Name: ______Per: _____ American Cultures 6.0, Mr. Gutsche

Chapter 25.1: The Coming of WWII

Section 1 Overview

Part 1: Evaluating the vital concepts leading to the War

1.  Describe Fascism:

2.  Hitler considered blonde, blue eyed Germans to be part of what race?

3.  Define Lebensraum:

4.  Explain and describe America’s foreign policy before Pearl Harbor?

5.  Describe the Nuremberg Laws:

6.  Explain the Munich pact agreement.

7.  List the countries of the Tripartite Alliance (Axis powers).

8.  Describe the provisions of the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s:

9.  Explain the Lend-Lease Act:

10.  What was the Atlantic Charter?

Part 2: Examine the United States’ responses to major world events leading into World War II

World Event / Date / American Response
Japan invades Manchuria / 1931
Japan conquers Manchuria
A puppet government is set - up / 1932
Japan attacks Shanghai, China / 1932
The League of Nations requests that Japan withdraw from Manchuria
Japan withdraws from the League. / 1933
Italy Invades Ethiopia
Emperor Haile Salassie appeals to the League of Nations for help. Ethiopia falls to Italy / 1935
Germany Rearms
Violates the Treaty of Versailles
Sends troops into the Rhineland (buffer zone) / 1935-36
Civil War in Spain Breaks Out
Hitler and Mussolini aid the Fascist Franco in overthrowing the Republican government of Spain. The Soviet Union tries to aid the loyalist government, but aid is insufficient. Dress rehearsal for WWII. / 1936- 39
Japan begins full invasion of China
Japan gains control of coastal territories, moves up the rivers, spreading inland. World War II begins in Asia. / 1937
Japan attacks the American gunboat Panay
American gunboat is attacked on Yangtze River in broad daylight. Two Americans are killed and others wounded. / 1937
Germany annexes Austria
Hitler seizes Austria claiming its people want to be part of Nazi Germany. / 1938
Hitler demands the Sudetenland
Munich Pact - Hitler received Sudetenland with the promise that this would be his last territorial claim. APPEASEMENT / 1938
Hitler annexes all of Czechoslovakia
Appeasement looks really foolish now. / 1939
Hitler demands the free city of Danzig and the Polish Corridor
This is territory that had been part of the German Empire during World War I and given to Poland as part of the Treaty of Versailles. / 1939
Germany and the Soviet Union announce a non-aggression pact
Marriage of convenience - surprise! / 1939
Germany invades Poland
Poland falls in 3 weeks - the Soviet Union receives a portion. Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. The Soviet Union invades Finland. / 1939
Germany conquers northern Europe
Blitzkrieg - by April Denmark, Norway, Holland, and Belgium fall. France falls in June. / 1940
Battle of Britain
In desperate need of equipment and under constant attack from the German airforce. Britain is severely weakened but holds on. German submarine warfare threatens the British with starvation. / 1940
Japan began to attack European possessions in SE Asia / 1940
Japan signed a treaty of alliance with Germany and Italy / 1940
Japan invaded southern Indo-China / 1941
Germany invades the Soviet Union / 1941
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor / 1941

Part 3: Evaluate and explain the changes seen in U.S. foreign policy throughout the 1930s up to their full involvement in WWII in 1941. Please use the space below to craft a paragraph explaining the changes in U.S. foreign policy. Be sure to mention specific examples.