UNIT 11- World War 2/ Beginnings of Cold War Why do we enter? How do we change on the home front? The bomb
UNIT 11- World War 2/ Beginnings of Cold War In the 1930s, how did Congress attempt to remain neutral and not make the same mistakes that led them into World War I? In what ways did America increasingly get involved in World War II prior to Pearl Harbor (December 1941)?
Please slow down and fill in notes (on back) for… October 1935- Italy invades Ethiopia September 1938- Munich Conference September 1939- Germany invades Poland- WW2 begins June 1940- France surrenders January 1941 June 1941- Germany invades USSR September 1941- Greer incident December 1941
“America on the Sidelines”- due tomorrow Did you…. Tally up your choices?- 5 pts (Take notes on important events?) *******Answer the questions at bottom, on a separate piece of paper? (10 pts) Tally/ questions for Asia? (Extra credit)
The Neutrality Act of 1935 If there is a war anywhere in the world Embargo (STOP) of arms sales to BOTH sides
Munich Conference/ Germany gets Sudetenland- 1938 APPEASEMENT- giving into an aggressive nation’s demands in return for guarantees of no more territorial gains US’s response: No action taken (Europe’s problem)
Germany invades Poland; WW2 begins (in Europe) REVISION OF NEUTRALITY ACT (1939) “cash and carry”: The US will sell arms to Britain, BUT We WILL not lend Britain money; they must pay cash We WILL not ship them over- Britain must carry goods across Atlantic themselves
Germany takes France 1st peacetime DRAFT in US history Expand armed forces
Britain runs out of money “Lend- Lease” Act- We will “lend” Britain arms, ammunition (FDR- fireside chat- compares to a neighbor’s house burning down)
June 1941- Germany invades Soviet Union Lend-Lease is extended to Soviet Union
September 1941- the “Greer Incident” Uboat hits USS Greer?? “shoot on sight” order given- fire at u-boats; don’t wait to be attacked
December 1941 We declare war on Germany after they declare war on us
How does WW2 impact America on the “home front”?
The U.S. Must be an “Arsenal of Democracy”
Feats of production 9 months- entire auto industry to war production…. Bomber every 5 minutes….
1/3 of American workforce is female by war’s end….
Financing the War Taxes- income taxes raise substantially Gov. starts taking out of paycheck Rest? Borrow money From banks Sells war bonds Government debt rises
Rationing:
War Ends the depression A) production soars B) employment and income raises C) farmers prosper
https://archive.org/details/Japanese1943
February 1942- Executive Order 9066 110,000 Japanese Americans sent to relocation camps
Korematsu v. United States (1944) Convicted of defying order to leave home Supreme Court: rules Executive Order 9066 constitutional (6-3) Based on “military imperative”, not race 110,000 forced into camps Prison like- under guard Sold homes and businesses at great loss Becomes national embarassment: (Dred Scott, Plessy) 1976- President Ford repeals 1988- Congress sends $20,000 to each victim
Manhattan Project
MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE U.S. DURING WORLD WAR 2 DRAW AN IMAGE WHY CHOSEN?