2. Events Leading to WWII Treaty of Versailles Hitler’s Rise in Power Failure of Appeasement WWII Began September 1939
3. Treaty of Versailles 1919 Italy & U.S. meet Plans for Germany to pay off WWI Italy & U.S. disagree Germany angrily signed it
4. Treaty of Versailles Versailles Terms War guilt clause Reparations Disarmament Territorial Clause
5. Hitler’s Rise to Power Vowed to “tear apart” V. Treaty Became Chancellor of Germany Jan 1933 1934 began building army 1936 started invasions
6. Failure of Appeasement(Munich Agreement) Give Sudetenland back to Germany Previous Czech gov’t land Agreement meant “peace in our time” Hitler invaded Czech 1939 (broke agreement)
7. U.S being Neutral Would not trade with countries @ war 1941 repealed Neutrality Act Could work W/ any country who provided defense
8. Imperial Japan Japan invades Manchuria U.S cuts off trade Japan invades British/Dutch colonies Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
9. Pearl Harbor Sunday, December 7th, 1941 Japan surprise attacks the U.S 2,335 Servicemen killed 68 Civilians killed 1,104 wounded
10. U.S & WWII Hesitant to enter Pearl Harbor attack launched U.S into WWII U.S arrived Jan 1942 Didn’t see action till July 1942
11. Big 3(Tehran Conference) President Roosevelt, Churchill and Joesph Stalin Discussed D-Day Strategy Concluded December 1st
12. Atomic Bomb August 6th & 9th, Hiroshima & Nagasaki 1945 first Atomic Bomb Attack Nagasaki bombing ended war w/ Japan
13. WWII Impacts U.S Evacuation of big cities Rationed food & clothes Women enter the work force Teenagers enter work force
14. WWII Women Called to take over jobs done by men Same jobs, less money Going from kitchen to the factory Also had military jobs
15. WWII Ends in Europe Mussolini’s Death April 1945 Hitler’s Death April 1945 German Forces Start to Surrender May 1945
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