Monday- Presentations
Tuesday- Main powers- Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, China, and France.
U.S. Never signed the Treaty of Versailles
- Wilson vs. Congress
- Join the League of Nations or go back to isolationism.
- Republican Warren Harding won the 1920 presidential election
50 U.S destroyers were given to Great Britain in exchange for land rights.
Wednesday- Game
Thursday-
- After Japan invaded-French-Indochina in 1940, US stopped trading with Japan.
- Japan realized they needed US trade to be successful in war.
- Only way to force US hand was to hit them hard in a surprise attack
- Japan know that this plan was a huge risk, but thought ir was the only way to defeat US.
- Plan backfired.
Friday- Great Britain Presents.
After world war 1
- Further expansion of the British Empire
- The Independence of Ireland
The Great Depression
- Largest economic depression of the 20th century in the UK
- American markets crashed in 1929
WW2
- War declaration on Germany in 1939
- Winston Churchill appointment to prime minister.
Battle of Britain
- Hitler wanted control of the air (planes) over royal forces.
- The Luftwaffe targets RAF air fields
- The British people show great resistance to the assaults.
- Germany fails to destroy British air defense.
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