The Onset of World War II Insert two images that help explain the information this covered by this PowerPoint H-SS 11.7.1- Examine the origins of American involvement in World War II, with an emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor. H-SS 11.7.2 – Explain U.S. and Allied wartime strategy, including the major battles of Midway, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Battle of the Bulge. H-SS 11.7.4 - Analyze Roosevelt’s foreign policy during World War II (e.g. Four Freedoms speech). H-SS 11.7.6 – Describe major developments in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine and the war’s impact on the location of American industry and use of resources.

Grade Reading Notes 136pts Images 37pts Definitions 19pts 192pts

Dictators and Wars Why It Matters 1 2 Why did totalitarian states rise after World War I, and what did they do?

A Bitter Peace Unravels 1 2 3 Totalitarianism-define

Repression in the Soviet Union and Italy 1 Stalin’s Grip on the Soviet Union 2 3 Joseph Stalin-define

Characteristics of a Totalitarian State pg 325 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Joseph Stalin-define and insert an image

Mussolini’s Fascist Party Controls Italy 1 2 3 4

Benito Mussolini-define and insert an image

Aggressive Leaders in Germany and Japan 1 2

The Nazis Rise 1 2 3 4 Anti-Semitic-define

Insert two images, one of him and one of his famous book Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler-define

Hitler Seizes Power 1 2 3 4

Militarists Gain Power in Japan 1 2 3

The Japanese Expand Their Empire 1 2 3

Insert an image showing a map of Japanese expansion into Manchuria And two images from the “Rape of Nanjing”

Dictators Turn to Aggression 1 2 Weakness of the League of Nations

Hitler and Mussolini Threaten the Peace 1 2 3

Fighting Breaks Out in Spain 1 2 3 Spanish Civil War-Define

Aggression Goes Unchecked 1 2 3 4 5

Appeasement-define and insert image Anschluss-define and insert image Munich Pact-define and insert image

From Isolation to Involvement Why It Matters 1 2 How did Americans react to events in Europe and Asia in the early years of World War II?

War Erupts in Europe 1 2

Hitler Launches a Blitzkrieg Against Poland 1 2 3 4

Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact- Define Blitzkrieg-Define Insert two images depicting the invasion of Poland

France Falls to the Axis Powers 1 2 3 4

Axis Powers- Define Allies-Define Insert two images depicting the German invasion of France, and one with Hitler at the Eiffel Tower

Winston Churchill “We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” Insert an image of Winston Churchill

The Battle of Britain 1 2 3 4

Insert two images. One showing some of the airplanes used during the Battle of Britain, and one depicting “The Blitz”

Americans Debate Involvement 1 2

America Favors Isolation 1 2 3 4

Interventionists Urge Support for the Allies 1 2 3 4 Neutrality Act of 1939-define

Isolationists Argue for Neutrality 1 2 3

Roosevelt Inches Toward Involvement 1 2 3 4 5 Tripartite Pact-define

Should the United States Enter World War II? Pg 337 Isolationist Viewpoint 1 2 3 4 Interventionist Viewpoint 1 2 3 4

America Takes Steps Toward War 1 2

Lend-Lease Gives Aid to the Allies 1 2 3 4 Lend-Lease Act -define

The Atlantic Charter Reinforces America’s Support of Britain 1 2 3 Atlantic Charter -define

U.S. Navy Battles German U-Boats 1 2 3 Insert an image of a World War II German U-Boat 552 and one of the USS Reuben James

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Four Freedoms Speech pg 339 Read the speech and answer the Thinking Critically questions 1 & 2 1. 2.

America Enters the War Why It Matters 1 2 How did the United States react to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

Japan Attacks the United States 1 2

Trouble in the Pacific 1 2 3 Atlantic Charter -define

Insert an image of Hideki Tojo

The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor 1 2 3

Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941 Insert five images depicting the attack, include maps, American, and Japanese images

Results of the Attack 1 2 3

America Declares War 1 2 3

Mobilizing for War 1 2

Responding to the Call 1 2 3 Women’s Army Corps (WAC) -define

Mobilizing Industry 1 2 3 4

Fierce Fighting in the Pacific 1 2

Japanese Forces Take the Philippines 1 2 3 Bataan Death March -define

Bataan Death March Insert five images depicting the Bataan Death March-include maps, and images of American POWs and Japanese guards

Japanese Forces Advance 1 2

America Strikes Back with the Doolittle Raid 1 2 3

Doolittle Raid Insert five images depicting the Doolittle Raid-include maps, images of B-25s leaving the USS Hornet, and the raid over Japan.

Insert two images of the Battle of the Coral Sea The Battle of the Coral Sea Gives Hope 1 2 3 Insert two images of the Battle of the Coral Sea