Unit 1: Causes of World War II

Question 1

Unresolved Causes of WWI

Answer 1

• Nationalism
• Imperialism
• Militarism
• Germany, Italy and Japan

Question 2

Emergence of…

Answer 2

•Fascist dictators
-Promised national pride and prosperity
•Axis alliance
-Germany and Italy in Europe; Japan in Asia

Question 3

Appeasement

Answer 3

•The Munich Agreement of 1938

-Britain and France appease Hitler and allow Germany to annex Czechoslovakia

Question 4

Failure of the League of Nations

Answer 4

• Japan attacks and conquers Manchuria
• League does nothing when Japan walks out of conference and withdraws from the League
• Germany repeatedly violates the treaty of Versailles without any consequences

Question 5

U.S. Isolationism

Answer 5

•the strongest and most influential country in the world needed to be involved in order to enforce the Treaty of Versailles provisions and other international agreements