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World War I had left Europe in Shambles Another War was inevitable Many governments were very unstable

◦ Allowed for dictators to gain support and overtake government German- Hitler Italy- Mussolini USSR- Lenin/Stalin

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America decided early on that they would be neutral◦ Isolationism◦ Fix our own country before we help others

FDR did not agree with this◦ Internationalism◦ Did what the people wanted

Passed many Neutrality Acts

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Civil War in Spain◦ After elections of Republicans, Socialists, and

Fascists, rebellions broke out Each group tried to rule

◦ USSR helped Communists, Germany and Italy helped Fascists, Americans did nothing

Italy and Germany pledged to support each other on other European affairs

Japan quickly followed and formed the Axis Powers

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Germany tries to unite all German Speaking people◦ Started with Austria◦ Demanded Nazis be put into Government

positions◦ Austrian Chancellor gave in, but wanted a vote◦ Hitler invaded and forced unification, Anschluss

Hitler then focused on Sudetenland, part of Chechoslovakia

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WWII Imperialism goes unchecked

◦ Japan invades China◦ Italy invades Ethiopia

League of Nations tells them to stop, but can’t enforce any sanctions

◦ Most countries were to poor and unstable to fight Wanted peace at any cost

◦ Appeasement

Many people accepted Austrian Anchluss◦ Mostly German heritage◦ Czechoslovakia was not◦ Heavily opposed unification

Leaders from Britain, France, Italy, and Germany met to decide what to do◦ Decided on appeasement◦ Gave in to Hitler, hoping he would stop

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Hitler then focused on Poland Demanded back Danzig and some Polish

Ports◦ These demands convinced other countries that

Hitler would not stop◦ Pledged their support of Poland

Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact◦ USSR would stay out of war◦ Would receive parts of Poland

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Create a comic strip that shows how WWII started

Use pictures and words to describe the different events

Information is in chap 28 sec 1 Comic strip must be at least 6 slides and be

colored

Assignment