WORLDWARII

Causes-
🍂When Germany lost WW1 they signed the treaty Treaty of Versailles which took land from them and put them in debt
🍂Due to Germany's loss it caused them to struggle with their economy
🍂During this time of struggle, the Nazi power and Adolf Hitler began to ruler in 1930
🍂Hitler claimed the resolution to the countries problem was needing more land, so Germany took over Czechoslovakia and Austria without a fight
🍂Germany then invaded Poland, and Poland was unprepared so Britain and France declared war on Germany.

Effects-🍃Germany was completely devastated and split into two sections West: western allies and the East: Soviet union
🍃Japan was devastated as well due to bombings, and under the rule of US military for a short time
🍃England was devastated due to the bombings as well and the recovery of their economy depended on the US.
🍃France and England were no longer big world powers after the war compared to the US and the Soviet Union
🍃Russia gained a lot of world power during the war
🍃America's economy was stimulated by the war.

Global Effects
America-
America became a world power. ( had taken no war damage and was the only country with the atomic bomb)
Their economy rose due to mass production of war materials.
Slowly led to the women's rights movement and eventually legal equality for woman.
The war provided a platform for the Black Civil Rights movement later. (Essentially ended segregation)

Global effects
Asia-
There was an increase in southeast nationalist, independence movements.(saw a shift in power and how weak Europe was)
U.S involvement with Southeast Asia increased an attempt to put and end to communism's growth.

Rest of the world-
New technology that developed during the war to fight diseases resulted in lower mortality rates and high increase in population growth. (Known as baby boom)

CHANGES OVER TIME

• Political boundaries change.
• By 1945, more than 250,000 women had joined the Women's Army Corps(wac)
• At Auschwitz in Poland, gas chambers and crematorium ovens killed 20,000 victims a day.
• The Allies, which included the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, eventually with 49 nations

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SOURCES/SITES

• sparknotes.com
• http://techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us/spring4/people/index.htm
• www.solpass.org
• www.pbs.org
• www.ducksters.com