Road to WWII

Question 1

Causes of WWII

Answer 1

1. Mistreatment of Germany under the Versailles Treaty
2. The Great Depression lead to the rise of dictators in Europe

Question 2

What are the four extreme forms of Government

Answer 2

1. Communism - Russia/USSR
2. Fascism - Italy/Spain
3. Nazism - Germany
4. Militarism - Japan

Question 3

What are the shared beliefs of these Governments.

Answer 3

1. Demanded fanatic loyalty to leaders
2. Totalitarians/Police States. Police/Government control everything
3. Racism

Question 4

Soviet Union/Russia

Answer 4

Communism
Joseph Stalin comes to power after Vladimir Lenin.
Abolished Democracy
Killed all Rivals

Question 5

Italy

Answer 5

Fascists
Benito Mussolini
Abolished democracy
Put all enemies in prison

Question 6

Spain

Answer 6

Fascists
Francisco Franco

Question 7

Germany

Answer 7

Nazism
Democratic Government - Weimar Republic

Question 8

How does Hitler come to power?

Answer 8

He joins the Nazi Party (National Socialist Germans Workers Party) and after 2 years becomes the party leader.
Beer Hall Putsch - Tries to overthrow government and goes to jail where he writes Main Kompf where he talks about the master race and the struggle of the Nazi people.
Runes for president but loses and then is appointed Chancellor of Germany. President dies and Hitler becomes the Dictator of Germany.

Question 9

What does Hitler promise the German people?

Answer 9

He promised to get the German people of the depression
He promised revenge for the German mistreatment in the Versailles Treaty

Question 10

Brown Shirts

Answer 10

Stormtroopers
Helped Hitler come to power/Nazis militia

Question 11

What does Hitler do when he becomes Leader

Answer 11

Abolished Democracy
Outlaws all political parties
Puts all enemies in Prison
Begins the “Third Reich”

Question 12

What are the two groups that Hitler makes?

Answer 12

Gestapo - German Secret Police
Black Shirts (SS) - Becomes Hitler’s personal army

Question 13

What was the symbol of the Nazis?

Answer 13

Swastika/”Blood Flag”

Question 14

What was Hitler’s plan to Cleanse Germany?

Answer 14

Master Race - Aryans - Blond, Blue Eyes, White
Lebensborn Program - Breeding program between SS men and Aryan Women
Hitler wanted to rid Germany of the undesirables (Untermensch - Sub Human).

Question 15

What were the Undesirable Groups?

Answer 15

Polish Russians - Slavs
Roma (Gypsies)
Jehovah Witness
Homosexuals
Handicapped
Negroes
Jews (Blamed for the loss of Germany in WWI)

Question 16

What were Americans called by Hitler?

Answer 16

Mongrels

Question 17

What was the only country that Hitler Respected?

Answer 17

Great Britain

Question 18

Hitler Youth

Answer 18

Girls were trained to produce strong children and Boys were trained to be good soldiers.
All were brainwashed
They were extremely loyal to Hitler

Question 19

Jews in WWII

Answer 19

They were blamed for all the problems in Germany and was Hitler’s scapegoat.
They were marked and segregated with a “Star of David”
Could not go to public places
Restricted to manual labor jobs
It was Hitler’s attempt to get them to leave

Question 20

What was Kristallnacht

Answer 20

“Night of Broken Glass”
A pogrom (organized massacre) against Jewish community in Germany

Question 21

Why couldn’t the Jewish people leave?

Answer 21

They tried to leave but the other countries would not let them in because of the Great Depression

Question 22

Japan

Answer 22

Militarism
Military leader Hideki Tojo takes over.
Emperor Hirohito becomes puppet to him.
They needed resources, so they conquered the places around them.
Pan-Asianism - Uniting of Asia.
Takes over Korea

Question 23

Japan and China

Answer 23

China was in the middle of a civil war when Japan attacked Manchuria (China) - Puppet State
Goes to war w/China - 2nd Sino-Japanese War Rape of Nanking - Forgotten Holocaust of WWII

Question 24

Italy

Answer 24

Their Goal was to restore the Roman Empire and create an African Empire
Ethiopia was invaded in 1933
League of Nations does nothing

Question 25

Germany’s Goal to Create an European Empire

Answer 25

Rhineland - buffer zone between France and Germany
Spanish Civil War: dress rehearsal for WWII
Germany invades Austria - “Unschluss” (Unification w/Germany)
Germany invades the Sudetenland/Czechoslovakia

Question 26

What was the Munich Pact of 1938

Answer 26

Neville Chamberlain gives up land to make Hitler stop being aggressive. Winston Churchill said that they have made a mistake by taking war and dishonor.

Question 27

What was a massive problem right before WWII

Answer 27

The League of Nations did nothing to stop the aggressive acts of Japan, Germany, and Italy.
They feared another World War would begin.

Question 28

How does Hitler Begin WWII?

Answer 28

Hitler threatens to invade Poland.
Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact - alliance between Germany and the USSR
WWII begins when Hitler invades Poland on Sept. 1939.