World War II The Sequel

The Outbreak of War Good Neighbors The Road to War FDR embarked on a number of departures in ... Soviet Union Latin America The Road to War Japan had expanded its reach in … and … by the mid-1930s. Germany embarked on a campaign to control ... The rise of … in general put the continent at risk Benito Mussolini General Francisco Franco Although Roosevelt was alarmed, he was tied to the ...

The Outbreak of War Isolationism War in Europe (AGAIN???!!!) American … did not wish to give up profitable … in Germany and Japan. Many Americans were reluctant to get involved in international affairs because of the legacy of ... Congress favored isolationism, as seen with various ... War in Europe (AGAIN???!!!) Germany invaded … on September 1, 1939. Blitzkrieg appeared unstoppable. For nearly two years, Britain stood … in fighting Germany. Battle of Britain

The Outbreak of War Toward Intervention Pearl Harbor In 1940, breaking with a tradition that dated back to … Roosevelt announced his candidacy for a third term as president. Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act in 1941 and froze ... Pearl Harbor On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes, launched from … bombed the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. FDR asked for a … against Japan. (A date which will live in infamy)

The Outbreak of War The War in the Pacific The War in Europe The first few months of American involvement witnessed an unbroken string of ... The … with the battles at Coral Sea and Midway in May and June 1942. The War in Europe D-Day established the much needed … in Western Europe. The crucial fighting in Europe took place on the … between Germany and the Soviet Union. Stalingrad marked the turning point. The war claimed millions of lives. Holocaust

The Home Front Mobilizing for War Business and the War World War II transformed the role of the ... The government built housing for war workers and forced civilian industries to retool for ... Business and the War Americans produced an astonishing amount of … and utilized science and ... The … emerged as a focus of military-industrial production. Nearly 2 million Americans moved to California for jobs in defense-related industries. The South remained … when the war ended.

The Home Front Labor in Wartime Fighting for the Four Freedoms Organized labor entered a three-sided arrangement with government and business that allowed … to soar to unprecedented levels. Unions became … in many sectors of the economy during World War II. Fighting for the Four Freedoms To Roosevelt, the … expressed deeply held American values worthy of being spread worldwide. Roosevelt initially meant the phrase to refer to the … of barriers to international trade. It came to mean protecting the … from falling after the war.

The Home Front The Fifth Freedom Women at War The war witnessed a burst of messages marketing advertisers' definition of ... Free enterprise Women at War Women in 1944 made up over how many? of the civilian labor force. New opportunities opened up for … and ... Women's work during the war was viewed by men and the government as ... The advertisers' "world of tomorrow" rested on a vision of … prosperity.

Visions of Postwar Freedom Toward an American Century The belief that America would lead a new … after the war, to help promote ... There were two competing visions America would be the protector and guarantor of free enterprise. A global New Deal to promote the interests of the “common man”. These two conceptions would help shape … in the decades to come "The Way of Life of Free Men" The National Resources Planning Board offered a … for a peacetime economy based on: Full … An expanded … A widely shared American … FDR called for an Economic … in 1944. The Servicemen's Readjustment Act, or GI Bill of Rights, was one of the most far-reaching pieces of … in American history.

Problems on the Home front Patriotic Assimilation World War II created a vast … especially for European immigrants and their children. By the war's end … and … had been stripped of intellectual respectability. The Bracero Program The war had a far more … for nonwhites than for whites. The bracero program allowed tens of thousands of contract laborers to cross into the United States to take up jobs as … and … workers. "Zoot suit" riots Mexican-Americans brought complaints of discrimination before the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC).

Problems on the Home front Natives during the War Native Americans served in the army. The Iroquois issued a … against the Axis powers. "Code talkers." Asian-Americans in Wartime Asian-Americans' war experience was filled with ... Chinese … was abolished. The American government viewed every person of Japanese ethnicity as a ...

Problems on the Home front Japanese-American Internment The … persuaded FDR to issue Executive Order 9066. Internment revealed how easily war can undermine ... Hardly anyone spoke out against internment. The courts refused to intervene. Korematsu v. United States (1944) The government marketed … to the internees and … them into the army. African Americans and the War The wartime message of … led to a major transformation in the status of African Americans. The war spurred a movement of the African American population from the rural South to the … of the North and West. Detroit race riot

Problems on the Home front African Americans and Military Service During the war, over how many? African Americans served in the armed forces. African American soldiers sometimes had to give up … on railroad cars to accommodate Nazi ... Birth of the Civil Rights Movement The war years witnessed the birth of the modern ... In July 1941, the black labor leader A. Philip Randolph called for a March on ... Executive Order 8802 and Fair Employment Practices Committee

Problems on the Home front The War and Race During the war, a broad political coalition called for an end to … in America. CIO unions made significant efforts to organize African American workers and to win them access to ... The new lack of militancy created a crisis for moderate ... The South reacted to preserve ... Black Internationalism In the first decades of the twentieth century, a black … was reinvigorated. W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, and others developed an outlook that linked the plight of black Americans with that of people ... World War II stimulated among African-Americans a greater awareness of the links between … in the United States and … abroad.

The End of the War The Dawn of the Atomic Age: One of the most momentous decisions ever confronted by an American president-whether to use the bomb on Japan-fell to Harry Truman. Use of a weapon with unknown results v. launching an invasion of the Japanese main island (estimated at 1 million casualties.) On August 6, 1945, an American plane dropped an … that detonated over Hiroshima, Japan. Because of the enormous cost in civilian lives, the use of the bomb remains ... The dropping of the atomic bombs was the logical culmination of the way World War II had been fought: never before had … been so ...

The End of the War Planning the Postwar World Yalta and Bretton Woods Even as the war raged, a series of meetings between Allied leaders formulated plans for the ... Tehran Yalta Potsdam Yalta and Bretton Woods The Bretton Woods meeting established a new international ...

The End of the War The United Nations Peace, but not Harmony The Dumbarton Oaks meeting established the … of the United Nations. General Assembly Security Council Peace, but not Harmony World War II produced a radical … of world power. It remained to be seen how seriously the victorious Allies took their wartime rhetoric of ... Mahatma Gandhi

Conclusion Though the Allies set out to make a more secure world following the war, peace and security were not firmly established. The emergence of the Cold War and the Decolonization movements that would characterize the post-war world provided unique global challenges. Despite initial overtures toward the spreading of liberty and democracy, the post-war world would be characterized by violent struggles to cement the power of both the Soviet Union and United States that still reverberate to this day.