World War 2

Question 1

What factors led up to WW2

Answer 1

The Great Depression

• Germany in crisis (from Treaty of Versailles & hyperinflation)
• Japan in crisis (bcs of Great depression)

Question 2

When did WW2 begin and end

Answer 2

September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945

Question 3

Effect of hyperinflation in Germany

Answer 3

• German money became useless

- Workers were homeless and starved

Question 4

Affect of Great Depression in Japan

Answer 4

• Trading partners of Japan tried to support their own industries by limiting imports so Japanese ppl lost jobs
• Caused a famine, bcs farmers that produced silk could not afford luxuries anymore
• Japanese ultranationalist blamed politicans
• USA, Canada, and Australia shut out Japanese immigrants
• Japan invades Manchuria for resources

Question 5

Belief of Japanese ultranationalists

Answer 5

Traditional warrior values: total obedience to the emperor and the state
- Created a cult around their emperor, Hirohito

Question 6

Adolf Hitler promised to fix Germany by:

Answer 6

• Refusing to recognize Treaty of Versailles
• Rebuild Germany’s military
• Reclaim territories
• Restore “Aryan” race
• Using propaganda and media

Question 7

Ultranationalism in Russia

Answer 7

Joseph Stalin was a dictator

• Confiscated farmer’s land as state run farms
• Any considered as an enemy was sent to prison labor camps
• Wanted Soviet nationalism to replace all ethnic loyalties
• 10 million Ukrainians starved
• Outlawed Ukrainian language in public

Question 8

Hirohito n Tojo

Answer 8

• Emperor Hirohito had “divine power”
• Japan’s armed forces decided on country’s national interest
  Tojo become Prime Minister
• Japan became a military dictatorship
• Promised to use Japan’s military to dominate Asia

Question 9

The Enabling Act of 1933

Answer 9

• Gave Hitler absolute authority

- Hitler could exercise dictatorial power without legal objection

Question 10

Tripartite Pact

Answer 10

• Signed Sept. 1940
• Military alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan
• Ensure vital supply route and take more territory from European nations

Question 11

The Munich Agreement

Answer 11

• Appeasement policy
• France n Britain give back Czechoslovakia
• Signed to contain Hitler

Question 12

Why did the League of Nations fail

Answer 12

• Member countries were not required to provide troops to stop invasions
• When Japan invaded China, China asked the League for help, when the League condemned the invasion, Japan resigned.
• No decisions could be made so nothing happened

Question 13

Start of WW2

Answer 13

• Hitler army invades Poland

- Britain and France realize appeasement is not working, so they declare war on Germany

Question 14

German Soviet Pact

Answer 14

• Agreement between Russia and Germany
• Germany trade goods for materials
• 10 year non-aggression pact