QUEST OUTLINE - Causes/Road to War

The quest on December 16th will focus on the Paris Peace Conference, the Causes of WWI & the Hitler's Road to War.

TEST FORMAT:  Roughly /25 marks

• Multiple Choice
• True/False
• Road to War Picture Recognition - from Cartoon Order of Events (ANSWER KEY - 3, 11, 10, 5, 9, 1, 12, 6, 7, 2, 8, 4)
• Political Cartoon Analysis - Dr. Seuss
• Quote matching -- from handouts
• "We have established peace for our time" - Chamberlain about Munich Agreement - link to appeasement
• "He is a kind and appealing man, I truly believe he truly loves his fellow man" -  PM Mackenzie King about Hitler
• "As long as their government is in power, no such measure (conscription) shall be enacted." - Mackenzie King about conscription. 
• Short Answer -- you must be able to outline a thesis and supporting reasons.  
• Question: To what extent could WWII have been avoided if different actions had been taken by the Allied powers in the road to war? 
• Question: Describe how Canada's response to World War Two differed from their response to WWI.

TEXTBOOK REFERENCE PAGES: chapter 2 - pgs. 53-57; chapter 5 - pgs. 118-132

KEY IDEAS: 

• Describe Borden's achievements for Canadian independence at the Paris Peace Conference + who was 'not invited' to conference (Russia - USSR/Germany)
• Outline aspects of the Treaty of Versailles that would be considered 'unfair' for Germany - War Guilt Clause, Reparations, Loss of Territories and Colonies
• Describe life under a totalitarian leader/under a dictatorship (ex. censorship, no opposition parties)  
• Identify and give basic details about the 5 key dictators of inter-war period (Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Franco, Tojo)
• Describe the causes of WWII in detail - with examples (ex. Imperialism -- lebensraum for Germany, Japan's invasion of China, Italy's invasion of Abyssinia) 
• Describe the policy of appeasement and the reasons why Chamberlain followed this policy
• Give examples of appeasement in the lead-up to WWII (aggressive actions that the League of Nations refused to 'stop') - ex. remilitarization of the Rhineland, invasion of Sudetenland, Anschluss with Austria
• Describe the order of events that Hitler followed in initiating WWII (ex. Remilitarization of the Rhineland - #1, Invasion of Poland - triggers WWII) 
• Describe Canada's response to Britain and France's declaration of war -- who was in favour, who was Prime Minister, who was against, fears of the leaders (ex. conscription).... 
• Reasons why Canadians signed up for WWII when they initially weren't excited about it - video clip
• BCATP - ways that Canada was involved in WWII in Canada from training and supplies stand point. 

KEY PEOPLE: 

• Dictators - know names & countries they represented
• PM of Canada in WWI/Paris Peace Conference (Borden), PM of Canada in WWII (Mackenzie King) 
• Neville Chamberlain - Leader of Britain
• France - wanted revenge at Paris Peace Conference
• C.D. Howe - leader of Canada's economic program back home during WWII
• BCATP - training program for Commonwealth nations at war

POTENTIAL POLITICAL CARTOONS: Remember, the purpose of political cartoons is either to 'poke fun' (satire), or a serious critique.  Try and figure out what Dr. Seuss is critiquing...

1. Who do the 'snakes' represent? 

2. Who does the person in the middle represent?  

3. What policy is the author of the cartoon criticizing?

4. What do the lollipops represent?

1. Who is the Wolf? 

2. What policy is the cartoon author criticizing? 

3. Why is the author saying about'foreign children'?

1. Who is the person with the soup ladle? 

2. What is the 'Nazi' mold and what is he 'creating'?

3. Who are the people in the cartoon?

POTENTIAL BONUS CARTOON...

1. Who is the person seated on the chair? 

2. What is he reading? 

3. 'who' does Dr. Seuss believe he ended up using to representing Hitler's treatment of Jewish people?