All terms in this list:
Treaty of Versailles: Treaty that ended World War I
- Germany blamed and punished for the war
- Took German Territory
- Reduced Germany military
- Economy is ruined and in debt
- Resented how they were treated
Mussolini: Italian Fascist party- dictator of Italy
Fascism- extreme patriotism and nationalism- racial superiority- dictatorship
Hitler: National Socialist Workers' Party- Nazi Party
- Dictator
- German superiority
Tojo: Japan- prime minister
-Invade Asian Territory
- Wanted raw/ natural resources
Totalitarianism: Citizen are subject to an absolute state authority
Axis Powers
- Germany
- Italy
- Japan
Great Depression: - World's Economy to Collapse
- Spread of unrest and despair
- Foreign countries turn to dictators to fix economic problems
Appeasement- Munich Agreement: - Germany threatens military force
- British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met Hitler in Munich
- Compromise- Hitler promised to stop future aggression if given Czechoslovakia
Invasion of Poland: September 1st, 1939, Germany invades Poland
- Breaking point made during the Munich Agreement to stop aggression
- France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
Pearl Harbor: - Japan needed raw materials from other Asian countries
- U.S. Navy in the Pacific- in their way
- Japan attacker U.S. at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941
- Brought U.S. into WWII on the side of the Allies
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