World War II

Causes

The Treaty of Versailles

• Punished Germany
• Harsh treatment
• Revenge
• Led to economic problems

Economic problems

• Great Depression 
• Spread to Europe
• Debts
• Led to political movements

Rise of Dictators

• All-powerful rulers
• Different beliefs
• Ruled harshly

Nationalism

• Die for country
• Attack for country
• Pride

Failure of appeasement

• Broke Munich Agreement
• Kept Invading
• Countries were fed up

American INVOLVEMENT

• Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
• Selling/leasing supplies to Allies

Allied victory

• Allies controlled Europe
• Democracy vs. Communism
• Led to Cold War

Atomic bomb

• Started nuclear warfare
• U.S. was a threat
• Superpower

Effects on Post-war life

• More money
• Baby boom
• New jobs

Baby Boom

Propaganda

• Enlist in war
• Women to work
• Ration supplies

propaganda

Battle of the bulge

• Allies eastward
• Germans lacking supplies
• Allied victory
• Germany defeat 

Pros of atomic bomb

•  Ended war with Japan
• U.S now a threat

Cons of atomic bomb

• Many civilian deaths
• Damage in Japanese cities
• Feared nuclear warfare 

Holocaust

• 6 million jews died
• Genocide
• Starvation

Concentration camps

• Gas chambers
• Unbearable treatment
• Not only jews, other ethnic groups

Slavs Sign

Japanese internment

• Japanese-Americans into camps
• Afraid of spies
• Lost jobs & homes

Discrimination
Segregation

Role of women

• Women Employed
• Factory jobs
• Started women's rights movement

Took men's jobs