THE INFAMOUS

OPPORTUNISTS
Coach Truett
TODAY’S AGENDA ON EXIT TICKET
 Bell Ringer (20 Minutes) • Bell Ringer
 Introduce Lesson (5 Minutes) • Video Clip Answer(s)
• Section(s) Review
 Video Clip (10 Minutes) • 1 Thing you learned
 Lecture & Discussion (20
Minutes)
 Political Cartoon, Source
Document or Mini Debate (10
minutes)
 Whole Group Review (5 minutes)
 Section Review on Exit Ticket
(20 minutes)
I Can Statements…
 After today’s lesson, I Can…
 Name the Axis Powers in World War II
 Name the Allied Powers in World War II
 Name the leaders of Italy, Germany,
Russia, and the United States in the years
following World War I
 Explain three reasons for why WWII
started
Countries Between WWI and WWII

 Axis Powers  Allied Powers

 Italy  Soviet Union
 Germany  France
 Japan  Great Britain
 United States
 The Soviet Union (Joseph Stalin) ALLIED

 Lenin established communist

governments (Bolshevik Revolution)
 1924 Lenin dies

 1925—Stalin comes to power

 Eliminated rival Trotsky after defeating him
in election

 Stalin’s New Economic Plan (NEP)

 Eliminate Capitalism
 Create Socialist economy

 1933—U.S. recognizes USSR

 USSR = Union of Soviet Socialists
Republic
The Soviet Union’s “Great
Purge”
 Stalin solidified
power by
crushing his
opposition.

 Over 20 million
Russians were
killed during
the 1930’s.
 Italy (Benito Mussolini) AXIS
 After WWI Italy had:
 Massive national debt
 Runaway inflation
 Huge unemployment
 In 1919 Benito Mussolini founded
the Fascist Party.
 Fascism—(Latin word “faces”
meaning bundle of rods)
 Anti-communist
 Nationalistic
 Militaristic
 Mussolini became the premier in
1922 and set up a dictatorship.
 Germany (Adolf Hitler)
 Liberal, Democratic
Republic
 1 President
 2 Houses
 Germany falling behind in
payment
 $33 billon over a period of
time
 Inflation at all-time worse
 4.2 trillion marks (German
dollar) to $1.00 (U.S.
Dollar)
 Germans still upset about
Poland being created
 More about Adolf
 Born in Austria  War Experience
 1907—Poor student,  Enlisted in German
dropped out of army during WWI
secondary school  Served on Western
front in France
 Turned down to Art
 Ended in hospital (Gas)
school in Vienna
(lack of talent)
 The Beer Hall Putsch
 Hitler was arrested for a failed coup.

 While in prison he wrote Mein Kampf

“My Struggle”.

 1933-Hitler elected as chancellor.

 1934-Hitler was given dictatorial

powers.

 1936—Hitler Broke the Treaty of

Versailles
 Built up German military
 Sent troops to “demilitarized Rhineland”
Why did the Germans let this happen?

 Angry about the treaty of Versailles

 Nazi propaganda

 Money from wealthy businessmen

 Killed competition

 Massive inflation

 Great depression
 Japan’s Militarism
 Japan did not
have the money
to pay for imports
so they wished to
expand.

 In 1931 Japan
invaded
Manchuria and
overthrew their
democracy.
 Japanese Aggression (Hideki
Tojo)

 In July of 1937 Japan

invaded China.

 The Rape of Nanking in

late 1937.
 300,000/600,000 civilians
and soldiers murdered
 Japanese Imperial Army 
China's capital city
So… What was America
doing???
 American Isolationism

 1939—U.S.
declares
neutrality
 Franklin D.
Roosevelt
Presidency
term:
 1933—1945
 Neutrality Acts, 1935-1937
 All three acts had
embargo with
nations at war.

 1936-No loans to
fighting nations.

 1937-Trade
allowed on cash
and carry basis
So, can we?
 Name the Axis Powers in World War II
 Name the Allied Powers in World War II
 Name the leaders of Italy, Germany, Russia,
and the United States in the years following
World War I
 Reasons for going to WWII