U.S. History 2 – 3/17/10

I.  Bellwork
A.  Page 530 Geography Skillbuilder 1-2 Q&A

II.  Objective

• Identify the types of governments that took power in Russia, Italy, Germany, and Japan after WW I
• Describe the details of America’s turn to isolationism

III. Classwork

• Video- 1936-1941 Over the Edge

1. Where were the Olympic Games held in 1936?
2. Who was the star of the Olympics that year?  How did Hitler feel about it?  Why?
3. What became America’s way to get news?  Who became the person who used it the most?
4. What was Hitler trying to convince the German people that they were?
5. How did Hitler’s speaking ability motivate Germans to believe his stupidity?
6. Why did the Nazis want books burned?  What book was now most respected?
7. Who were the only people welcome in Germany?
8. During the mid-1930’s, what began to happen to Jewish people in Germany?
9. What did Germany begin take over on March 12, 1938?  What was the reaction?
10. What boxer became a symbol of racial equality and American superiority?
11. What was Hitler’s next demand in 1938? 
12. Why do you think Chamberlain’s decision to “appease” Hitler and give in was a poor one?
13. What happened in November in Germany on what was called “The Night of Broken Glass”?
14. WWII began on September 1, 1939 with Germany’s attack on what country?
15. Germany took only six weeks to capture what capital? Then, they started to bomb what island nation?
16. What program did FDR begin to help the English against the Nazi’s without actually going to war?
17. What was the US armed forces like in 1940?  How did the US government begin to prepare?
    

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