Meanwhile in the Pacific region…

How did things start to change for Japan in the 1920s and 1930s? Turn-and-Talk How did things start to change for Japan in the 1920s and 1930s?

Manchurian Incident

Manchurian Incident (1931) Japan’s population exploded Need food, resources  felt Manchuria was solution Japanese Army blames Chinese for blowing up railroad Take over Manchuria Civilian government did not support

1937 - Japan resumes attacks on China War Against China 1937 - Japan resumes attacks on China Had more powerful weapons Rape of Nanjing/Nanjing Massacre >100,000 civilians, including children, brutalized US speaks against actions; USSR supplies weapons to China; Britain sends supplies along Burma road Chinese guerillas control countryside; Japan controls cities STALEMATE

Nanjing Massacre

Consequences Growing military power Manchurian Incident, Nanjing Massacre, Japanese expansion  loss of trade G.B. & U.S. oil and steel embargo against Japan Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (1940) Sept. 1940—Japan allies with Germany and Italy April 1941—neutrality pact with USSR

Compare Europe & Pacific Draw at least 4 things that represent what is occurring in each region during the 1930s and early 1940s Write on the following: If you were a leader in the U.S., what would you suggest our response should be to what is happening in Europe and Asia? Explain.

Isolationism to War 1932 — Roosevelt is elected president 1935-37 — Neutrality Acts 1940 — Roosevelt wins election March 1941 — Lend-Lease Act*

The U.S. Position What is the message?

What is the message?

What is the message?

Japan & Pearl Harbor US places embargo Tried to avoid war 1941—Tojo Hideki became PM of Japan (militant) By Nov. 27, military expected attack, but didn’t know where Decoded messages

Pearl Harbor Hoped to cripple US Pacific Fleet and achieve goals before US could recover and challenge them Dec. 7th, 1941 — attack on Pearl Harbor 2,400 Americans died; 1,200 wounded; over 200 warplanes and ships destroyed

Pearl Harbor – Dec. 7th, 1941

Ch. 17 Quiz MONDAY! Section 1: Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, appeasement, Axis Powers Section 2: Nonaggression Pact, blitzkrieg, start of war, Allies Section 3: Manchurian Incident, Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (goals), U.S. actions against Japanese war with China Section 4: U.S. neutrality, Lend-Lease Act, Pearl Harbor cause & effects

Prompt #1 Suppose you are President Roosevelt on December 8th, 1941. What are the three most important things that must be done to prepare the country for war?

Propaganda Activity analyze the posters within each group and try and determine a common theme