wwii: causes and impacts

By: Molly Roesler

WORLD WAR II:CAUSES AND

IMPACTS

Failure of the Treaty of Versailles

Failure of the Munich Agreement

Failure of the League of Nations

MAIN CAUSES OF WWII

oForced Germany to accept all responsibilities for WWI.

oLimited Germany’s military size and power.

oRe-established all independent nations. Example: Poland

Hitler gained power and invaded Rhineland.

THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

Agreement between Britain, France, and Germany.

Signed in 1938.

Germany could have Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.

Hitler could not invade more of Europe.

Hitler invaded rest of Czechoslovakia later.

MUNICH AGREEMENT

Established in 1919 after WWI. Disbanded in 1945 after WWII.

Failure began with depression after WWI.Not all nations belonged to the League.League had no power or army.Punishment was cutting off trade.Unable to act quickly.

FAILURE OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Axis Powers:GermanyJapanItalyBulgaria and Romania

Allied Powers:United StatesBritainSoviet UnionFranceChinaMany more countries

AXIS VS. ALLIES

Gain World Power.

Destroy Communism, Spread Fascism.

Gain Land.

Eliminate non Arians in German territory.

AXIS GOALS

December 7th, 1941U.S Pacific Fleet was bombed.

December 8th: Congress declared war on Japan.

December 11th: Axis declared war on U.S.A.

America offi cially entered WWII.

BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR

AMERICAN LIFE DURING WWII

1st ever national income tax.

Only Government was taxed before.

Help stop inflation caused by War.

VICTORY TAX

Allowed to offi cially serve in Military.

Doing jobs men used to do.

Raising families on their own.

Volunteering time for organizations (Red Cross).

ROLE OF WOMEN

Rationing for things in short supplyMeat, Butter, Sugar

Metal Drives, War Bonds. Civilians started providing defensesEscorted ConvoysDefended Ports

EFFORTS AT HOME

African Americans allowed to join Military.

Military was segregated at this time.

African American Women allowed in Nursing Corps.

ROLE OF MINORITIES

Fear of Japanese people after Pearl Harbor.

Government afraid of Spies.

Roosevelt legalized interment.

Moved 120,000 Japanese into Internment Camps. 2/3 were American Citizens, ½ were children.

JAPANESE INTERNMENT

Only allowed few belongings.Placed in barracks, three families to one.

Did hard labor while interned. Allowed to return home in 1944.

Three main causes of WWII.Axis powers wanted world domination.

America entered WWII after Pearl Harbor.

Life in America changed drastically during WWII.

Japanese Americans were treated poorly.

Role of Women graphic on slide 11: Library of Congress, Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA

training to become a mechanic in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1940, Public Domain

Japanese Internment graphic of Slide 15: Library of Congress, Japanese-American camp, war emergency

relocation, [Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif.] (LOC), 1940, Public Domain

RESOURCES FOR GRAPHICS