Causes of World War 2

  • Militarism

    Militarism
    Countries wanted to have the best armies. Each country was always buildings their armies.
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    The treaty caused World War 1 to end. It also caused Germany to have to pay others.
  • Rise of Italian Fascism

    Rise of Italian Fascism
    He came into power and made what was known as Italian Fascism. This was known as a totalitarian government. There is no date for sure when he came into power.
  • Great Depression

    Great Depression
    The great depression started because the stock market crased. This was refered to as Black Tuesday. Many people lost jobs. F.D.R was president and created the New Deal program to pull them out of the depression.
  • Appeasement

    Appeasement
    A policy to aviod conflict with dicatatoral powers.
  • Rise of Hilter and the Nazi Party

    Rise of Hilter and the Nazi Party
    Hilter came to power and was the ditator of Germany. He dislilked jews and had many of them killed. He had a very large army to back him up. His army was loyal to him.
  • Nationalism

    Nationalism
    The strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance.
  • Japanese expansionism

    Japanese expansionism
    Japan started to industrialize.
  • Anti-communism

    Anti-communism
    Anti-communism is when people were against communism.