America: Pathways to the Present Chapter 17 World War II: The Road to War (1931–1941) Copyright © 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. All rights reserved.

America: Pathways to the Present Section 1: The Rise of Dictators Section 2: Europe Goes to War Section 3: Japan Builds an Empire Section 4: From Isolationism to War Chapter 17: World War II: The Road to War Copyright © 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. All rights reserved.

From Isolationism to War Why did the ________ choose ________ in the 1930s? How did American involvement in the ________ ________ grow from 1939 to 1941? Why did ________ attack on ________ ________ lead the United States to ________ ________? Chapter 17, Section 4

From Isolationism to War Rather than addressing foreign concerns, President ________________ focused on ________________ issues surrounding the ________________ ________________ during the 1930s. Congress further prevented ________________ involvement by passing a series of ________________ Acts. – The first ________________ Act prevented the United States from providing ________________ to nations at war. – The second act banned ________________ to nations at ________________. – The third act permitted trade of ________________ goods with fighting ________________, as long as those nations paid ________________ and transported the cargo ________________. This policy became known as ________________ and carry. The ________________ Acts prevented the United States from selling ________________ even to those nations that were trying to ________________ themselves from ________________. Chapter 17, Section 4

American Involvement Grows Debating the American Role After the German invasion of Poland, many ________________ began to feel that the ________________ ________________ shared the Allies’ interests. ________________ asked ________________ to revise the ________________ Acts to make them more flexible. ________________ formed the ________________ First Committee to protest increasing ________________ aid to Britain. The Lend-Lease Act In December 1940, ________________ confessed its ________________ to pay cash for ________________. In response, ________________ announced a new plan to provide war ________________ to ________________ without any payment in return. Despite protest from the ________________ First Committee, ________________ passed the ________________ Act in March This act authorized the ________________ to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to ________________ security. Chapter 17, Section 4

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor Final Months of Peace In July 1940, ________________ began limiting what Japan could ________________ from the ________________ ________________. General ________________ ________________, a militant army officer who supported war against the ________________ ________________, became prime minister of Japan in October Because they had ________________ a top-secret Japanese ________________, ________________ military leaders knew by November 27 to expect a Japanese attack in the Pacific. However, they did not know ________________. The Attack On the morning of ________________ 7, ________________, Japanese ________________ attacked the ________________ naval base at Pearl Harbor on the ________________ island of Oahu. In less than two hours, thousands of ________________ were killed and wounded, and ________________ of ________________ ships and planes were destroyed. Chapter 17, Section 4

United States Declares War The attack on Pearl Harbor stunned ________________. ________________ declared December 7, 1941 as “a date which will live in ________________.” On December 8, ________________ passed a war resolution, and ________________ signed a declaration of ________________ on Japan. On December 11, ________________ and ________________ declared war on the United States. America was once again involved in a ________________ ________________. Chapter 17, Section 4