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Interwar Years 1919-1939

Interwar Years 1919-1939. A time between two world wars and a different foreign policy. 1919-1939 Interwar Years. WWI comes to an end and the U.S. moved toward Isolationism and Neutrality In America, we were facing the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression

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Interwar Years 1919-1939

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  1. Interwar Years 1919-1939 A time between two world wars and a different foreign policy

  2. 1919-1939 Interwar Years • WWI comes to an end and the U.S. moved toward Isolationism and Neutrality • In America, we were facing the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression • But Europe was ravaged by the war and countries had to be put back together

  3. What happened to Germany? • Germany had to sign the Treaty of Versailles • They adopted a democratic government known as the Weimar Republic • The government fails, the economy crumbles and the citizens hate the new government. They want someone new to rule their country. • We move toward a dictatorship and fascism: the nation is most important, above people

  4. How did the rest of the world change? • Japan: Population doubles, adopts a dictatorship • Germany: Nazi party comes to rule. Hitler comes to power and aligns with Italy. • Italy: Benito Mussolini comes to power; promotes Fascism

  5. How does Germany proceed now? • Hitler blames the Treaty of Versailles for the countries problems, and starts to break the laws of the treaty. • Appeasement: agree to enemy to avoid war • Britain and France do this to avoid war. • Sept. 1st 1939: Hitler invades Poland. Step 1 of WWII • The U.S. stays out; remains neutral

  6. The U.S. and Britain: Our Position Changes • England asks for our help. • FDR believes we must help so he passes the Lend-Lease Act of 1941: U.S. can sell or lend war materials to any country who defense is vital to the U.S. • The U.S. watches what happens in Europe and in the Pacific. • Japan keeps moving East until it reaches Hawaii in late 1941……..

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