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Illinois Social Science Standards
Illinois Social Science Standards
SS.H.1.6-8.LC: Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
SS.H.1.6-8.MdC: Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.
SS.H.1.6-8.MC: Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.
Important Vocabulary:
Treaty of Versailles - ended World War I and forced Germany to accept humiliating terms and full blame for the war.
Anschluss - the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.
Rhineland - land in Germany bordering France and Belgium that Germany was not allowed to put soldiers on after WWI
Appeasement - is a diplomatic policy of giving into some of the demands made by an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict.
Blitzkrieg - an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory.
Battle of Britain - a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by the German Air Force.
The following is the wording of a printed statement that Neville Chamberlain waved as he stepped off the plane on 30 September, 1938 after the Munich Conference had ended the day before:
"We, the German Führer and Chancellor, and the British Prime Minister, have had a further meeting today and are agreed in recognizing that the question of Anglo-German relations is of the first importance for our two countries and for Europe. We regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo-German Naval Agreement as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again....
Chamberlain read the above statement in front of 10 Downing St. and said:
"My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time...Go home and get a nice quiet sleep."
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