Transcript Political movement and beliefs

Chapter 24
Section 1
Aggression Leads
to War
Japanese Militarists - Japan
Political movement and
beliefs – nationalism;
militaristic expansionism
Aggressive actions taken
in the 1920’s and 1930’s
– the invasion of
Manchuria; pulled out of
the League of Nations
Benito Mussolini - Italy
Political movements and beliefs –
facism; extreme nationalism;
militaristic expansionism; private
property; strong centralized
government; anti-communism
Aggressive actions taken in the
1920’s and 1930’s – The “March
on Rome”; Rome-Berlin Axis
Pact; invasion of Ethiopia
Adolf Hitler - Germany
Political movements and
beliefs – Nazism; extreme
nationalism and racism;
militaristic expansionism;
private property; a strong
government; anticommunism
Aggressive actions taken in
1920’s and 1930’s –
established Third Reich;
pulled out of League of
Nations; built up military;
sent troops to the
Rhineland; set up the
Rome-Berlin Axis Pact
Joseph Stalin - Soviet Union
Political movements and beliefs –
communism; the spread of
communism by workers revolutions
throughout the world; state
ownership of property; eventual rule
by working class
Aggressive actions taken in the
1920’s &1930’s – massive
campaigns to collectivize agriculture
and to industrialize the nation; The
Great Purge
Francisco Franco - Spain
Political movement and
beliefs – facism; militarism
Aggressive actions taken in
the 1920’s and 1930’s – an
uprising against the elected
government; civil war
U.S – Caught in
between it all
America does its best to
remain neutral throughout
1930’s. But finds this
position to be increasingly
difficult!
Good Neighbor Policy
• 1930 Hoover strikes down
the Roosevelt Corollary to
the Monroe Doctrine!
• FDR – Good Neighbor
Policy withdrew troops from
Nicaragua and Haiti
• FDR also cancelled the Platt
Amendment which limited
Cuba’s independence
War Begins in Europe
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o Poland – August 1939 Hitler
and Stalin agreed to take over
Poland (Nazi-Soviet Pact)
o Soviets also take over
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, &
Lithuania
o Britain and France declare
war on Germany for Hitler’s
actions
o In the first years of the war
Germany is unstoppable
taking over Norway,
Denmark, Netherlands,
Belgium, & Luxembourg.
Fall of France & Battle of Britain
o Even with Britain’s help France
falls to Hitler quickly on June
22, 1940
o Germany looked as if it would
not be stopped at this point
o Hitler next ordered bombing
missions on Britain day after
day this continued through
summer and fall of 1940
o British P.M.-Winston Churchill
fires up British spirit and they
never give up
o Hitler finally moves on
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Hitler double-crosses Stalin
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o Summer 1941 - Hitler then gets
greedy and stabs Stalin in the
back
o Hitler knows that the Soviets
are not strong and marches his
troops into the Soviet Union
o Churchill and Stalin do not trust
or like each other very well, but
they must now align to fight
back the German forces
together
o This is the beginning of the end
for Germany and Hitler