September 1, 1939

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Transcript September 1, 1939

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RAP
Friday 2/12
 What did Hoover do to help the economy?
 Was Roosevelt strong on Civil Rights? Explain.
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Today:
 Unit 5 (Ch. 13 and 14) Quiz
 As soon as you are done; grab a vocab handout and a
timeline handout off of the front table—parts will be due
this week.
○ 15.1 due Monday. 
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RAP
Monday 2/15
1. Look at the map on page 494—
○ What areas did Germany expand in the 1930s?
○ Where was Mussolini and Italy going? Why?
2. When did WWII begin?
3. Where did it begin?
4. Why was this able to happen? (what happened prior to let this
happen)
Today:
Check Ch. 15 notes
Take PPT Ch. 15.1
Video on Hitler, SWBAT understand Hitler’s anti-Semitic beliefs and policies
put in place in Germany.
SWBAT describe significant battles and events of WWII.
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Road to War
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Review Ch. 15.1: pages 492-498
 Take notes on Ch. 15.1 Video on Hitler, Mussolini, and Japan
DICTATORS
Italian Situation
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Effects of World War I on Italy?
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Benito Mussolini – (IL Dulce)
 Italian leader in World War II.
 Fascism – political philosophy that nation and
race were more important than individuals
 Totalitarian – type of government in which all
aspects of life are controlled.
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Views of Mussolini
 Italians
 Americans
Mussolini
1935-
Mussolini
invades
Ethiopia
Mussolini
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Hitler & Mussolini
send troops and
military supplies to
Spain to fight for
General Francisco
Franco, in an
attempt, to overthrow
Spanish
government, 1936.
German Situation
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Effects of World War I
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Adolf Hitler – German
leader in World War II.
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Nazism
 National Socialist German
Workers’ party
○ Hated all who were not blond,
blue-eyed members of what
he called the “Aryan” or
Germanic race.
Hitler
 1933
becomes
Chancellor of the
Nazi party.
 Hitler abolishes
office of president
and becomes
Fuhrer in 1934.
Hitler
 Summer
Olympics
1936- Berlin
 Jesse Owens wins
four gold medals.
 Hitler ignores this
accomplishment.
INVASION OF THE RHINELAND
1936-Rhineland
 March 1938
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 Austria
 Sudetenland
Sept. 1938
 Policy of
appeasement
○ England’s
Prime Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
and French
Premier
Edouard
Daladier let him
go into
Sudetenland as
long as he does
not go into
more of Czech.
??What??
Hitler
 1938,
Hitler occupies Austria and the
Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.
 Aug. 23,1939, Germany and Soviet Union
sign non-aggression pact.
 September 1st, 1939 Hitler invades Poland.
Japanese Situation
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Industrial Might
 Resource Plight
Manchuria-September 1931
 “China Incident” – rape of Nanjing
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 Japanese invaded the city, raped women, killed
children. Referred to as the ‘China Incident’,
outraged Americans but resulted in nothing more
than condemnations.
Emperor Hirohito
Hirohito
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American Attitudes
 Many saw themselves
as China’s protector;
not good for U.S.
business
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The U.S. protested
Japan’s expansion
into China but little
more.
The U.S. could lose
close to $100 million
in annual cotton
sales with China.
U.S. Neutrality?
After Italy’s invasion of
Ethiopia and the
outbreak of the Spanish
civil war… Congress
passed the Neutrality
Acts.
 Roosevelt reluctantly
signed Neutrality Acts
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 prohibiting the sale of
weapons to nations at
war and tried to keep
American citizens from
traveling on ships
belonging to warring
countries.
 Countries at war had to
pay cash for nonmilitary
trade goods like cotton
or wheat.
U.S. possibility for war
 1938-
Roosevelt
asked Congress
for $300 million to
build up tanks,
planes, guns, and
other supplies.
 1939- Roosevelt
asked Congress
for a $1.3 billion
military budget.
Axis vs Allies
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August 23, 1939 – Nonaggression Pact – Soviet Union
and Germany
September 1, 1939 – invade Poland = WWII
 Blitzkrieg-lightning war-swift all out attack
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Axis – Germany, Italy, Japan
 Russian non-aggression pact 1939
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Allies – Great Britain, France
 Appeasement – Allowing German acquisition of territory in an
attempt to avoid war. (Munich Agreement)
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Neutrals – United States
 Isolationism – Stay out of the European issues.
 Interventionism – Idea that all possible support should go to
the Allies.
TIMELINE OF EVENTS
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After WWI—Mussolini comes to power
1920’s-Hitler forms NAZI party
Sept. 1931- Japan invades Manchuria –Japan withdraws from League
of Nations
1932-Puppet government installed in Manchuria- Manchukuo.
1932-Nazi Party most powerful in Germany
1933-Hitler becomes Chancellor
August 1934-Hitler declares himself Fuhrer or supreme leader.
October 1935-Mussolini invades Ethiopia, controls by 1936.
1936 – Spanish Civil War—Germany and Italy help Franco to overthrow.
1936-Hitler sends troops into Austria and Rhineland.
September 1938- Great Britain and France policy of appeasement with
Hitler.
August 1939- Russian non-aggression pact with Germany
September 1, 1939 —Hitler invades Poland---two days later WWII
begins with France and Great Britain declaring war on Germany.
After reading Ch. 15.1: pages 492-498
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Be able to explain and answer these questions from Ch. 15.1:
 Mussolini’s rise to power
 Hitler and the Third Reich
 Hitler and Mussolini’s aid in the Spanish Civil War
 U.S. aid in the Spanish Civil War.
 Policy of appeasement—
○ Chamberlain—who is he and what did he do?
○ Daladier—who is he and what did he do?
 Japan –rise of militarism—why invade China?
 What happened with the “China Incident”
Video clips of WWII
 Maps!! 
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Video on rise of Hitler, Japanese
invasion of China, Hitler – Stalin
pact, Neutrality Acts.
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Please pay attention and think about what
is happening. No need to take notes.
(24 minutes)