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
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Chamberlain‚ this policy could easily be considered a policy of weakness because Britain and France were just giving Germany what they wanted to avoid war. Appeasement stemmed from British feeling guilty about the treatment of Germany after The Treaty of Versailles‚ a peace settlement that screwed over Germany they had to accept the blame for the war‚ lose all of it territories‚ lose a good portion of its army‚ and pay reparations. In the 1930s when the Nazis were in power Hitler‚ was ambitious to reverse
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speaking the war ended for Germany with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919. (That was exactly five years after Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo). At 11 a.m. on November 11‚ 1918 a ceasefire came into effect with Germany. A formal state of war between the two sides persisted for another seven months‚ until signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28‚ 1919. A final peace treaty was signed between the Allied Powers and the country that
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is what led to the Senate’s defeat of the Treaty of Versailles‚ rather than the strength of the opposing forces. Even Wilson’s closest and most trusted advisors could not sway his stance. Wilson was strong in his stance and incorporated the idea of the 14 points. While it is true that opposing forces contributed to defeat the treaty‚ it was Wilson’s unmovable position that led to its ultimate defeat in the Senate. There was much opposition to the Treaty in the United States‚ as well as the rest
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appeasement policy was not an error. The appeasement policy was an error as it encouraged Hitler to be more aggressive and ambitious. Hitler made a few attempts to break the Treaty of Versailles. For example‚ Hitler remilitarized Rhineland in 1935‚ which was demilitarized according to the terms of Treaty of Versailles. Hitler ordered German troops to cross the Hohenzollern Bridge and remilitarized Rhineland. Hitler was not sure about France’s response‚ so he did not send a strong force into Rhineland
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first factor in why alliances caused World War 1 is political reasons. Some examples of political are the treaties that were made before and during the war to help protect alliances. Treaty means a formal agreement between two or more states and the document in which such agreement is set down. The first treaty that took place was the dual alliance between Austria-Hungary and Germany. This treaty is explaining that if Germany attacks Russia Austria-Hungary helps them and when England attacks Austria-Hungary
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Woodrow Wilson’s decision to give his Fourteens Points speech contributed to the end of World War I‚ was the basis for many peace treaties and paved the road for future nations and alliances. "Covenants of peace be quickly arrived at so that this war can end and future nations can begin." These are some of the words of Woodrow Wilson said when he delivered the powerful Fourteen Points speech at the joint session of Congress and many other important meetings including the Paris Peace Conference
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Nazi Germany The Weimar Republic and its Reasons for Failure These icons indicate that teacher’s notes or useful web addresses are available in the Notes Page. This icon indicates that the slide contains activities created in Flash. These activities are not editable. For more detailed instructions‚ see the Getting Started presentation. 1 of 24 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Learning objectives Learning objectives What we will learn in this presentation: Compare the nature and significance of political
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CHA3UE Date: Wednesday 4th April‚ 2012 Part A (Plan of Investigation) Wilson’s fourteen points was a speech delivered by Woodrow Wilson (president of America from 1913 – 1921) which later turned into the basis upon which the treaty of Versailles was made. His series of points outlined what the post-war era would be like. Wilson’s points were meant to stop another war from happening and were very lenient towards the Germans‚ who were defeated in World War 1. It is therefore important
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Just wars are very important because one of the main goals is to protect the civilians and their rights. Without Just wars ‚our nation’s civilians would be in extreme danger ‚ with wars occurring based on biased reasons like a person or group of people’s ethnicity or religion. Also without Just Wars the nation would not be providing us any form of safety or protection. To prevent this danger‚the Just War Doctrine states‚ many important criteria that our nation has to follow. Without ‚these rules
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