<p> Questions & Timeline of World War II</p><p>QUESTIONS  The Nuremburg Laws are passed against the Jews in Germany  Why do you suppose that these were the four  The Nazis repudiate the Versailles Treaty freedoms he chose to highlight as "essential?"  How did the historical circumstances of the speech (see timeline) contribute to FDR's emphasis on 1936 these freedoms?  Edward VIII becomes king of Britain -- later abdicates the throne to his brother, George VI  How are these four freedoms foreshadowed in  Koki Hirota becomes premier of Japan FDR's 1934 fireside chat on economic freedom and  Italy, Austria, and Hungary sign the Rome Pact security for all Americans? How is the 1934 speech  Italy annexes Abyssinia different?  Spanish Civil War begins  Obviously there are more than four freedoms  Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan that the President could have mentioned. Which  Germany begins building the Siegfried Line potential freedoms did the President leave out?  Leon Trotsky is exiled from the USSR  The Olympic Games are held in Berlin  How do FDR's four freedoms compare with the essential freedoms that the class came up with in Activity 1? 1937  The All-India Congress Party wins elections in India  How do FDR's four freedoms compare with the  Italy and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade Pact liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?  The Japanese seize Beijing FDR's goal in giving the "Four Freedoms" speech was to  Chiang Kai-shek unites with Mao Tse-Tung persuade Congress to end American neutrality in World  Bakr Sidqi, dictator of Iraq, is assassinated War II through the passage of the Lend-Lease Act. The  Italy withdraws from the League of Nations arguments FDR makes in that address reflect the  Tomas Masaryk becomes the first president of Czechloslovakia arguments of those who opposed the Lend-Lease Act in  Japanese planes sink the U.S. gunboat Panay 1941:</p><p> How did FDR's attitude towards neutrality 1938  Riots and demonstrations against Jews in Germany change, and how does the "Four Freedoms" speech explain that change?  Germany occupies the Sudentenland  Hungary annexes southern Slovakia  Whom is FDR trying to persuade and why?  Kemal Atatürk, president of Turkey, dies  What might his opponents have listed as the  U.S. and Germany recall their respective ambassadors four most essential freedoms?  Japan installs a puppet government in China</p><p>TIMELINE OF WWII 1939  Spanish Civil War ends 1933  England and Poland sign a treaty of mutual assistance  Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany  Germany occupies Bohemia and Moravia  Japan withdraws from the League of Nations  Italy invades Albania  The first concentration camps are built in Germany  Hungary leaves the League of Nations  Assyrian Christians are massacred in Iraq  Germany invades Poland, sparking the beginning of World War II</p><p>1934 1940  Adolf Hitler is elected Führer  Germany invades Norway, Denmark, France, Holland, Belgium, and  The USSR is admitted to the League of Nations Luxembourg  Japan renounces Washington treaties of 1922 and 1930  Winston Churchill becomes British prime minister  A general strike occurs in France  Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico  King of Yugoslavia and French Foreign Minister are assassinated  The Blitz begins in London</p><p>1935 1941  Benito Mussolini invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia)  The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor  Persia changes its name to Iran  Germany invades the USSR Questions & Timeline of World War II</p><p> The U.S. declares war on Japan, Germany, and Italy</p>