CRAMP CUP

Question 1

What were the Indirect/Underlying
Causes of World War II?

Answer 1

1. Treaty of Versailles (War Guilt Clause-
   Reparations)
2. The Great Depression (Severe Economic Hardships worldwide)
3. Creation of Italian Fascism (1920s)
4. Japanese Militarism (Invasion of China)
5. Rise of Adolf Hitler
6. Appeasement

Question 2

What were the Direct/Immediate Causes
(in order!)

Answer 2

C-Conscription in Germany
R-Remilitarization of Rhineland
A-Anschluss
M-Munich Pact
P-Pact of Steel

C-Czechoslovakia
U-USSR Pact (Nazi-Soviet Pact)
P-Poland

Question 3

What is Conscription in Germany?

Answer 3

*1935: Hitler introduces mandatory military conscription in Germany
*Direct violation of the Treaty
of Versailles
*army was increased from 100,000
to 555,000
*All conscripts had to show
evidence of ancestry (ages 18-45)

Question 4

What is Remilitarization of the Rhineland?

Answer 4

*1936: Hitler makes the decision to reoccupy
the Rhineland
*This was a direct violation of the Treaty of
Versailles
*First time German troops entered the
Rhineland since end of WW1
*Hitler believed he needed to strengthen all
German borders so that it would not be
vulnerable to invasion

Question 5

What is Anschluss (Annexation of Austria)

Answer 5

*Anschluss: German for “connecting”
or “joining”
*1938: Austria is annexed by Germany
*This was a direct violation of the
Treaty of Versailles

Question 6

What is Munich Pact?

Answer 6

*1938: agreement made b/w Germany &
GB/France
*GB stated that Germany would be
allowed to extend its territory into
German-speaking parts of
Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland)
*GB Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
was practicing “Appeasement” (appeasing
Hitler so as not to cause another war)
*Five months later Hitler breaks the
Munich Pact

Question 7

What is Pact of Steel?

Answer 7

*1939: Alliance officially signed
b/w Nazi Germany & Italy
*Pact stated that the 2 countries
would aid one another militarily
and economically in the event of
war
*Hitler assured Mussolini that
war would not occur for at least
3 years
*intended to last 10 years

Question 8

What is Czechoslovakia?

Answer 8

*1939: Hitler invades remainder of
Czechoslovakia
*Immediately after the Munich Pact,
Hitler annexed the Sudetenland
*The rest of Czech. was unable to
defend against Nazi invasion &
succumbed to inclusion into Nazi
Germany
*This officially went against the
Munich Pact

Question 9

What is USSR (The Nazi-Soviet Pact)?

Answer 9

*Aug 1939: agreement b/w Germany & USSR of
nonaggression
*Hitler wanted to invade Poland with no
opposition by USSR
*The two countries would both invade Poland
& split the territory
*A pact with USSR meant that Germany would
not have to fight a war on two fronts
*Hitler broke the pact in 1941 when Nazi
troops invaded Russia

Question 10

What is Poland?

Answer 10

*Sept 1939: Nazi troops invade Western,
Northern & Southern Poland
*Soviet troops invade Eastern Poland
*France & GB declared war two days
later but offered limited aid
*Soviet & Nazi forces gained full
control of Poland just over a month
later
*Poland never formally surrendered