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Warm-up

Warm-up. Place the following Early Republic events in chronological order: French Revolution Louisiana Purchase Embargo Act XYZ Affair Jay’s Treaty Battle of Tippecanoe Non-Intercourse Act “Battle” with Tripoli. Re-Introduction to WWII. Quick Facts. B. Human Costs. When?. 1939-1945

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Warm-up

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  1. Warm-up • Place the following Early Republic events in chronological order: • French Revolution • Louisiana Purchase • Embargo Act • XYZ Affair • Jay’s Treaty • Battle of Tippecanoe • Non-Intercourse Act • “Battle” with Tripoli

  2. Re-Introduction to WWII

  3. Quick Facts B. Human Costs

  4. When? • 1939-1945 • US involvement 1941-1945 1939 1941 1945 Sept. 3 -Britain & France declare war on Germany Dec. 7 – Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; US enters the War May - Germans Surrender Sept. - Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japanese Surrender Sept.1 - Germany invades Poland (official start to the war)

  5. Who? Axis Allies (major powers) (major powers) Great Britain Germany Russia Italy United States Japan France (note: France surrendered to Germany in 1940 (after 6 weeks of fighting)

  6. Major Leaders Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany Benito Mussolini Italy

  7. Major Leaders Hideki Tojo Japanese Prime Minister Winston Churchill British Prime Minister

  8. Major Leaders Joseph Stalin Russian Leader Franklin Delano Roosevelt US President

  9. Why? (underlying causes of WWII) 1. Treaty of Versailles A. Germany lost land to surrounding nations B. War Reparations Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Woodrow Wilsonduring negotiations for the Treaty

  10. Why? (underlying causes of WWII) 2. World-wide Depression A. The Depression made Germany’s debt even worse B. Desperate people turn to desperate leaders 1) Hitler seemed to provide solutions to Germany’s problems 1923 - Wallpapering with German Deutchmarks

  11. Why? (underlying causes of WWII) 2) Hitler provided scapegoats for Germany’s problems 3) Kristallnacht - vandalism & destruction of Jewish property & synagogues

  12. Why? A. In a Totalitarian country, individual rights are not viewed as important as the needs of the nation • 3. Rise of Totalitarian Regimes Communist Dictatorship (USSR) Fascist Dictatorship (Germany, Italy) Fascism: military government with based on racism & nationalism with strong support from the business community Totalitarianism Military Dictatorship (Japan)

  13. So What Was Hitler Asking For? • Return of German Speaking Lands - “Lebensraum” • Austria - Peacefully Annexed in 1938 German Troops Parade in Streets of Czechoslovakian Town, ca. 1939

  14. So What Was Hitler Asking For? • Sudetenland - (now part of Czech Republic) • Munich Conference - Great Britain & France give to Hitler in return for peace • Hitler then invades the rest of Czechoslovakia German Troops Parade in Streets of Czechoslovakian Town, ca. 1939

  15. Meanwhile … in the Pacific • Pearl Harbor: “a date which will live in infamy” What? • Surprise attack by the Japanese on American forces in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Effect? • US declares war on Japan & other Axis powers USS Arizona Sinking in Pearl Harbor

  16. WWII Questions • How did Germany’s (Hitler’s) domestic and foreign policy affect relationships with people groups and countries? • How did the isolationist/neutral foreign policy of the world cause continued conflict in the years leading up to WWII?

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