The Cause & Effects of WW2

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What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany?

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Germany had to accept full blame for WWI, pay reparations, de-militarize the Rhineland, give up territories, and follow all rules established in the Treaty of Versailles/League of Nations.

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Who were the four major dictators in Europe and Asia during the rise of nationalism?

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Joseph Stalin (Russia), Benito Mussolini (Italy), Adolf Hitler (Germany), and Hideki Tojo (Japan).

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What were some of Stalin's policies in Russia?

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Collectivization, government control of industries, police state, the Big Purge, and totalitarian communist government control.

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What was Mussolini's promise to Italians?

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Mussolini offered a New Roman Empire and established a totalitarian regime with complete power, creating a police state and banning all political parties.

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What was Hitler's role in Germany's rise to power?

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Hitler joined the Nazi Party, promoted extreme nationalism, became Chancellor in 1933, and established the Third Reich, a totalitarian government.

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What was the significance of Kristallnacht in 1938?

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Kristallnacht was a pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany where 1,000 synagogues were destroyed.

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What was Japan's military action in 1931?

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Japan invaded Manchuria, marking the first step for Japan's dominance of China.

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What was the Munich Agreement of 1938?

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An agreement between England, France, and Germany allowing Germany to annex the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia as an act of appeasement.

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What was the American policy of isolationism?

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The US signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact in 1928 and passed the Neutrality Acts in 1935 to avoid involvement in foreign wars.

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What event marked the beginning of World War II in Europe?

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Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939.