World War IIThe beginning of a Global War

Objective

Explain how the depression in Europe and Asia led to German and Japanese aggression.

Explain how Japanese and European aggression led to the start of World War II.

Identify the two sides of World War II.

Vocabulary

Imperialism - The act of taking over other countries to gain power and natural resources

Neutral - not picking a side and staying out of war

opportunity cost - The costs that go along with a decision.

Background

It is 1935 – What is the U.S. like?

If there is a lot of trade between countries, what do you think countries in Europe AND Asia were like in the mid- 1930s?

Global Depression

The U.S. was not the only place where there was high unemployment!

European and Asian countries were going through really bad times too!

THE WORLD IN THE 1930’s

Germany and the Depression

Germany was even more depressed than the United States because they had to pay for all of the damages of World War I.

Germany had to pay ALL THE ALLIED POWER COUNTRIES: U.S., FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN, and RUSSIA.

Many Germans were unemployed.

Germany was still rebuilding from the war!

ADOLF HITLERIn 1932, when Germany was really down in the dumps, they looked toward a new leader for hope.

Adolf Hitler told the Germans that they deserved better, more jobs, more money, and more land!

He was the leader of the Nazi Party

He was elected the German Chancellor (like a president) in 1932.

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Why do you think Adolf Hitler was so popular in Germany in 1932?

ADOLF HITLER

Hitler was popular because he promised the Germans a better life.

Hitler blamed the Socialists and the Jews for all of Germany’s problems.

How do you think a lot of Germans felt about the Jews and Socialists?

Nazi propaganda

Nazi Germany

How did the propaganda make the Germans look compared to the Jews?

Nazi Germany

German propaganda made the Germans look strong.

German propaganda made the Jews and the Socialists look like thieves.

German propaganda made the Germans think they deserve more!

Hitler was an imperialist.

Nazi Imperialism

Hitler said that Germany should invade other countries so Germany can have more land and natural resources.

Germany took over Austria-Hungary, and invaded Czechoslovakia and Poland!

Nazi Imperialism

Europe

Great Britain, France, New Zealand, and Australia (Allied Powers) were forced to declare war on Germany September 3, 1939!

Why would the Allied Powers declare war on Germany?

U.S. stayed neutral.

World War II started in Europe on September 3, 1939.

Japan

Japan like Germany was in the middle of a huge depression.

Unemployment was out of control!

Hirohito, the Emperor of Japan, decided to use imperialism to help Japan get out of the great depression.

Emperor Hirohito

Hirohito

How would imperialism help Japan?

Japanese Imperialism

Japan decided to invade parts of China and try to get more natural resources, and to raise moral (spirits).

Japanese Imperialism

World War II

The war is in both Europe and Asia.

The Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Australia, and Russia

The Axis Powers: Japan, Germany, Italy

THE U.S. STAYS NEUTRAL!!

U.S. NEUTRALITY

Why would the U.S. Stay neutral?

Think about World War I.

Opportunity Cost.

U.S. Neutrality

If America entered World War II, what would be the opportunity cost of that decision?

If America did not enter World War II, what would be the opportunity cost of that decision?

Concept of Opportunity Cost

-Opportunity cost of any choice is what we give up when we make that choice.

-Most accurate and complete concept of cost

-Direct money cost of a choice may only be a part of opportunity cost of that choice.

Opportunity cost of a choice includes both explicit costs and implicit costs:

Explicit cost—dollars actually paid out for a choice

Implicit cost—value of something sacrificed when no direct payment is made

Opportunity Cost and Society

• All production carries an opportunity cost.

• To produce more of one thing, a country must shift resources away from producing something else.

Recessions

• During early 1940s, standard of living in U.S. did not decline as we might have expected but actually improved slightly. Why?

• U.S. entered World War II and began using massive amounts of resources to produce military goods and services.

• We look at society’s choice between military goods and civilian goods.

• U.S. was still suffering from the Great Depression when it entered WWII.

Military production increased, but so did the production of civilian goods.

Although there were shortages of some consumer goods the overall result was a rise in the material well-being of the average U.S. citizen.

Joining the war effort helped end the Depression

Key Points/Conclusion

Germany and Japan were in the middle of big depressions.

Germany elected Adolf Hitler and used the Jews and Socialists as scapegoats.

Germany and Japan invade other countries

World War II was in Europe and Japan

The U.S. STAYED NEUTRAL.