Guided Notes

Chapter 19; A World in Flames

Section 1

I. The Rise of Dictators (pages 584–586)

A. The _______________ that ended World War ___ and the economic _________________

that followed ___________________ to the rise of ___________________ in Europe and Asia.

B. ___________ developed the ___________ major _________________ in Europe. In 1919

_______________ _________________ founded Italy’s ____________ Party. ______________

was a kind of __________________ ____________________. _________________ believed

that the _______________ was more ____________________ than the ___________________,

and that a ______________ became ___________ by _________________ its ______________

and building its _________________. ________________ were anti-__________________.

C. Backed by the ________________ known as ___________________, _________________

became the _______________ of ______________ and ______ up a ___________________.

D. In ________ the _________________ _____________, led by _______________

____________, set up _________________ governments throughout the _______________

empire. The ______________ territories were ________________ the _____________ of

_______________ Republics in 1922. The __________________ set up a ______-party rule.

E. By 1926 ______________ _____________ had become the new ____________

_______________. In ___________ he began a _____________ effort to

____________________ the country. __________________ of _______________ who

_____________ the _________________ policies were ______________.

F. After World War __, the _______________ and ________________ ____________ in

_________________ led to the ________ of new ______________ parties. The ___________

______________ was ________________ and anti-_________________. ____________

___________, a ________________ of the Nazi Party, called for the _________________ of all

___________________ under ________ government. He believed ______________ Germans

were _____________ of a “_______________ race” ________________ to ___________ the

world. He wanted _______________ Europeans ________________. He felt _____________

were ____________________ for many of the world’s ________________. In 1933

______________ was appointed _____________ _______________ of Germany.

_____________ troopers __________________ _______________ into giving ______________

____________________ powers.

G. Difficult _______________ times in _______________ after World War ___ undermined the

country’s ______________ system. Many ________________ officers and ______________

wanted to ______________ territory to ____________ needed _______________. In 1931 the

_________________ ____________, _______________ the government’s ________________,

__________________ the _________________-rich _________________ province of

_____________________. The _____________ took ______________ of _______________.

II. America Turns to Neutrality (pages 587–588)

A. The ____________ of _________________ in Europe and Asia after World War __, the

_________________ of European countries to _____________ war ___________ owed to the

United States, and the ___________ Committee findings that _________ factories made huge

______________ caused __________________ to support ___________________.

Many ___________________ wanted to ______________ ___________________

commitments.

B. Congress ______________ the __________________ Act of 1935 making it

_______________ for Americans to_________ ___________ to any _______________ at

___________.

C. Congress _____________ the _________________ Act of 1937, which continued the

__________ of _______________ arms to _______________ at __________ and required

__________________ countries to __________ ____________________ supplies from the

United States on a “______________ and _____________” basis.

D. President Franklin D. ________________ supported ___________________.

________________________ believe that _____________ between ______________ creates

__________________ and ___________ to ______________ war.

E. ___________ aligned itself with _________________ and ____________, and these

____________ countries became known as the ___________ Powers.

F. After ____________ launched a full-scale ______________ on ______________ in 1937,

_________________ authorized the _____________ of _______________ to ______________,

saying that the Neutrality Act of 1937 did ___________ apply, since neither _______________

nor _____________ had actually _______________ war.

Section 2

I. “Peace in Our Time” (pages 589–591)

A. In February 1938, Adolf ______________ threatened to _______________ ______________

unless Austrian ______________ were _____________ important government ____________.

In March 1938, ______________ announced the _________________, or

_______________________, of _________________ and _______________.

B. Hitler claimed the ________________________, an area of ___________________ with a

large ______________-speaking population. ____________ strongly _____________

Germany’s __________________ for the ____________________.

C. ______________, the ______________ Union, and _____________ threatened to

______________ _________________ if it ________________ Czechoslovakia. At the

_______________ Conference on ____________________ 29, 1938, _____________ and

___________________, hoping to _______________ another_______________, agreed to

__________________ demands in a policy known as _____________________.

D. In March ______________, Germany sent ____________________ into Czechoslovakia,

bringing the ________________ lands under German _____________.

E. Hitler _______________ the return of ______________—______________ Baltic Sea

________. He also wanted a ______________ and ______________ across the ___________

Corridor. These ________________ convinced the _____________ and _______________ that

____________________ had ______________.

F. In May _________, _____________ ordered the _______________ of ______________ by

the German army.

