Causes of WW2

Causes of WW2

Treaty of Versailles

• Ended WW1 between Germany and the Allies

• Germany lost and the treaty punished them

• Germany had to pay ALOT of money "reparations"

• This left the German economy in ruins

• People were hungry and the government was messed up

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What ended WW1

• Atomic Bombs

• US destroyed Germany

• Treaty of Versailles

• Hitler surrendered

Japanese Expansion "Imperialism"

• Japan was an island nation and didn't have many resources

• They wanted to grow their empire to get resources

• They started to invade other countries including China

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Why did Japan wanted to expand their empire?

• More land

• More resources

• To get more power

• All of the above

Fascism

• Many countries economy was a mess after WW1

• Many dictators took over with promises to fix things

• A country with a dictator is an example of fascism

• Italy was the first example of this-Benito Mussolini

• Hitler copied Mussolini when he took over Germany

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What is fascism

• Government where people vote

• Government where the economy is bad

• Government where a dictator has total power

• Government with a king or queen

Hitler and Nazi's

• In Germany Hitler and the Nazi's took power

• Germans were desperate for somebody to fix the economy and make Germany powerful again

• While in power he began to rebuild their military

• Germany became allies with Italy

• Germany took over Austria and when nobody stopped them he looked to take over more countries

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Why was Hitler allowed to take over Germany?

• He wanted to

• He was elected president

• Their economy was so bad and he offered the people hope to fix things

• The treaty of Versailles made him leader

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What country did Germany makes allies with?

• Japan

• United States

• Great Britian

• Italy

Appeasement

• After WW1 the countries in Europe didn't want another war

• Countries like Italy and Germany were building up their military and taking over other countries

• Britain and France wanted to keep peace "appeasement"

• They just wanted to make Hitler and Germany happy by not stopping them hoping once they got what they wanted they would stop

• They didnt.......

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What is appeasement?

• Building up your military

• Taking over other smaller and weaker countries

• Taking your piece of land

• Keeping the peace by letting other countries do what they want

Great Depression

• Most of the World suffered from the great depression before WW2

• The stock market crashed

• Many people were out of work and struggling to survive

• This created unstable governments and many problems around the world

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Who suffered from the Great Depression?

• United States

• Most of the world

• Germany

• Britain and Italy

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What was the name of the Treaty signed to end WW1?

• Treaty of Paris

• treaty of WW1

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Berlin

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What country invaded China to try and build their empire?

• Japan

• Manchura

• Germany

• United States

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What kind of government ruled by a dictator took over Italy and Germany

• Fascism

• Communism

• Socialism

• Democracy

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What political party took control of the German government

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Coummunists

• Nazi

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Who became dictator of Germany?

• Mussolini

• Hitler

• Stalin

• Roosevelt

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True of False: Before WW2 the United States tried to stay out of the world's issues?

• True

• False

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What policy tried to keep Hitler happy instead of punishing him?

• Imperialism

• Appeasement

• Isolationism

• Containment

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What economic crisis took place before WW2?

• Mortgage Crisis

• Stock Market Crash

• Great Depression

• World War 1

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Which was a cause that led to WW2?

• Rise of fascism

• Treaty of Versailles

• Appeasement

• Great Depression

• All of the above