ISN 63Listen to the story I read to you.Answer the following questions:What do you think happens next?Why do you think the father gives in to his daughter?Who is to blame for the childs selfishness?How would you have dealt with the daughter?

Create a Sequence MapISN 64Use two sheets of paperPlace three squares per side Make a total of 10 squares

Date of eventAction taken by Germany, Italy or JapanUS Response

Kathe Kollwitz: Poverty

Event #1: Germany Faces Economic Collapse 1923Germanys troubled economyTreaty of Versailles said that WWI was Germany's fault.Pay back 32 BILLION $$$$$$Just printed money [inflation]4.2 Marks = 1 DollarGermanys government could not fix the economy Many blamed the government, Jews, Communist and Liberals

U.S. ResponseIsolationism: since the US did not join the League of Nations the US should not get involved in European affairs.American relief agencies did send food to help the poor.Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937 show the United States desire for isolationismUS Government still insisted on repayment of their war debt.

Germany After WWI

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Adolph Hitler

Event #2: The Rise of Adolph Hitler 1932Austria 1889High School drop outJoined the German Army for WWIPopular because he was a good public speakerJoined the Nazi Party in 1921Jailed in 1923, led uprisingWrote Mein Kampf in jail1932 became ChancellorAugust 2, 1934 after Hindenburgs death Hitler took control of Germany and created the 3rd ReichAnti-Semitic Policies

U.S. ResponseThe Great DepressionFDR gets electedFocus on domestic affairs unlike HitlerUS Army 15th largest in the world; same size as Sweden's ArmyAmerica did not want to get involved in European affairsSecurity through disarmament

Adolph Hitler

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Benito Mussolini

Event #3: Fascismin Italy 1935Turmoil in Italy; Italy in economic decline as wellBefore WWI Mussolini was socialist; after WWI he became nationalistFascism appealed to many Italians; revive the glories of Ancient Rome1922 March to Rome; King named him Prime MinisterThe corporative systemOctober 1935 invaded Ethiopia; Ethiopia appealed to the League of Nations but action was delayedOutdated weapons

U.S. Response1935. 90% of Americans IsolationistNeutrality Acts: 1935, 1936 & 1937No weapons to Militarily aggressive nationsIncluding EthiopiaNo traveling on ships of nations at war

Benito Mussolini

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Pablo Picasso Guernica

Event #4: The SpanishCivil War 19361930s Francisco Franco & Nationalist Party v. Socialism and CommunismHitler & Mussolini join the NationalistWar as a testing ground for new tanks and bombs1939 Francisco become a fascist dictatorOctober 1936 Rome-Berlin Axis

U.S. ResponseNeutrality put to the test3,000 Americans join the side of the Spanish RepublicansRoosevelt persisted in staying neutral

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Event #5: The Rise of Militarism in Japan 1936Similar to Germany, Italy & Spain a dictator rises in JapanBad economy but not attached to WWIJapanese Imperialism1931 attacks Manchuria (Northern China)To expand from small Japan1936 signed agreement with Italy & Germany. Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

U.S. ResponseNot pleased with Japans invasion: Stimson Doctrine1937 Japan bombed Civilians in ShanghaiCancelled a commercial treaty but no further actionRoosevelt become concerned & can sense a shift in public opinionTries using Japans need of US steel and coal in negotiations

Hideki Tojo

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Chamberlain and Hitler

Event #6:Violation and Appeasement 19381936 Hitler violates Treaty of Versailles: Re-gains Rhineland from France1938 Moved into Austria with little resistance from France and BritainHitler demands the Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia)The Munich AgreementChange of opinion in Czech., France & BritainChamberlain & Hitler meet: Germany was given the Sudetenland for independence for the rest of Czech.Hitler announced he had no further want to expand Germany

U.S. ResponseRoosevelt asks Chamberlain to peaceful solution through negotiations with HitlerRoosevelt asks Hitler for a new meeting of European leadersThe government of the US has no political involvements in Europe, and will assume no obligations in the conduct of the present negotiations

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German Tanks

Event #7: The Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1939March 1939 Hitler invades CzechoslovakiaHitler plans to invade Poland

U.S. ResponseFDR sends messages to European leaders hoping for peaceMost European leaders thought the message was nave and were largely ignored

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Event #8: World War II Begins 1939Britain and France warns Hitler about invading PolandSeptember 1, 1939 Hitler invades anyway and WWII begins.

U.S. ResponseFDR sees that France & Britains military power was importantFDR asks congress to lift the arms embargo from the Neutrality ActsCash and CarryCongress allows arms tradeMust pay in cash, not creditBritain & France must carry across dangerous German patrolled Atlantic

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Event #9: U.S. Support of Britain 1940Battles intensifyBy late 1940 Hitler controlled most of Eastern EuropeBritain was isolated as the lone power in Western Europe strong enough to hold off Hitler1941 Churchill meets with FDR Atlantic CharterTo seek no gains in territory & to support the right of all people to choose their own form of government

U.S. ResponseIsolationist feelings fall after the fall of France Britain wages war against Hitler aloneCash and Carry not working; Britain out of moneyLend-Lease Act proposed- to give arms to countries essential to USAtlantic Charter- common goals and security between US and BritainOctober 1941 two American destroyers sunk by German submarinesKearney & Ruben JamesUS still not joining the war

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Pearl Harbor

Event #10: Bombing of Pearl Harbor 1941Japanese aggression in the PacificGeneral Tojo become Prime Minister of JapanJapan attacks Pearl Harbor

U.S. Response

US-Japan relations almost dead after Japan joins Rome-Berlin-Tokyo AxisUS declares war JapanGermany and Italy Declares war on the US

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Roosevelts Declarationof War SpeechDecember 8, 1941

ParagraphWhy did it take so long for the United States to intervene against Hitler?Use evidence from your notes citing at least three events

SummarizePlease write a one-sentence summary of this lesson. Describe the United States entry into World War II in one sentence.

Little Hitlerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-axJTzj0VU

Create a Visual MetaphorUse your notes to label, add to, and embellish this drawing of a permissive father and his spoiled daughter to represent the Allies appeasement of the Axis powers. Include:8 comments, labels etc on the drawingList 3 aspects of the relationship between the Allies and the Axis that are not reflected in the drawing.

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