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Thursday March 20 th , 2014

Thursday March 20 th , 2014. Goal: 10.8.2 Explain the role of appeasement, isolation, & the domestic distractions in the West prior to WWII In-class: Begin 15.4 PPT Notes Reflection #6:

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Thursday March 20 th , 2014

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  1. Thursday March 20th, 2014 Goal:10.8.2 Explain the role of appeasement, isolation, & the domestic distractions in the West prior to WWII In-class: Begin 15.4 PPT Notes Reflection #6: 1.Give two examples of Communism and Fascism are the same and one example of how they are different. (hint pg. 476) 2. Name one fascist leader from Ch. 15 and name one Communist leader. Homework: Chapter 14 & 15 Test/Binder Check Thursday March 27

  2. Friday March 21th, 2014 Goal: 10.8.2 Explain the role of appeasement, isolation, & the domestic distractions in the West prior to WWII In-class: Finish15.4 PPT Notes, 15.4 Guided Reading Homework: Bring color pencils or crayons or markers Monday!!

  3. 15.4 Aggressors Invade Nations Ms. Wyatt Spring 2014

  4. What’s going on in this political cartoon?

  5. Japanese Aggression • Japan seeks to solve its economic problem through foreign expansion • Takes over Manchuria, China in 1931 • Manchuria rich in iron and coal • League of Nations protests & Japan withdraws from the League • Japan invades the rest of China in 1937 • Beijing & Nanking captured • Japanese troops killed tens of thousands of soldiers & civilians in Nanking • Chinese troops led by Mao Zedong continue to fight the Japanese

  6. Rape of Nanking

  7. Field of skulls in Nanking

  8. Japanese officer executing patient

  9. Italian Aggression • Mussolini invaded Ethiopia, one of Africa’s 3 independent nations in 1935 • Ethiopian emperor, HaileSalassie, appealed to the League of Nations • League condemned the attack, but did nothing. • Britain controlled the Suez Canal, but let Italy through in order to keep the peace

  10. Civil War in Spain • Spain was a monarchy until 1931, then a republic • Spanish army leaders want fascist-style government • General Francisco Franco leads a rebellion in 1936 • Received aid from Hitler and Mussolini • Won the war in 1939—becomes Spain’s Fascist dictator

  11. German Aggression • Hitler begins a series of steps that would lead to war • built German military against Treaty of Versailles • Entered the Rhineland (buffer zone between Germany and France) • Britain & France choose appeasement—giving in to demands to keep peace • Strengthened Hitler’s power and prestige • Forms alliance with Italy and Japan • Axis Powers—Germany, Italy, Japan

  12. German Expansion

  13. Who were the Axis Powers?

  14. Why Appeasement? • Many nations didn’t want another World War • Many thought Communism was a bigger threat • Great Depression “sapped” energy of western democracies

  15. German Third Reich Expands • Hitler annexed Austria (1938) and Sudetenland, but Czechs ask France for help • Munich Conference (Sept. 29, 1938) • Meeting of Germany, France, Britain, and Italy • Hitler could take Sudetenland, but had to respect Czech. New borders • Less than 6 months later, Hitler took Czechoslovakia • Soon after, Mussolini seized Albania

  16. United States Stays Out! • Isolationist Policy—avoid political ties to other countries • Beginning in 1935, Congress passed three Neutrality Acts • Banned loans and the sale of arms to nations at war

  17. Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact • France and Britain asked USSR to help them stop Hitler • USSR talked with all three countries • Hitler and Stalin agree not to fight each other and to split up Poland

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