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What is the most difficult thin you have overcome in your life? Write you answer on a post it, DO NOT put your name on it You will post your post-it anonymously on the poster paper . Warm Up I. What have we learned about the Japanese so far in this class? (Think Tom Cruise Movie)
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What is the most difficult thin you have overcome in your life? • Write you answer on a post it, DO NOT put your name on it • You will post your post-it anonymously on the poster paper Warm Up I
What have we learned about the Japanese so far in this class? (Think Tom Cruise Movie) • What were the problems with the Treaty of Versailles (that ended WWI)? • How does the Great Depression affect the world? Causes
What were the 3 main causes we discussed last time to WWII • Discuss with your partner Warm Up 2 Causes Review
3 Causes: 1. Japanese Industrialization & Ambitions combined with tense relations with Western nations for power 2. Failure of the Treaty of Versailleto provide for a reasonable peace that helped all nations. -The German war guilt left serious animosity 3. The Great Depression leaves much of the modern world with serious economic problems looking for solutions. - This causes political unrest and allows dictators to come to power Main Causes of WWII
Warm Up & Review • Dictators & Causes • HW: Complete readings and questions on causes of WWII. This will be turned in for 2x HW grades and you will be tested on it. • Presentations • Just War Theory: Can we justify killing people in war? Agenda
Japan Invades Manchuia • Mao Tze-tungs Long March • Hitler Become Chacellor of Germany • Spanish Civil War • Germany Invades Poland • Battle of Britain Presentations (3 mins max)
The Attach on Pearl Harbor! Just War
When is Killing Justified? • By the end of this unit you will have to determine if the actions that the US took during WWII were justified • Were they all justified or just some of them? • Did we commit any acts that make us as bad as our enemies? • Did we ever lie about the motivations for war? • Did we live up to the idea in the Declaration of Independence? Just War Theory
Warfare is precisely, and ultimately, about governance. War is a violent way for determining who gets to say what goes on in a given territory when peaceful means do not work, for example, regarding: who gets power, who gets wealth and resources, whose ideals prevail, who is a member and who is not, which laws get made, where the border rests, War
19:00-39:00 The War, by Ken Burns
Created in Italy by Mussolini in the 1920’s • A totalitarian form of government that creates a religious like fervor for the country and its leader. • People must “worship” the country • People are taught to persecute anyone who is different or disagrees with the state • People are taught to fight for their country Fascism
Italian leader who founded Fascism in Italy in order to reform then country • Responded to World Wide Depression with Fascism • Allied with Hitler during WWII Mussolini
Disaffected by Germanys loss and surrender during WWI • Rises to power and eliminates democractic government in Germany • Copies Mussolini’s fascists philosophy • More to come….Mass Murdering Psychopath Hitler
Leader of Communist Russia in 1930’s & 40’s • Killed more people than Hitler! • Mass Murdering Psychopath • Lenin said of Stalin “If there is one person who should not be in charge of Russia after I die, its Stalin. He’s not very smart and emotionally unstable” Stalin