, label the following: • The 3 main Axis Powers • The territories under the control of the Axis Powers by 1942 • On your timeline, identify the 5 most important events that contributed to World War 2; For each event, provide a brief summary & an image

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