WWII

Why was Germany's economy struggling after WWI?

• The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for WWI
• Other countries were using imperialism to take over the economies of other governments, including Germany's
• Hitler was keeping his own people in a state of poverty in order to control them
• America was punishing Germany for playing such a major role in WWI

After WWI, the ____________________________ of the 1930s brought chaos and unemployment to Europe, which led to the rise of authoritarian dictators.

• Imperialism
• Treaty of Versailles 
• Great Depression
• Invasion of Nanking 

In 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany as a direct result of the German...

• invasion of Poland
• seizure of the Sudetenland
• occupation of the Rhineland
• annexation of Austria

In what way did the Treaty of Versailles establish conditions that led to the outbreak of WWII?

• It called for the dissolving of the League of Nations, thus removing an organization for resolving future conflicts
• It gave Germany too much power by letting Germany keep the Alsace-Lorraine region of France
• It weakened the Allied countries by making France, England, and Russia reduce the size of their armies
• It imposed harsh reparation payments on Germany, which led to economic and political instability

Why was President Franklin Roosevelt hesitant to get involved in World War II?

• He considered Germany and Japan strong allies of the United States
• He wanted to maintain the U.S. foreign policy of isolationism
• He was opposed to the Lend-Lease Act
• He had supported the Japanese invasion of China in 1937

Allied Powers during WWII included:

• Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States
• Great Britain, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States
• Germany, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States
• Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United States

America did not want to get involved in other country's conflicts. This was known as __________________________

• Imperialism
• Axis
• Isolationism
• Dictatorship

Describe the causes of WWII:

• Treaty of Versailles, economic depression & totalitarian dictators

• WWI Peace Treaty Problems, New Military Technology

• Rise of dictators, Poor U.S. President

• Russia attacked Germany & took over Italy

What are reparations?

• Payments made for damages caused during a war
• paying a tax on imported goods
• repairing a friendship between two or more countries

Which of these events led to the other three?

• The Treaty of Versailles

• Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

• Hitler takes Poland

• Germany falls into an economic Depression