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Dictators Threaten World Peace
Chapter 24, Section 1; pp. 734-741
Aggression in Europe and Africa p. 738
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How did Hitler respond to the failure of the League of Nations to take action against Japan’s invasion of
Manchuria?
2.
What did Hitler begin in 1935?
3.
What did this military build-up violate?
4.
How did Hitler violate the Treaty of Versailles a year later?
5.
Meanwhile, what was Mussolini doing?
6.
What was his target?
7.
With what statement did the League of Nations respond to Mussolini’s aggressive military build-up on Ethiopia’s
borders?
8.
What was the League’s response after Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia?
9.
What could this response by the League of Nations be considered?
10.
What did the ousted Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie tell the League of Nations as he pleaded for help?
Civil War Breaks Out in Spain
11.
Who rebelled against the Spanish Republic in 1936?
12.
Who was their leader?
13.
What was formed to fight against Franco?
14.
From what country did these volunteers come?
15.
What was their reasoning to fight against Franco?
16.
Why was this limited aid unable to stop the spread of fascism?
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Although the Soviet Union sent aid to one side, what did Hitler and Mussolini send to help Franco’s forces?
18.
How did this war in Spain affect the relationship between Hitler and Mussolini?
19.
What was the official outcome of this close relationship?
20.
When did Franco win his war to become a fascist dictator?
The United States Responds Cautiously
21.
What did most Americans believe about the international conflicts of the mid-1930s?
22.
What had the US signed that 62 other countries signed?
23.
What did signatories of this pact pledge?
Americans Cling to Isolationism
24.
What had a number of books written in the early 30s claimed?
25.
To what did public outrage lead?
26.
How did the Nye Committee fuel the controversy?
27.
What were these bankers and arms merchants called?
28.
What was one of the effects of American anti-war feeling?
29.
Roosevelt felt comfortable in reaching out to the world when he first took office. What effect did the following
foreign policy moves have?
a. Officially recognizing the Soviet Union –
b. Continuing the Good Neighbor Policy –
c.
Pushing the Congress to pass the Reciprocal Trade Agreement –
30.
What did the Congress pass to keep America out of future wars?
31.
What did the first two acts outlaw?
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In response to what was the third act passed?
33.
What did the third neutrality act ban?
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Neutrality Breaks Down
34.
Despite Congress’ efforts, what actions made it impossible for Roosevelt to remain neutral?
35.
What reasoning did Roosevelt use to justify not enforcing the Neutrality Acts and continue to send supplies to
China?
36.
What did Roosevelt say to speak out against isolationism, when he delivered his “Quarantine the Aggressor”
speech in Chicago?
37.
With Roosevelt ready to take a stand against aggression, how did several isolationist newspapers react?
38.
How did Roosevelt react in response?
War in Europe: Chapter 24, Section 2; pp. 742-747
Austria and Czechoslovakia Fall
39.
When meeting with his top military advisors in November of 1937, what did Hitler declare?
40.
What was Hitler’s plan?
Union with Austria
41.
What was Hitler’s first target?
42.
Created out of the Paris Peace Conference that ended WWI, what was the general opinion of the Austrian public?
43.
What happened on March 12, 1938?
44.
What was announced a day later?
Bargaining for the Sudetenland
45.
How many German speaking people lived in the western border regions of Czechoslovakia?
46.
What did this region represent for Czechoslovakia in relation to Germany?
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Besides more living space for German people, why else did Hitler want to control Czechoslovakia?
48.
With what was Hitler charging the Czechs?
49.
What was the Nazi Press saying about the Czechs?
50.
What did France and Britain promise?
51.
As war seemed inevitable, who did Hitler invite to meet?
a.
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52.
Where were these leaders to meet?
53.
What did Hitler (the fuhrer) declare about annexing the Sudetenland?
54.
Eager to avoid war, what did Chamberlain and Daladier chose to do?
55.
What was signed on September 30, 1938?
56.
What did Chamberlain proclaim when he returned from Germany after signing the Munich Pact with Hitler?
57.
Who did not share Chamberlain’s satisfaction?
58.
Who was Winston Churchill?
59.
What policy did Churchill believe that Chamberlain had adopted by signing the Munich Pact giving Hitler the
Sudetenland?
60.
What did Churchill mean by appeasement?
61.
What did Churchill say about what Britain and France had chosen?