Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Blog 28: Berlin Airlift

Read the following short description of the Berlin Airlift and write a paragraph explaining the major issue between the U.S.S.R. and U.S.A. regarding post-WWII Europe.

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Blog 26: Hitler's Policies in 1930's

Read the following and answer the questions below.
http://www.learningwithsouthglos.org/History/acrobat/KS4/HitlersForeignPolicy.pdf

1.  When Hitler came to power in 1933, what were three of his policies to make Germany strong?
2.  What was the Anglo-German Naval Agreement?
3.  Define appeasement.
4.  From 1936-1938, what areas did Hitler take over?
5.  What happened when Neville Chamberlain met with Hitler?
6.  What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
7.  What event officially began WWII?

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Blog 25: Rise of Hitler

Go to the following website and scroll down to the Weimar Republic.
http://www2.dsu.nodak.edu/users/dmeier/Holocaust/hitler.html

1.  Describe the set up of the Weimar Republic.
2.  What was a key platform of the German Workers' Party (NASAP)?
3.  How did Hitler use the party to gain power?
4.  Did the Munich Putsch work?  Why?  What happened to Hitler?
5.  Describe Hitler's rise to power beginning in 1924 until 1933.