The Road to War

Rumblings in Master subtitle style Click to edit Europe, US Tries to Avoid

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US Foreign Policy

March 1933FDR faced domestic and international crisis Focus on the domestic

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South America

FDR continued support of dictators No interference Cuba

Reciprocal Trade Agreement

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Europe

Hitler elected chancellor 1933

Centralization Rearmament

Mussolini in Italy

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Italy invaded Ethiopia, 1935 US, Neutrality Act League of Nations

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Spain

Spanish Civil War, 1936

Franco led revolt against republican government Alliances drawn America?

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War in Europe

March 1938Hitler annexed Austria

Sudetenland Czechoslovakia Poland

USSR

US Neutrality phony war

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US Neutrality?

German advance across Europe

US Response?

Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies America First Selective Service Act

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Election of 1940

Third Term!!!! 55% of popular vote

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Resources of Use:

WWII Timeline: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007306 WWII Multimedia Database (nice overview of Prelude to War): http://worldwar2database.com/html/prelude.htm

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Nice info on European conflicts causes: http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW2/causes.htm

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