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Causes of wwii Review

Causes of wwii Review. Appeasement Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict Giving into a bully. Anti-Semitism Hostility or prejudice towards Jewish people. Fascism Headed by a dictator Extreme nationalism and racism No tolerance of opposition. Totalitarianism

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Causes of wwii Review

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  1. Causes of wwii Review

  2. Appeasement • Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict • Giving into a bully

  3. Anti-Semitism • Hostility or prejudice towards Jewish people

  4. Fascism • Headed by a dictator • Extreme nationalism and racism • No tolerance of opposition

  5. Totalitarianism • Controls all aspects of people’s lives • Government destroys anyone against them

  6. Dictator • Leader who rules with total authority

  7. How was Mussolini able to come to power in Italy? • Mussolini marched his followers into Rome • King was scared, gave Mussolini Italy • Once in power he used threats, violence and his political skill • Propaganda to promote Italy’s greatness • New Italian holidays to promote nationalism • Took over Ethiopia

  8. What did Stalin want for the Soviet Union? • Totalitarian State • Strengthen communism • Five Year Plan: increase factory and mine production • Collectivism: combined small farms • Executed and sent resistors to labor camps

  9. How was Hitler able to take control of Germany? • Germany had economic problems • Germany needed a strong leaders • Bullied the German government into giving him power • Destroyed anyone against him • Anti-Semitism: hostility towards Jews • Nuremberg Laws: excluded Jews from German life and took away their rights

  10. How did Great Britain respond to Germany’s aggression? • Chamberlain: appeased him, let him take Czechoslovakia • Churchill: Did not agree with Chamberlain, wanted to block Hitler

  11. Who were fighting in the Spanish Civil War? • Nationalists (Germany and Italy) • Republicans (Soviet Union)

  12. What was Japan’s early involvement in WWII? • Moved it’s military into French Indochina • Used French Indochina to get rubber and oil to build up their military

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