Isolationism and

New Political Systems 1920s-1940s

CHC2D8Ms. Gluskin

ISOLATIONISMPart 1

Vocabulary (pp. 130-131)

• Isolationism (see slide)• Enhance (verb) = to make something better• Lukewarm (adjective) = medium (neither hot

nor cold)• Fascism (see slide)• Dictator (noun) = a very strong leader who has

nearly total control over a country• Appeasement (see slide)

Vocabulary (pp. 132-133)

• Condemn (verb) = to criticize strongly• Ruthless (adjective) = very harsh• Brutal (adjective) = very harsh• Famine (noun) = a time when there is a lack of

food • Civil war (noun) = when people from one

country fight each other

What is Your Answer?

• “What another country does is its own business, and Canada has no right to interfere.”– Agree strongly– Agree somewhat– Not sure– Disagree somewhat– Disagree strongly

Isolationism

• When a country does not want to get involved with other countries.

Appeasement

• Giving in to people’s demands in order to avoid war. – Noun – appeasement– Verb – to appease

League of Nations

• Had been created as part of the Treaty of Versailles

• It was an international organization that tried to create peaceful international relations

United Nations Cyber Schoolbus. UN: An Introduction for Students. 2000. https://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/unintro/unintro3.htm (March 31, 2014).

57 countries belonged, not including the US.

World Conflicts in the 1930s (pages 132-133)

• Who was invading who in:– 1931: – 1935:– 1936:– 1937:

• And what did the League of Nations do about each invasion?

NEW POLITICAL SYSTEMSPart 2

Communism (p. 106)

• All property and businesses are owned by the ____________

• Everyone is supposed to belong to _______ class

• Community is valued more than ___________________ism

• Authoritarian (non-democratic)

Fascism (p. 130)

• Authoritarian political system with a strong, dictatorial leader

• Became popular during the hard times of the Great Depression when people were struggling

• It is very nationalistic• The country is more important than individual

rights

IdeologiesCommunism Similarities Fascism

Stalin in USSR Hitler, Mussolini in Germany and Italy

Homework

• Complete Worksheet on World Conflicts in the 1930s

• Complete Worksheet on New Political Systems