End of the Interwar Period Agenda 1 Bell

End of the Interwar Period

Agenda 1. Bell Ringer: How do radical leaders come to power? (5) 2. Brief Lecture: End of the Interwar Period, Rise of Japan (15) 3. America in the Great Depression (DBQ Grouping exercise) (30) 4. Comparative Exercise Long vs. Hitler Obj: Students will analyze the Great Depression in the United States, and the worldwide implications from the event.

Mandate System • After World War I, Britain and France receive large sections of the Middle East (sections of the Ottoman Empire) • Division in the Ottoman Empire, and subsequent imperial rule would lead to countless future conflicts.

• Britain – Iraq – Transjordan – Palestine • France – Syria – Lebanon

Rise of Japan • Industrialization of Japan leads to a need for raw materials. • Rise in Militarism, Hideki Tojo • Emperor Hirohito would lead the modern movement in Japan. • Imperial Ambitions continue for raw materials, (Iron and Coal) Manchuria and Korea under their control.

The Beginning of War • Germany continues to take land even though the League of Nations issues sanctions against the country. • Even though Chamberlain would attempt to make appeasement work, war was inevitable. • Munich Conference in 1938 is a last effort at preventing war. • Germany would invade Poland in 1939, starting World War II.

How did it come to this? • Germany begins rearmament in 1934. • Constant appeasement, giving in to Hitler’s aims. • Invading the Rhineland Sudetenland give Germany territory lost in war.

Quick Review 1. How does Imperialism relate to World War I? 2. What is the Mandate System? 3. What is Japan looking for as they begin to take other territories? 4. What happened first? 1. 2. 3. 4. Hitler utilizes the Enabling Act The Munich Conference Invasion of Poland Hitler passes the Nuremberg Laws 5. How did the Great Depression affect the world?

Propaganda Analysis

Document Grouping Exercise • What are the perspectives and outcomes of the Great Depression? • 1. Piggy Bank Child • 2. Female, Store Closes • 3. Male, No Food • 4. Male Child, Loses House • 5. Metelmann, Believes in the rise of Hitler. • 6. Old Lady, Desire for a strong leader to save Germany.