1. Knowledge Connections
Vocabulary 
Aggression
Appeasement
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Definition
Knowledge Connections
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2. Essential Question
How did the world react to the aggressive actions of Italy, Germany, and Japan?

3. Did anyone see the coming problems?
Democratic nations watched the rise of dictators with alarm
The United States tried to ignore the problem
European leaders attempted to negotiate

4. Democratic nations watched and waited until it was too late….
How did the dictators react?
Dictators felt the democratic nations were weak….
and they began to take bold actions
Hitler openly violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
Mussolini and Hitler prepared their armies to invade other countries
Democratic nations watched and waited until it was too late….

5. What actions did Italy take?
Mussolini had promised to build an Italian Empire
In 1935, he took over the African nation of Ethiopia
The League of Nations, having no army, was powerless to stop Italy
Italy went on to take more lands in North Africa

6. What actions did Germany take?
Germany openly violated the Treaty of Versailles by:
Building up its military
Creating an air force
Increasing the size of its army through conscription
Sending troops into the demilitarized Rhineland

7. What actions did Japan take?
Japan takes Manchuria
League of Nations condemns Japan
Japan leaves the League of Nations
Japan continues with invasions of:
Eastern China
and
Southeastern Asia

8. People let this happen?
France wanted to step in…. But it did not want to take action without British support…
Great Britain wanted to pursue a policy of APPEASEMENT
Giving in to reasonable demands in order to avoid conflict

9. Did appeasement work?
Hitler continued taking lands in order to unite all German people….
In 1938, he declared ANSCHLUSS (union of Germany and Austria)
After Austria, he wanted the SUDETENLAND (northwestern Czechoslovakia)
Hitler threatened world war to gain the land he wanted

10. What happened at Munich?
European leaders met with Hitler in Munich to discuss his demands
Once again, they appeased him…and Hitler agreed to stop taking new lands
Their agreement became known as the MUNICH PACT

11. Japan agreed to join any fight against the Soviet Union
What happened after Munich?
Totalitarian government began to form alliances
Rome-Berlin Axis Alliance of Italy and Germany
Japan agreed to join any fight against the Soviet Union
Non-Aggression Pact Germany and the Soviet Union agreed not to attack one another

12. Essential Question
How did the world react to the aggressive actions of Italy, Germany, and Japan?

13. Aggression and Appeasement Timeline