2. 7 th Grade Social Studies – Harold E. Winkler Middle School

3. Review of World War I Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles forced Germany: Sign the War Guilt Clause Pay $33 billion in reparations Give land back to France Reduce military Leads to anger for the German people… And to the rise of Adolf Hitler!

4. World Wide Depression Economic Depression – Economic Depression – sustained/long-term downturn in economic activity. Some countries turned to radical leaders that made promises of greatness! nationalism. These leaders used propaganda to inspire nationalism. Nationalism – Nationalism – overzealous pride on one’s country.

5. The Great Depression

6. Nationalism

7. A Weak League of Nations League of Nations  The League of Nations was organized to prevent future conflicts, but… did not include the United States. did not have a military force.

8. Chinese/Japanese Conflict

9. Failure of The League of Nations 1931: Japan quits the League of Nations and invades Manchuria (China) 1935: Italy invades Ethiopia 1936: Germany invades the Rhineland The League of Nations does nothing… Analyze this political cartoon with your group.

10. Spineless Leaders of Democracy If you give a dictator an inch, he will take a MILE!

11. Appeasement: The Munich Agreement, 1938 Now we have “peace in our time!” Herr Hitler is a man we can do business with. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Appeasement Appeasement – a policy of giving into the demands of an enemy in order to avoid conflict.

12. Munich Agreement 1938

13. Rise of Dictators Totalitarianism Communism Soviet Union Fascism Germany & Italy Militarism Japan

14. Rome-Berlin Axis, 1936 The “Pact of Steel”

15. Sept. 1, 1939 Invasion of Poland Non-Aggression Pact 1939: Germany signs Non-Aggression Pact with Soviet Union (Hitler-Stalin) not to attack They promised not to attack one another (Hitler breaks promise!) Germany invades Poland … Great Britain & France declare war on Germany!

16. Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis, 1940 The Tripartite Pact

17. U. S. Neutrality

18. U.S.: Pearl Harbor Cause of U.S. entry in WWII. December 7, 1941 December 7, 1941 More in this tomorrow…