WHII 12: World War II SOL Prep

WHII 12: World War Two

Economic and Political Causes of World War II

• Aggression by the totalitarian powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan.

• Nationalism

• Failures of the Treaty of Versailles

• Weakness of the League of Nations

• Appeasement

• Tendencies towards isolationism and pacifism in Europe and the United States

Major events of the war (1939-1945)

• German invasion of Poland

• Fall of France

• Battle of Britain

• German invasion of the Soviet Union

• Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• D-Day (Allied invasion of Europe)

• Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Major Leaders of the War

• Franklin D. Roosevelt: U.S. President

• Harry Truman: U.S. President after death of Roosevelt

• Dwight D. Eisenhower: Allied commander in Europe

• George C. Marshall: U.S. General

• Winston Churchill: British Prime Minister

• Joseph Stalin: Soviet dictator

• Adolf Hitler: Nazi dictator of Germany

• Hideki Tojo: Japanese Main General

• Emperor Hirohito: Emperor of Japan

Multiple Select

Which of the following is not a cause of World War II?

• Aggression by Germany, Japan, and Italy

• Nationalism

• Weakness of the League of Nations

• The Nurenburg Trials

Reorder

Reorder the following in chronological order

• German invasion of Poland

• Fall of France

• Battle of Britain

• German invasion of Soviet Union

• Pearl Harbor

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Categorize

Options (10)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Harry Truman

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Douglas MacArthur

George C. Marshall

Winston Churchill

Joseph Stalin

Adolf Hitler

Hideki Tojo

Emperor Hirohito

Organize these options into the right categories

United States

Germany

Japan

Europe & Asia

Outcomes of World War II

• Loss of empires by European powers

• Establishment of two major powers in the world: The United States and the U.S.S.R.

• War crimes trials

• Divison of Europe, and building of Iron Curtain

• Establishment of the United Nations

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Marshall Plan

• Formation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Warsaw Pact

Efforts for Reconstruction of Germany

• Democratic government installed in West Germany and West Berlin

• Germany and Berlin divided among the four Allied powers

• Emergence of West Germany as economic power in postwar Europe.

Efforts for Reconstruction of Japan

• United States occupation of Japan under MacArthur's administration

• Democracy and economic development

• Elimination of Japan's military offensive capabilities; guarantee of Japan's security by the United States

• Emergence of Japan as a dominant economy in Asia.

International Cooperative Organizations

• United Nations

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• Warsaw Pact

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Established and adopted by members of the United Nations

• Provided a code of conduct for the treatment of people under the protection of their government.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following WAS NOT an outcome of the

• Loss of Empires by European Powers

• War Crimes Trials

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• The Reunification of Germany

• Formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact

Multiple Select

What efforts were taken to rebuild Germany after the war?

• Deomcratic governments were installed in West Germany & Berlin

• Germany & Berlin were divided among the four Allied powers

• Emergence of West Germany as an economic power in Europe

• The US and USSR worked together to rebuild the German Economy.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following WERE NOT done to help rebuild Japan?

• Democratic Governments installed in West Germany and West Berlin

• US Occupation of Japan under MacArthur's administration

• Democracy and economic development

• Emergence of Japan as a dominant economy in Asia

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not an International Cooperative Organization that was built after World War II?

• United Nations

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Warsaw Pact

• Greenpeace