January 26th, 2017
This Day in History
- In 1788 the first European settlers landed in Sydney, Australia.
- In 1950 India, three years after gaining its independence from the United Kingdom, formally became a republic.
- In 1988 Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway. It would go on to become the longest-running Broadway show.
Quote of the Day
"Half of success is thinking that what we are doing has got to be done the best anybody ever did it" - Helen Gurley Brown
Stat of the Day
- 80% = Soviet males born in 1923 didn't survive WWII.
Word of the Day
Anschluss
"Nazi propaganda term meaning connection or joining . . . this was used to explain the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany"
"Nazi propaganda term meaning connection or joining . . . this was used to explain the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany"
Today's Plan
- Failures of the League of Nations
- Effects of the Treaty of Versailles
- Global Economic depression
- Global imperialism and nationalism
- Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Tojo (militarists)
Discuss the short term causes of the WWII
1. Destroyer for bases
2. Lend/Lease Act
3. Atlantic Charter
4. Hemispheric Defense
5. Embargo of Japan
6. Pearl Harbor
1. Destroyer for bases
2. Lend/Lease Act
3. Atlantic Charter
4. Hemispheric Defense
5. Embargo of Japan
6. Pearl Harbor
Today's Homework
- Make sure completed reading Chapter 20 from your textbook.