G. On August ______, 1939, _________________ and the __________ signed a

_____________________ treaty, with a ___________ agreement to ___________

_______________.

II. The War Begins (pages 591–593)

A. On September ___, __________, _______________ and the _____________ invaded

_____________. On September ___, _____________ and ______________ declared _______

on ________________—starting World War _____.

B. The Germans used a __________________, or _________________ war, to attack

________________. The ______________ army was _____________ by October _____.

C. On April 9, ________, the German ____________ attacked ______________ and

_______________. Within a______________ , Germany _________________ both countries.

D. After World War ___, the _____________ built a line of _______________ bunkers and

_____________________ called the _________________ Line along the German ___________.

When Hitler ____________ to attack ________________, he went ______________the

Maginot _____________ by ________________ the _____________________,

________________, and _____________________. The _______________ and

________________ forces quickly went into _____________, becoming _________________

there by German _______________.

E. By June ___, about _______________ British and French troops had ____________________

Belgium through the French __________ of ______________ and across the

___________________ Channel, using ships of all sizes.

F. On June 22, __________, France __________________ to the Germans. Germany

_________________ a ___________________ government in ________________.

III. Britain Remains Defiant (pages 593–594)

A. Hitler thought that _______________ would ________________ peace after France

_____________________. He did not __________________ the __________________ of the

________________ people and their prime ______________, Winston _________________.

On June 4, 1940, Churchill __________________ a ________________ speech that

_______________ the British people and ______________ the United States to Britain’s

_________________.

B. To invade _______________, Germany had to ______________ the British ______ force. In

the ____________ of Britain, the __________________ air force, the _________________,

launched an ______-out ______ battle to _______________ the British _____________ Air

Force. After _________________ bombers _________________ London, the British

__________________by __________________ Berlin, Germany.

C. The Royal _______Force was greatly ______________________ by the Luftwaffe, but the

British had ___________ stations and were able to _______________ incoming German

_________________ and ________________ British fighters to ___________________ them.

Section 3

I. Nazi Persecution of the Jews (pages 595–598)

A. The Nazis ____________ nearly _____ million ____________ and millions of ____________

people during the _________________. The __________________ term for the __________

campaign to ___________________ the ___________ before and during World War II is

_______________.

B. The Nazis ______________ anyone who _______________ them, as well as the

__________________, ________________, homosexuals, and ______________ peoples. The

Nazis’ ________________ __________________was aimed at all _____________.

C. In September 1935, the ____________________ Laws took ____________________ away

from _________________ Germans and ____________ marriage between ___________ and

other _____________________. German Jews were ________________ of many

_____________ that citizens of _____________________ had long held. By 1936 at least

__________ of Germany’s ______________ were ________________.

D. Anti-Jewish _______________ erupted throughout _______________ and

_________________ on November _______, 1938, known as _____________________, or

“________________________________________.” _____________ Jews ___________,

hundreds were badly _______________, thousands of Jewish ____________________ were

_____________________, and over _____ _________________ were wrecked.

E. Between __________ and the beginning of World War II in __________, about

___________________ Jews _______________ Nazi-_________________ Germany. Many of

them ________________ to the United States. Millions of Jews remained ______________ in

Nazi-________________ Europe because they could _______ get _______________ to

the United States or to other countries.

II. The Final Solution (pages 599–600)

A. On January 20, 1942, _________ leaders met at the _____________ Conference to decide

the “_______________________” of the _____________ and other “___________________.”

The plan was to ________________ up _______________ and other “___________________”

from Nazi-controlled Europe and take them to _____________________ camps—detention

centers where ___________________ individuals ____________________ as slave

_____________________. The _________________, the ______________, and young

__________________ were sent to __________________________ camps to be killed in

large __________ chambers.

B. After World War II began, Nazis _____________ concentration _______________

throughout _________________. ____________________ camps were built in many

_______________________ camps, mostly in _____________________.

______________________ of people were _______________ each day at these camps.

C. In only a few years, Jewish ______________ had been virtually ___________________ by the

Nazis in the lands they conquered.

Section 4

I. FDR Supports England (pages 601–602)

A. ___________ days after Britain and France ________________ war against Germany,

President Roosevelt _________________ the _______________ States _________________.

