Chapter 25: Americans and a World in Crisis

AP Focus  Changes of U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America  U.S. reaction to growing tensions in Europe  Policies that led to U.S. involvement in the war  U.S. strategy in the European & Pacific theatres  America mobilizing for war  Impact on civil liberties & racial discrimination  Impact of German anti-Semitism on U.S. history  Women and the war effort

Section 1: The United States in a Menacing World,

Nationalism and the Good Neighbor  FDR focused on economics, not European tensions  “Good Neighbor Policy”- FDR pulls U.S. troops out of Latin America  Renounces any nations right to intervene in the affairs of another

The Rise of Aggressive States in Europe and Asia  Benito Mussolini- Dictator who ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943, he suppressed dissent and liberty, imposed one– party rule and strictly controlled business and labor.  Adolf Hitler- German chancellor who imposed a brutal dictatorship on Germany  Began a program to purify it of Jews—whom he considered an “inferior race” responsible for Germany’s defeat in World War I.

The Rise of Aggressive States in Europe and Asia Identify the three nations that aggressively moved into other nations/ areas. Which nations/ areas were occupied and when? Why were they not stopped? (Pages )

The Rise of Aggressive States in Europe and Asia

The American Mood: No More War  What laws were set in place in order to prevent the U.S. from getting involved in a foreign war again? Describe the laws. (Pages )  Despite Americas isolationist mentality, Americans were still eager to compete against the new German Reich…

The Gathering Storm  Joseph Stalin- dictator of the Soviet Union.  German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact- Hitler & Stalin agree not to fight, divide Poland  September 1, Germany invades Poland  WWII begins

America and the Jewish Refugees  ,000 Jews flee to U.S. due to Nazi persecution  Nuremberg Laws  Kristallnacht  Jewish refugee scientists alert FDR of the Nazi’s use of uranium fission  Albert Einstein being one of them!

Section 2: Into the Storm,

The European War  “Cash & Carry” Policy- allowed the U.S. to sell arms to nations at war, as long as they paid cash and transported the weapons themselves  Blitzkreig- Hitler’s battle tactic  “Lightening War”  Battle of Britain  Winston Churchill- Prime Minister of Britain from 1940 —1955.  Pleaded for U.S. intervention

From Isolation to Intervention

“Cash & Carry” policy Lend Lease ActAtlantic Charter Similarities Differences  Draw and fill in the chart. Identify key similarities and differences between these three U.S. foreign policy provisions. Use the textbook and any technology you have access to.

Pearl Harbor and the Coming of War  Japan invades Indochina  U.S. places an embargo on Japan  December 7, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor  Roughly 3,600 Americans killed or wounded  Nearly the entire Pacific Fleet is destroyed  3 aircraft carriers escaped disaster