World War 2 Causes

Who were the Axis powers of World War II?

• Germany, Japan, Italy

• United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, China

• Mexico, United States, Australia, China

• Poland, Germany, China, Russia

What is the Great depression?

• A time period when many people were sad.

• A time period when many people got rich by putting money in the stock market.

• A time period where many people had to join the military to prepare for war.

• A time period in the early 1930s when the world had a money crisis. Many people were poor, out of work, and hungry.

What is Appeasement?

• The Allies declared war on Germany because Germany began invading countries and taking away their money.

• When millions of Jews were taken to concentration camps.

• Even though Germany broke the rules of the Treaty of Versailles, the Allies did not stop them. Germany restarted its military and began conquering land and the Allies did nothing.

• When the economy crashed. many people were out of work and hungry because of appeasement.

What did the Axis powers have in common?

• They were all fascist counties.

• They were all democracies

• They were monarchies.

• They were trying to stop that United States from taking over the world.

Who was the Italian fascist dictator?

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Joseph Stalin

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

In the early part of the war, the US

• supported Germany
• remained an ally of Italy
• supported England and France
• remained neutral

World War 2 began with Germany's invasion of

• Czechosolvakia
• Austria
• Poland
• France

The US entrance to the was was prompted by

• a Japanese attack on the US
• a German attack on the US
• an Austrian attack on the US
• an Italian attack on the British

What event did Franklin Roosevelt call "a date which will live in infamy?"

• The bombing of Nagasaki
• The attack on Pearl Harbor
• The annexation of Austria by Hitler
• The Battle of Stalingrad

Which of these countries invaded Manchuria in 1931?

• Germany

• Italy

• Japan

• Soviet Union