task: use your textbook to answer the following: (10 mins...
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Task: Use your textbook to answer the following: (10 mins.)
Define: Appeasement (p.538)
List 3 major appeasements made to Germany prior to WWII (p.536-538)
Explain the significance of the Neutrality Acts. (p.535)
Identify the nations that made up the Axis Powers.
What major pact led to the beginning of WWII in the European Theater? (p. 539)
Policy that allows countries to act against international law
without consequence.
Building up the military, mobilizing troops, and building war
materials
Avoid involvement in war, rather than to prevent one.
Germany, Italy, Japan
Hitler and Stalin signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact. They agreed not to
fight if the other went to war. This paved the way for Germany
to invade Poland
The map on the next slide displays the
change of political geography in Europe
during Hitler’s attempt to reunify German
after post-WWI Europe split up.
Germany Invades the Rhineland
March 7, 1936
Rome-Berlin Axis, 1936
The “Pact of Steel”
In 1938 Germany, Britain, France, and Italy met
in Munich to decide what action, if any, to take
concerning Germany’s aggression in
Czechoslovakia.
This conference came to be known
as the Munich Conference.
While there, the allies decided to enact a policy
of appeasement:
They would allow Germany to erase the boundaries of
the Versailles Treaty without taking military action.
It was also agreed that the sovereignty of
Poland would be protected, and thus a
line was drawn that Germany would not
be allowed to cross without risking full
scale war.
Sudeten Germans cheering
the arrival of the German
Army into the Sudetenland in
October 1938
Neville Chamberlain: Prime Minister
of Great Britain that negotiated the
appeasement policy with Germany
during the Munich Conference
Winston Churchill: A British politician
that was a retired military officer that
saw combat around the world and was
against the policy.
Read the two viewpoints from Chamberlain
and Churchill. (5 minutes?)
Now we have “peace for our time!” Herr Hitler is a man we can do business with—Neville Chamberlain
If you give a
mouse a cookie,
He’s going to ask
for a glass of
milk.
When you give him
the milk, he’ll
probably ask you
for a straw…
1. Germany occupies the Sudetenland
2. Germany seized the remainder of
Czechoslovakia in March 1939
3. Germany invaded Poland, Sept. 1, 1939,
4. Britain & France declares war on Germany
1. Rhineland4. Polish Invasion
3. Sudetenland and
Czechoslovakia2. Austria
Grief and Despair, or
Joy and Relief?
What does this photo
say to you about the
German occupation
of bordering lands
and nations?
CREATE A CAPTION
What is the term ‘Blitzkrieg’ mean?
What countries did Germany take over
through 1941?
What does Hitler’s actions in this story tell us
about our human nature?
What should we do about people like Hitler
in the future?
Next slide – prep for Amazing Race
Isolation
Intervention
While watching the video, answer the
following Question
Q:What were the main reason(s) we remained
neutral as long as we did?
While watching the video, answer the
following Question
Q:What were the main reason(s) we remained
neutral as long as we did?
A:We were totally unprepared!
Bought time to change our industry into a war
machine!
Built planes, tanks, bullets, artillery
Train soldiers
European Theatre
Pre-U.S. Involvement
You are the President of the U.S. during the 1930s.
Your country is stooped in a policy of neutrality &
isolationism. You have the delicate task of preparing
your country for war without tipping your hand to the
world. Let’s test your decision making abilities to see
whether or not you can juggle all of these variables
while preventing alienation of your allies but still
maintain peace with these totalitarian regimes.
Public Opinion 95% opposed to any war
Isolationists: “they’re problem not ours”
Millions trace ancestry to Germany
Economic Report 33% unemployment
Massive deficits
Low manufacturing capacities
Military Report German Military in the millions
U.S. in the thousands
Weapons: Germany 1800 bombers > U.S. 80 bombers
Powerful Navy
Foreign Relations Report Neutrality Acts will not permit sale of weapons to warring nations
Britain, France in desperate need of weapon assistance
Great fear of U.S.S.R. Must use Germany as a buffer anti-communism state
In groups of 3-5 people you will be competing against the rest of the class in the race to WWII
The class will start off in 1933, in the role as “FDR”
Given the event, and key players, as a group you must decide how to respond.
You will be given 8 choices in your course of action per event (shown on handout). Chosen courses of action may be used more than once.
After deciding as a group what action to take, bring your paper up to your teacher.
If you are correct, you will receive the following advancement. (stamp) –worth one point
If you are incorrect, you will be sent back to your group to re-think the proper response by FDR.
You and your group, cannot and will not advance until the correct, (and actual) decision is made.
It is a race, it is a competition – may the best FDR win!
#1 No formal action Do nothing, besides issuing a protest or expression of concern.
#2 Invoke Neutrality Laws
Announce that the relevant laws governing U.S. neutrality apply.
#3 Revise Neutrality Laws
Ask Congress to alter the current neutrality laws to reflect to current situation.
#4 Expand Armed Forces
Ask Congress for increases in the size of the army and navy.
#5 Send aid to the Allies
Ask Congress to authorize sending economic and/or military aid to those fighting against Germany.
#6 Expand Escort Zone
Instruct U.S. warships to move further out into the Atlantic to escort merchant vessels.
#7 “Shoot-on-Site” Order
Instruct U.S. Naval Forces to fire on any German submarines they see.
#8 Declare War Ask Congress for a declaration of war against Germany.
Let’s do the first one together……..
#1 No formal action Do nothing, besides issuing a protest or expression of concern.
#2 Invoke Neutrality Laws
Announce that the relevant laws governing U.S. neutrality apply.
#3 Revise Neutrality Laws
Ask Congress to alter the current neutrality laws to reflect to current situation.
#4 Expand Armed Forces
Ask Congress for increases in the size of the army and navy.
#5 Send aid to the Allies
Ask Congress to authorize sending economic and/or military aid to those fighting against Germany.
#6 Expand Escort Zone
Instruct U.S. warships to move further out into the Atlantic to escort merchant vessels.
#7 “Shoot-on-Site” Order
Instruct U.S. Naval Forces to fire on any German submarines they see.
#8 Declare War Ask Congress for a declaration of war against Germany.
If you selected:
#1 No formal action
Do nothing, besides issuing a protest or expression of concern.
YOU ARE RIGHT!
Although Hitler’s actions were disturbing to Americans (not to mention the French), the German government was under no legal obligation to participate in disarmament talks. Moreover, since the United States was not a part of the League of Nations, U.S. diplomats could hardly criticize Germans for leaving that organization.
**If correct, you would then move onto the next round/event of WWII in Europe.
**If incorrect, you would have to reconvene with your group to determine where you went wrong; and chose a different course of action
Now that you are in groups of 3-5 people,
you should have in front of you the second
event of this game.
Read the event.
Decide the course of action.
See your teacher (determine the outcome)
Move on/re-think.
#1 No formal action Do nothing, besides issuing a protest or expression of concern.
#2 Invoke Neutrality Laws
Announce that the relevant laws governing U.S. neutrality apply.
#3 Revise Neutrality Laws
Ask Congress to alter the current neutrality laws to reflect to current situation.
#4 Expand Armed Forces
Ask Congress for increases in the size of the army and navy.
#5 Send aid to the Allies
Ask Congress to authorize sending economic and/or military aid to those fighting against Germany.
#6 Expand Escort Zone
Instruct U.S. warships to move further out into the Atlantic to escort merchant vessels.
#7 “Shoot-on-Site” Order
Instruct U.S. Naval Forces to fire on any German submarines they see.
#8 Declare War Ask Congress for a declaration of war against Germany.