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| Failures of the Treaty of Versailles |
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RAW DEAL R - Germany had to pay reperations A - Allies took Germany's land W - war's total guilt laid on Germany |
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| Failure of the League of Nations |
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was a cooperative organization (had no real power) established to PREVENT future wars US was not a member |
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| TEMPORARY system to administer the colonies of defeated Central Powers |
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| Mandatory Powers in the Middle East |
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France and Great Britain (did not give back power once areas "got back on their feet") |
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sent German Army into Rhineland along French border IN VIOLATION of Treaty of Versailles |
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Hitler invaded Austria Hitler wanted Sudetenland (part of Czechoslavakia) MUNICH AGREEMENT - claimed Sudetenland |
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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 |
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giving in to demands of a party to make them happy in return for "good behavior" |
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belief in opposing war (against war) |
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| Why did Hitler want the Sudetenland? |
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German speaking people lived ther Germans needed more lebensraum wanted to reclaim land lost from WWI |
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| What was "The Final Solution" |
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| Hitler's plan to destroy the Jewish population |
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| What act of aggression from the Japanese drew the United States into WW II? |
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The bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Dec. 7, 1941 |
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| What economic event is said to be a cause of WW II? |
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Stock Market Crash of 1929 (The Great Depression) |
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| Why did Hitler violate the non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union? |
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| he wanted the wheat and oil fields in Russia |
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| Why did Italy get involved in WWII? |
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| They felt they didn't get enough land after WW I |
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| What caused the world wide depression after WW I? |
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German repartations stock market crash of 1929 high tariffs |
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