1. Nationlism grips europe and asia
1.1. Militarists gain control in Japan
1.1.1. japan attackted the chinese province of Manchuria to get more living space
1.2. Failure of the WW1 peace settlement
1.2.1. cuz people were used to have a leader to solve their economic and social problems
1.3. Aggresion in europe and africa
1.3.1. the leauge of nation didnt interrupt hitler when he was sending soldiers into the rhineland whihc was a violation of the ToV. when italy invaded ethopia the LoN just responded with a small economic boycott which didnt hurt italy
1.4. The rise of fascism in italy
1.4.1. Mussolini established a totalitarian regime. the unemployment and inflation helped him. in 1921 he had established the fascist party
1.5. civil war brakes out in spain
1.5.1. francisco franco a spanish fascist rebelled against the goverment and the civil war broke out. the usa entered the war to fight against the facist. germany,russia and italy supported spain. in the end franco won
1.6. the nazis take over germany
1.6.1. hitler established his german workers party 1932 as the strongest party. he gave the 6 million unemployed hope for a better future.
1.7. Joseph Stalin transforms the soviet union
1.7.1. in 1924 stalin took over control in russia. his state was a communist state. he industrialized the russian econmy and they became more urban.
2. The United States Responds cautionsly
2.1. Americans cling to isolatioism
2.1.1. they still believed in isolationism and passed the neutrality acts.
2.2. Neutrality breaks down
2.2.1. roosevelt find it impossible to remain neutral despite congessional efforts to legislate neutrality