1. nationalism grips europe and asia
1.1. failures of the world war one peace settlement
1.1.1. from the treaty of versiales caused anger for the germans because they thought nothing was fair
1.2. joseph stalin transforms the soviet union
1.2.1. joseph stalin took controll of of the country and made agraculture and industrial growth to be the prime economical goals
1.3. the rise of fascism in italy
1.3.1. benito mussolini made middle and upper class demands stronger leadership
1.3.2. fascism wanted a single strong leader
1.4. the nazis take over germany
1.4.1. adolf hitler
1.4.2. nazism is the german brand of fascism
1.5. militarist take over japan
1.5.1. imperial government of japan tryed to make more living space
1.6. aggression in europe and asian
1.6.1. in 1933 hnitler pulled germany out of the leauge and started building up military
1.7. civil war breaks out in spain
1.7.1. revolts broke out all over spain
1.7.2. frasisco franco was a general who revolted against the spanish republic
2. the us responses cautiously
2.1. americans cling to isolationism
2.1.1. books say that us was dragged into ww1
2.1.2. neutrality acts
2.1.2.1. outlawed giving loans to nations at war
2.2. neutrality breaks down
2.2.1. in 1937 rosovelt went against the neutrality acts and sent help to china