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Causes of World War II Nearpod Notes

Political and economic instability following World War I led to the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy. Fascist leaders like Hitler and Mussolini pursued aggressive foreign policies that threatened peace in Europe and Asia. As conflict grew, American foreign policy evolved from neutrality to direct involvement, including the Lend-Lease Act aiding Britain and the Allies. The United States entered World War II after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, bringing America into the war fighting against Germany and Italy on two major fronts.

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Causes of World War II Nearpod Notes

Political and economic instability following World War I led to the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy. Fascist leaders like Hitler and Mussolini pursued aggressive foreign policies that threatened peace in Europe and Asia. As conflict grew, American foreign policy evolved from neutrality to direct involvement, including the Lend-Lease Act aiding Britain and the Allies. The United States entered World War II after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, bringing America into the war fighting against Germany and Italy on two major fronts.

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Causes of World War II

Name: ____________________________________

Vocabulary:
1. Fascism
2. Inflation
3. Dictator

4. Nationalism
5. Racism
6. Neutrality

7. Isolationism
8. Lend-Lease Act
9. Axis Powers
10.Allied Powers

Essential Understandings:
1. Political and economic conditions in Europe following World War I, led to the rise of
fascism and World War II.
2. The rise of fascism threatened peace in Europe and Asia.
3. As conflict grew in Europe and Asia, American foreign policy evolved from neutrality to
direct involvement.

A. Causes of World War II


1. ________________ instability and __________________ devastation in Europe resulting from
WWI:

Worldwide _____________________
High war ______________ owed by Germany
High _______________________
Massive _________________________

B. Political instability led to the rise of ______________________


1. What is Fascism?

A political philosophy in which TOTAL power is given to a _____________________

Individual freedoms are denied and ______________________, often along with


_______________________, are emphasized.

Country: ________________
Leader: _________________

Country: ________________

Country: ________________

+
+Leader: _________________
C. Leader: _________________

Country: ________________
Leader(s): _______________
Country: ________________
Country: ________________
& ________________________
Leader: _________________
Leader: _________________

_______________________
Nations =
__________________
Powers

=+

Country: _____________
A self-governing dominion of Great
Britain, who share the same monarch
(King George VI during WWII)

1. Which of the above allied countries was NOT a democratic nation?

__________________________
2. When did they join the Allies? ___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
3. Which Allied leaders were known as the Big Three? _____________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
D. Gradual change in American policy from neutrality to direct

involvement:

As conflict grew in Europe and Asia,American foreign policy evolved


from _________________ to ______________ involvement.

______________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Image:
Image:
Image:

E. America is now fighting a war on ______ FRONTS:

Your notes begin


on the slide
labeled NOTES

Rising ____________________ between the U.S. and Japan because of


Japanese ______________________ in ______________________________.
December 7, 1941:

Japan attacked the United States at _________________________ without warning

December 8, 1941:

The United States declares war on ________________________

December 11, 1941:

Germany declares war on the United States

Hours later.

The United States declares war on _________________________

Circle the two geographic locations of WWII:

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