B. The ___________________ Act of 1939 allowed ________________ countries to ________

weapons from the United States as __________ as they __________ ____________ and

________________ the ______________ away on their __________ ships.

C. President ___________________ used a ___________________ in the Neutrality

____________ of 1939 and sent _____________ old American _______________________ to

_______________________ in _____________________ for the _____________ to build

American ________________ on British-controlled _______________________,

___________________, and ___________________________ islands.

II. The Isolationist Debate (pages 602–603)

A. After the German _________________ of France and the __________________ of Allied

forces at ___________________, American _____________ opinion changed to

_____________ limited __________ to the _______________.

B. The America ____________ Committee ________________ any American

__________________ or ___________ to the ______________.

C. President Roosevelt ________ for an unprecedented _______________ term as president in

the election of ________________. Both Roosevelt and the Republican candidate, Wendell

________________, said they would _______________ the United States _______________

but ______________ the Allied ________________________. Roosevelt __________ by a large

margin.

III. Edging Toward War (pages 603–604)

A. President Roosevelt proposed the ___________-Lease Act, which stated that the United

States could ___________ or lease ______________ to any _______________ considered

“____________ to the __________________ of the United States.” Congress ______________

the act by a ______________ margin.

B. In June 1941, in _______________ of the ________-______________ Pact, ______________

began a ________________ invasion of the ______________ Union.

C. President Roosevelt _______________the _____________________ defense zone, which

____________________ the entire __________________ half of the ________________ as

____________ of the____________________ Hemisphere and therefore ______________. This

allowed _________________ to order the U.S. ____________ to ___________ the

________________ Atlantic Ocean and ____________ the _________________ of German

___________________________ to the British.

D. In August ____________, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill agreed

to the _________________ Charter. This agreement __________________ the _________

leaders to a ________________ world of ___________________, ____________________, free

_________________, ______________ advancement, and ___________________ of the

________________.

E. After a German ________________ fired on the American destroyer ________________,

Roosevelt _______________________ American ships to follow a “_____________________”

policy toward _________________ submarines. Germans _____________________ and

___________ the American destroyer _______________ James in the North Atlantic.

IV. Japan Attacks the United States (pages 604–606)

A. Roosevelt’s primary ______________ between August ________and December _________

was to __________ Britain and its _______________ _______________ Germany. When

_____________ began _________________ its warships from Southeast

Asia to the ____________________, Roosevelt introduced _________________ to discourage

the ____________________ from ________________ the British _________________.

B. In July _____________, Congress passed the ________________ Control Act, giving

Roosevelt the ______________ to _______________ the sale of _________________

materials—materials _________________ for fighting a _______________—to

other countries. Roosevelt immediately __________________ the ________________ of

airplane ___________ and scrap ________________ to _____________. The

___________________ signed an ___________________ with ___________________ and Italy.

C. By July ___________, _______________ aircraft posed a direct ________________ to the

_________________ Empire. Roosevelt ___________________ to the threat by

__________________ all Japanese ___________________ in the United States and

___________________ the amount of __________ shipped to ________________. He also sent

General ______________________ to the _________________________ to build ______

American _____________________ there.

D. The Japanese _________________ to ________________ resource-rich British and Dutch

_________________ in Southeast Asia, ______________ the Philippines, and ______________

Pearl _____________.

E. Japan _______________ Pearl Harbor on December ______, 1941, _________________ or

damaging _____________ ships of the U.S. ____________________ Fleet, killing

_____________ Americans, and _____________________ hundreds more. The next day,

President________________ asked Congress to ________________ war on ______________.

F. On December _______, _____________, Japan’s _____________—Germany and Italy—

________________ war on the ___________________ ____________________.

I Can Statements and Bellringer Questions

Chapter 19; a World in Flames

I Can Statements….

*America and the World

Describe postwar conditions that contributed to the rise of antidemocratic governments in Europe.

Explain why Americans supported a policy of isolationism.

*World War II Begins

Explain why Hitler was able to take over Austria and Czechoslovakia.

Describe the early events of the war and why Britain was able to resist the Nazis.

*The Holocaust

Describe prejudice against the Jews and early persecution of German Jews.

Explain the methods Hitler used to try to exterminate Europe’s Jewish population.

*America Enters WWII

Explain how Roosevelt helped Britain while maintaining official neutrality.

Trace the events that led to increasing tension, and ultimately war, between the United States and Japan.

Bellringer 1: __________________________________________________________________________

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Bellringer 2: __________________________________________________________________________

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Bellringer 3: _________________________________________________________________________

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Bellringer 4: __________________________________________________________________________

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Bellringer 5: __________________________________________________________________________

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