Agenda▪ Bellringer

▪ Review Questions

▪ Notes: Causes of WWII

▪ Video Clip

▪ Exit Ticket

Objective

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

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

Causes of WWIISubtitle

Aggression

▪ Aggression!▪ Japan invades China for natural resources (Rape

of Nanjing)▪ Italy attacks Ethiopia (Africa)▪ Hitler sends troops into Rhineland on border of

France

Ethiopia

Italy

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

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

Invasion of Poland 1939▪ Hitler invaded Poland in 1939

▪ Official start of WWII

▪ Germany invaded from West, Russia from the East

Two sides:

▪ France and GB then declare war on Germany

▪ Allies: France, GB, eventually the U.S.

▪ Axis: Germany, Italy , Japan

Video Clip▪ http://

www.schooltube.com/video/39b17f20565b4e2fa928/Causes%20of%20WWII

Exit ticket

Causes of WWI Causes of WWII

Exit ticket

Causes of WWI Causes of WWII

MilitarismAlliancesImperialismNationalism

Spark: Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by Gavrilo Precip

Aggression/MilitarismAppeasement

Spark: Invasion of Poland (nazi-soviet pact)