Causes of WWII

Which event occurred first and led to the other three?

• rise of fascism in Europe

• Bolshevik Revolution

• World War I

• signing of the Versailles Treaty

One major reason the League of Nations failed was that it

• was controlled by communist Russia

• frightened many nations with its large military force

• lacked the support of many of the major world powers during crises

• was supported by Hitler and Stalin

In Europe during the 1930s, economic instability led to the

• rise of fascist dictatorships

• development of nuclear arms

• abandonment of colonial territories

• establishment of the League of Nations

Which newspaper headline illustrates a policy of appeasement?

• "Dien Bien Phu Falls; French to Leave Vietnam"

• "Chamberlain Agrees to German Demands: Sudetenland to Germany"

• "Marshall Plan Proposes Economic Aid Program for Europe"

• "Soviet Troops and Tanks Crush Hungarian Revolt"

Which agreement was labeled by the Nazis as unfair to Germany?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Soviet Nonaggression Pact

• Munich Pact

• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

The policy of appeasement helped cause World War II because this policy

• reduced the armaments of major European powers

• gave too much power to the United Nations

• increased sea trade between England and the United States

• allowed the aggressive actions of Germany to go unchecked

"It took the Big Four just five hours and twenty five minutes here in Munich today to dispel the clouds of war and come to an agreement over the partition of Czechoslovakia. There is to be no European war, after all. There is to be peace, and the price of that peace is, roughly, the ceding by Czechoslovakia of the Sudeten territory to Herr Hitler's Germany. The German Führer gets what he wanted, only he has to wait a little longer for it. Not much longer though — only ten days. . . ."

Source: William Shirer, recording of CBS radio report from Prague, September 29, 1938

The policy that France, Britain, and Italy chose to follow at this meeting is known as

• self-determination

• appeasement

• liberation

• pacification

One reason for the outbreak of World War II was the

• growing tension between the United States and the Soviet Union

• conflict between the Hapsburg and the Romanov families

• ineffectiveness of the League of Nations

• refusal of the German government to sign the Treaty of Versailles

Based on the information provided by the diagram, which statement is a valid conclusion about the 1930s?

• The United States led international peace-keeping efforts.

• Aggression led to the start of World War II.

• The actions of Italy, Germany, and Japan united Europe.

• Economic and social upheaval led to the rise of democracy in Asia.

Which situation is an example of totalitarianism in Germany in the 1930s?

• frequent meetings of the German Reichstag

• decline of the German economy

• strict government control of the press

• negotiation of a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union