Start of World War II

How did the results of World War I cause World War II?

• The League of Nations declared war on Italy because World War I created problems between Germany and Italy.

• The war debt from World War I that Germany had to pay was one of the causes of the political and economic instability of Europe.

• President Wilson's peace plan called for the invasion of Germany if the country failed to pay its war debt.

• When Great Britain was blamed for World War I, Great Britain invaded France to demand payment for the war.

Who was Benito Mussolini?

• The dictator of France during WWII

• The dictator of Germany during WWII

• The dictator of Italy during WWII

• The dictator of Russia during WWII

Adolf Hitler was the leader of what political party?

• The Nazi (National Socialist) party in Germany.

• The NRA (National Republicans of Ireland) in Ireland.

• The Fascist party in Italy.

• The Communist Party in the Soviet Union.

What was Germany like after World War I?

*Choose all that apply*

• Germany's economy rebounded and the country quickly recovered.

• Germany was in severe debt from the Versailles Treaty.

• Germans were blamed entirely in Europe for the war.

• Germany's political system was weakened leaving it open to the rise of a dictator.

Who was the leader that brought Communism to power in the USSR (Soviet Union)?

• Benito Mussolini

• Joseph Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

• Winston Churchill

Hitler came to power in Germany after World War I because...

• He killed government officials.

• He was nationalistic about Germany and rebuilt their military to stimulate the economy.

• He made alliances with European countries to forgive Germany.

• He was elected by the people of Germany.

What is appeasement?

• Giving into demands to prevent going to war.

• Starting war with another country.

• Forcing countries to pay back their debts.

• Removing dictators from power.

What was the Munich Agreement?

• An agreement to stop Hitler from taking over other countries in Europe.

• An agreement made in Europe to appease Adolf Hitler and Germany by allowing him to takeover Sudetenland.

• An agreement with the United States to fight Germany.

• An agreement to reform alliances from World War I.

What is considered the immediate cause of World War II in Europe?

• Germany's invasion of Poland.

• Great Britain declared war on Germany.

• Germany's takeover of Sudetenland.

• Alliances with France and Great Britain.

What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

• An agreement between Russia and Germany not to attack one another.

• An agreement between Russia and Germany not to go to war with anyone in Europe.

• Germany and Great Britain's official declaration of war

• An agreement between Russia and the United States to avoid going to war.