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Causes of WW II
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10th Grade
12/02/2008

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Term
Failures of the Treaty of Versailles
Definition

RAW DEAL

R - Germany had to pay reperations

A - Allies took Germany's land

W - war's total guilt laid on Germany

Term
Failure of the League of Nations
Definition

was a cooperative organization (had no real power)

established to PREVENT future wars

US was not a member

 

Term
Mandate System
Definition
TEMPORARY system to administer the colonies of defeated Central Powers
Term
Mandatory Powers in the Middle East
Definition

France and Great Britain

 

(did not give back power once areas "got back on their feet")

Term

German Aggression

 

1936

Definition

sent German Army into Rhineland along French border

 

IN VIOLATION of Treaty of Versailles

Term


German aggression

 

1938

Definition

 

Hitler invaded Austria

Hitler wanted Sudetenland (part of Czechoslavakia)

 

MUNICH AGREEMENT - claimed Sudetenland

Term
Munich Agreement
Definition

agreement between Germany and France and Great Britain

 

agreed to give Germany Sudetenland if Hitler promised to stop taking more land

 

France and USSR agree to help Czechs if attacked

Term

 

 

APPEASEMENT

Definition

 

 

giving in to demands of a party to make them happy in return for "good behavior"

Term

 

 

PACIFISM

Definition

 

 

belief in opposing war

(against war)

Term
Why did Hitler want the Sudetenland?
Definition

German speaking people lived ther

 

Germans needed more lebensraum

 

wanted to reclaim land lost from WWI

Term
What was "The Final Solution"
Definition
Hitler's plan to destroy the Jewish population
Term
What act of aggression from the Japanese drew the United States into WW II?
Definition

The bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Dec. 7, 1941

Term
What economic event is said to be a cause of WW II?
Definition

Stock Market Crash of 1929

 

(The Great Depression)

Term
Why did Hitler violate the non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union?
Definition
he wanted the wheat and oil fields in Russia
Term
Why did Italy get involved in WWII?
Definition
They felt they didn't get enough land after WW I
Term
What caused the world wide depression after WW I?
Definition

German repartations

 

stock market crash of 1929

 

high tariffs

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