Name_______________________________________ Date____________________________ DBQ 21: Causes of World War II (Adapted from Document-Based Assessment for Global History‚ Walch Education) Historical Context: Even though the 1920’s began with a favorable outlook for peace‚ toward the end of the decade and throughout the 1930’s the clouds of war were forming. Dictators arose in countries that were dissatisfied with the results of World War I. Germany‚ Italy and Japan took aggressive actions‚ and neither the League of
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World War I - Results The First World War “ended” in 1918 in November‚ when the Treaty of Versailles was signed to create an armistice. Though this treaty became active on that day for Western Europe‚ this treaty did not take effect in Eastern Europe until up to mid-1920s. Political‚ cultural‚ and social order was changed immensely in Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa‚ even countries not directly in the war. As a result of the damages from the war‚ many new countries were formed. Also‚ millions of people
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New advances in technology changed warfare in WW2. The change in technology since WW1 has produced such things as Atom Bomb‚ and new and improved sea and air warfare. New techniques had to be used because of technology‚ techniques such as mouseholing’. More people were killed because of technology‚ as more people died in WW2 than WW1.The technological advances in WW2 changed the battlefield completely as more deadly auxiliary was introduced. <br> <br>The technological advances since WW1 introduced
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WORLD WAR ONE FIRSTS First war to be fought on 3 continents. First industrialised conflict. First use of chlorine & mustard gas. First use of the flame thrower. First tank battle. First use of mass airplanes. First use of x-ray in the military. First use of a blood bank. First use of guide dogs by blinded soldiers. First four-star general‚ General John J. Pershing First use of trillion in estimating war costs. First commissioning of war art for propaganda. First use
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Congress for a declaration of war against Germany‚ stating that "The world must be made safe for democracy." For three years‚ the United States had managed to remain neutral in World War I‚ which was wrecking widespread destruction on Western Europe. U.S. relations with Germany had deteriorated throughout that period‚ however‚ particularly as German submarines had torpedoed many American merchant vessels crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Congress adopted a declaration of war a few days later by a strong
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In his graphic novels‚ MAUS I and MAUS II‚ Art Spiegelman provides his view as a second generation witness. He is a part of the generation that will transmit Holocaust stories to future generations. He is a witness to the Holocaust in terms of how it affected the survivors but he didn’t live through that experience himself. This is the concept of post-memory‚ which allows for Spigelman to take up the memories of the survivor generation and transmit them to future generations. Spiegelman comments
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“What do you think the outcome of this war will be?” “I believe we will win because if we eliminate the jews then there is less of a threat to Germany.” 2. “Why did you want to become the dictator of Germany?” “I saw an opportunity to give people jobs that didn’t have one‚ and to fix what world war 1 brought to germany.” 3. “ How did you feel when the allies took away land from Germany?” “I personally didn’t like that the allies took away our territory and our land. So when Germany needed a leader
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Totalitarian states‚ popular during world war two‚ (1939 to 1945) have an advantage using propaganda because they control what people see and believe. (Gibbons‚ David) Because
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The First World War (Revision) The rise of Germany upset the balance of power in Europe The Old Balance of Power - a balance of power was established between Russia‚ Austria‚ Prussia and France‚ with Britain holding the scales. The rise of a unified Germany upset this balance. Germany was unified not only by ‘blood and iron’ but also by ‘coal and iron’. Rapid industrialization‚ concentrated military power‚ a young and dramatically increasing population (43% increase between 1880 and 1910)
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World War Two Unit Test Review Part A- Matching prominent people (10 marks) Adolf Hitler‚ became Germany’s Chancellor in 1933‚ leader of the Nazi party Benito Mussolini‚ became Italy’s dictator in 1922 Dwight Eisenhower‚ the supreme Allied commander for the U.S.A/the Allied commander‚ who led the Normandy Invasion (Operation Overload) Bernard Montgomery‚ the British Ground Forces Commander In Chief Gerd von Rundstedt‚ German commander Erwin Rommel‚ German commander Friedrich Dollmann‚ German
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