Name______________________ Chapter 24 The World War II Era ...



Name______________________ Chapter 24 The World War II Era (Section 1)

Soc. St. 8

Section 1 – Aggression Leads to War (pgs. 802 – 807)

1. Identify:

A. Josef Stalin

B. totalitarian state

C. Benito Mussolini

D. Fascism

E. Adolf Hitler

F. Aggression

G. Appeasement

H. Winston Churchill

2. How did the Great Depression aid Hitler?

3. How did the League of Nations respond to Italian and Japanese aggression?

4. Look at the map at the top of pg. 805.

A. What was the earliest act of aggression shown on the map?

B. Based on the map and your reading, describe what happened to Czechoslovakia.

5. What was the goal of the Neutrality Act?

6. Hitler vowed to create an empire that united all _______________________ people, including those outside of Germany.

7. What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

8. On September 1, 1939, Nazi troops invaded _______________. Sixteen days later, the _______________________ seized eastern ______________. Stalin’s forces also invaded ______________ and later annexed _____________, _______________, and _________________________.

9. How was the Munich Pact an example of appeasement?

10. How does a totalitarian state such as Nazi Germany differ from a democratic nation such as the United States?

11. Germany also passed anti-semitic laws. _______ were banned from ______________ and from professions such as _____________ and ______________.

12. Do you think France and Britain could have prevented World War II if they had acted differently? Why or why not?

13. Look at the pictures of the two fascist dictators at the bottom of page 803. How does the propaganda poster create a heroic image of Hitler?

14. On June 22, 1941, Hitler broke his pact with _____________. A huge German force crossed into the ______________________. The Soviet Union, which had remained out of the early days of the war, now joined ________________ in fighting the Germans.

15. Look at the picture at the bottom of page 806. Do you think the constant bombing attacks weakened or strengthened the British people. Explain.

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