6.+Unit+Five

UNIT FIVE: LEAD-UP TO WORLD WAR II

Study Guide: WebQuest Document:

Four Freedoms Speech (Listen and watch the words on this YouTube clip): media type="youtube" key="5iHKtrirjlY" height="315" width="420"

Then, view these slides of the Norman Rockwell paintings: The Four Freedoms. Decide how this speech and these paintings impacted public opinion regarding entering WWII.

**__Main Causes of World War II__**

Use the links from each cause to follow to the website that will describe the details of each event or policy and how it contributed to the start of World War II. Remember to fill in your answers on the Word Document that outlines the activity for you!
 * 1)  [|Treaty of] [|Versailles]
 * 2) [|Worldwide depression]
 * 3) Totalitarian governments
 * [|Germany]
 * [|Japan]
 * [|Italy]
 * [|Soviet Union]
 * 1) [|Expansionist policies]
 * 2) [|Policy of appeasement]
 * 3) Continued German aggression:
 * [|Breaking the Treaty of Versailles]
 * [|Threatening the peace of Europe]



For these leaders, use the link from eHistory.com to follow to a biography on each leader that will describe basic facts about the leader and their involvement in World War II.

[|eHistory.com] Franklin D. Roosevelt (click his picture) Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Adolf Hitler Hirohito

For Tojo, use the link for below.
 * 1) [|Hideki Tojo]

**__Key Events Leading Up to World War II__**

Click on the following link to the "[|Eight Steps to World War II]." On this website, the following eight key events are described briefly. Use this site to complete the first part of the "Key Events" portion of the WebQuest guide.

Once you are done with that part, follow the links below for each individual event to complete the questions in the WebQuest guide on this information.


 * 1) [|Saar plebiscite]
 * 2) [|Conscription and re-armament]
 * 3) [|Rhineland]
 * 4) [|Austria]
 * 5) [|Munich]
 * 6) [|Czechoslovakia]
 * 7) [|USSR/Nazi Pact]
 * 8) [|Poland]