Ch. 17.4

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Ch. 17.4

• Response to Fascism

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Fascist Relations

• 1936
• Germany Italy formed a military alliance
• Japan would later join

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Fascist Relations

• Tripartite Pact- 1940
• Founded the Axis Powers
• Military alliance between Germany, Italy, and
  Japan

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The Munich Conferences Appeasement
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The Munich Conferences

• Roosevelt called for European leaders to meet and
  resolve conflict peacefully
• Germany, Italy, Britain, and France met at
  Munich, Germany in 1938

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The Munich Conferences

• Signed a pact giving Germany control of the
  Sudetenland (Czechoslovakian territory)
• European leaders feel Hitler will stop expanding
  his territory

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Appeasement

• Giving in to demands in an attempt to avoid a
  larger conflict
• General fear of Hitler avoid conflict
• Some worried appeasement would only encourage
  Hitler to continue

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Appeasement

• British Prime Minster- Neville Chamberlain
• Believed appeasement would give Britain enough
  time to rearm its military
• Made Hitler sign a treaty between Great Britain
  and Germany in 1938

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The United States Response to Fascism
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Neutrality Laws

• Passed by Congress between 1935 1939
• Prohibited the shipment of munitions to warring
  nations
• Required warring nations that bought US goods to
  transport them themselves
• Forbade Americans from traveling on vessels of
  warring nations

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Commitment to Neutrality

• Dec. 1937
• Japan sunk the US gunboat Panay
• 2 US citizens killed
• 54 of Americans still want to avoid war at all
  costs