1. Agenda ▪ Bellringer ▪ Review Questions ▪ Notes: Causes of WWII ▪ Video Clip ▪ Exit Ticket

2. Objective ▪ Students will identify how the causes for WWII were different than the causes for WWI

3. Review Questions ▪ What is fascism? ▪ Dictator of totalitarian regime who is anti-communist and extremely nationalistic ▪ What were the terms of Treaty of Versailles? ▪ Germany punished, league of nations, new countries created ▪ How did Hitler consolidate power in Germany? ▪ Secret police, propaganda, indoctrination ▪ Why did Hitler create hatred against Jews? ▪ Based on historic anti-semitism

4. Causes of WWII Subtitle

5. Aggression ▪ Aggression! ▪ Japan invades China for natural resources (Rape of Nanjing) ▪ Italy attacks Ethiopia (Africa) ▪ Hitler sends troops into Rhineland on border of France

6. Ethiopia Italy

8. Appeasement ▪ Nations just “gave in” to the aggressor nations because they wanted to avoid war ▪ Lebensraum = “Living Space” ▪ Austria annexed by Hitler (1938) ▪ Munich Conference (1938) ▪ To avoid a war, British Prime Minster Chamberlain and French leaders persuaded Czechs to give Hitler portion of land called Sudentenland ▪ Hitler promised he would be satisfied and stop invading places ▪ He lied and then took all of Czechoslovakia

9. Invasion of Poland 1939 ▪ Nazi-Soviet Pact ▪ Hitler and Stalin were enemies ▪ Why? Stalin was communist and Hitler was fascist ▪ Fought against each other in WWI ▪ Hitler wanted to avoid a two-front war and prevent Stalin from allying with Western democracies (US, France, GB) ▪ Pact stated: ▪ Agree not to fight each other if war broke out ▪ Divide up Poland and Eastern Europe

10. Invasion of Poland 1939 ▪ Hitler invaded Poland in 1939 ▪ Official start of WWII ▪ Germany invaded from West, Russia from the East

11. Two sides: ▪ France and GB then declare war on Germany ▪ Allies: France, GB, eventually the U.S. ▪ Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan

13. Video Clip ▪ http://www.schooltube.com/video/39b17f20565b4e2fa928/Causes%20of%20W WII http://www.schooltube.com/video/39b17f20565b4e2fa928/Causes%20of%20W WII

14. Exit ticket Causes of WWI Causes of WWII

15. Exit ticket Causes of WWI Causes of WWII Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism Spark: Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by Gavrilo Precip Aggression/Militarism Appeasement Spark: Invasion of Poland (nazi-soviet pact)