Causes of WW2

Multiple Choice

What is one reason Germany was so aggressive leading up to WW2?

• Support for the League of Nations.
• Need for more natural resources.
• Resentment of the harsh conditions of the Treaty of Versailles.

• Desire to expand into Africa.

Soviet Union

The country that switched sides!

Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union (now Russia). He started on Germany's side, but later switched sides. We will talk more about this later. He was also a dictator.

Great Britain (United Kingdom)

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during this time. He was against dictatorships. Winston Churchill believed that all people deserved personal freedoms.

Match

Match the leaders to their countries.

• Soviet Union

• Germany

• United Kingdom

• Japan

• United States

Joseph Stalin

Adolf Hitler

Winston Churchill

Hirohito

Franklin Roosevelt

• Joseph Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

• Winston Churchill

• Hirohito

• Franklin Roosevelt

Multiple Choice

Name three leaders of the Axis powers during WW2.

• Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Emperor Hirohito
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin

• Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler,

  Winston Churchill

• Herbert Hoover, Joseph Goring, Harry Boegel