Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
 Textbook: Chapter 27
 Lesson
 Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)
Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, consider three (3) of the following events:
 Treaty of Versailles
 Rise of fascism, militarism and imperialism
 Failure of the League of Nations
 Hitler and the Nazi Party
 The Lend Lease Act
 Japanese expansion and the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Based on your three selections, choose two (2) of the following and craft a response
for your selections:
 Assess if the United States foreign policy during the 1930s helped to promote
World War II. Could the United States have prevented the outbreak of World
War II? If so, how? If not, why not?
 Explain if the United States, despite neutrality, aided the Allies against the Axis
powers.
 Analyze if the use of atomic (nuclear) weapons to defeat enemies in war is a
setback for democracy (President Truman's decision to drop the atom bomb on
Japan).

SOLUTION

Upon the end of World War I, the treaty of Versailles was signed, whereby Germany was required to heed to some conditions such as paying financial reparations, losing its territories, surrendering its colonies, and disarming. The League of Nations came to existence under the Versailles Treaty, with the aim of preventing further chaos among countries that could ultimately lead to war. Germany was unsatisfied with some clauses in the Versailles Treaty, for instance, in the case where it was blamed for all the damage from the World War I (Corbett et al., 2016). The Treaty of Versailles did not address the main issue behind the World War I well, and this angered Germany and countries like Italy, who felt shortchanged by the agreements therein.

The post war recession and inflation hurt the European economies, which sequentially caused unrest among people. The political mood was bad, and Hitler took this opportunity to reassure people that he would bring things back to normal, thus gaining him massive following. Hitler eventually became a dictator in 1933, alongside his massive Nazi followers (History, 2020). He strategically began to rebuild Germany’s military, and even withdrew the country from the League of Nations.  He further went against the Treaty of Versailles by dispatching German military into Rhineland, and shortly after in the year 1938, Hitler again invaded Austria. Japan on the other end, was feeling pressure from the Unites States’ embargo, as it could not source essential products, such as oil required for its attack strategies on Southeast Asia. Please click the purchase button to access the entire copy at $5