US Involvement in WWII Lecture 2.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

The European Theater 1. Aggression in Europe a. Italy invaded Ethiopia and took control in 1935 b. Spain’s Civil War was won by the fascists in 1936 c.

Advertisements

Start of World War II and Early Years Terms and People blitzkrieg − lightning war Axis Powers − Germany, Italy, Japan, and other nations that fought.

Chapter 34 Origins of World War II. 1 Italy: Invaded Ethiopia, 1935and aided fascists in the Spanish Civil War. In 1936 Spanish General Franco started.

l World War II Key Terms: 1.Appeasement 2.Neutrality Acts 3.Cash and Carry 4.Lend- Lease Act 5.Atlantic Charter.

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2015 Take your seat Take out your notebook Open to notes “Dictators Threaten World Peace” Precious Time / Warm -Up Highlight and add.

Dictators Threaten World Peace EQ 1: How did Americans react to events in Europe and Asia in the early years of WWII?

AMERICA ENTERS THE WAR A World In Flames. FDR Supports England The Neutrality Act of 1939  Replaced the acts of 1935 and 1937 and allowed countries at.

WWII: America Enters the War. Neutrality President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared U.S. neutral two days after France and Britain declared war on Germany.

Monday, February 23 rd Take your seat Take out your notebook Open to notes “Dictators Threaten World Peace” Precious Time Highlight and add in Cornell.

AMERICA ENTERS THE WAR Chapter 13 Section 4.

World War II Begins Chapter 24

Essential Question: What was the U.S. response to the outbreak of World War II? CPUSH Agenda for Unit 11.2: “America’s Response to the Outbreak of World.

Drifting From Isolationism to War

Outcome: The European Theater

Pearl Harbor 12/7/41.

Essential Question: What was the U.S. response to the outbreak of World War II?

In the wars before the outbreak of WWII, Americans were afraid that the rise of dictators would cause another war Congress passed a series of Neutrality.

Outcome: The European Theater

America Moves Towards War

Essential Question: What was the U.S. response to the outbreak of World War II? What event led to American involvement in WWII.

Outcome: The European Theater

Start of World War II and Early Years

The European Theater.

Major Events and Turning Points of WWII Notes

Outcome: The European Theater

Essential Question: What was the U.S. response to the outbreak of World War II? Warm-Up Question: Germany, Italy, Britain, & USA all experienced an economic.

America Moves Towards War

Outcome: The European Theater

Section 4-America Moves Towards War

What were the primary causes of World War II?.

In the wars before the outbreak of WWII, Americans were afraid that the rise of dictators would cause another war Congress passed a series of Neutrality.

US Before the War U.S. Moving Away from Neutrality 1939, Franklin Roosevelt convinced congress to revise the Neutrality Act. FDR persuaded Congress.

Outcome: The European Theater

Outcome: The European Theater

Mobilization on the Home Front

Warm Up – April 23 Answer the following questions on a post it:

Outcome: The European Theater

Start of World War II and Early Years

America Moves Toward War

What were the primary causes of World War II?.

Essential Question: What was the U.S. response to the outbreak of World War II? Warm-Up Question: Germany, Italy, Britain, & USA all experienced an economic.

Outcome: The European Theater

Outcome: The European Theater

Outcome: The European Theater

World at War ...again Revenge of the Germans.

The Road to World War 2 In 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria.

Essential Question: What was the U.S. response to the outbreak of World War II?

From Isolationism to WWII: The Tug o’ War “The real story of history is about regular people trying to take care of their families and not die.” — John.

Essential Question: What was the U.S. response to the outbreak of World War II? Warm-Up Question: Germany, Italy, Britain, & USA all experienced an economic.

Outcome: The European Theater

What were the primary causes of World War II?.

Essential Question: What was the U.S. response to the outbreak of World War II? Warm-Up Question: Germany, Italy, Britain, & USA all experienced an economic.

Essential Question: What was the U.S. response to the outbreak of World War II? Warm-Up Question: Germany, Italy, Britain, & USA all experienced an economic.

Section 4-America Moves Towards War

Grab notes from front table

What were the primary causes of World War II?.

Outcome: The European Theater

Essential Question: What was the U.S. response to the outbreak of World War II? Unit 8 Test: Wednesday, January 30.

American Reactions to the outbreak of WWII

World War II #2 American Reactions to The Outbreak of WWII.

Essential Question: What was the U.S. response to the outbreak of World War II? Warm-Up Question: Germany, Italy, Britain, & USA all experienced an economic.

Outcome: The European Theater

From Isolation to Involvement: The US Entry into WWII

Outcome: The European Theater

Outcome: The European Theater

Essential Question: What was the U.S. response to the outbreak of World War II? Warm-Up Question: Germany, Italy, Britain, & USA all experienced an economic.

What were the primary causes of World War II?.

Outcome: The European Theater

Presentation transcript:

US Involvement in WWII Lecture 2

Standard 11.7.1 Examine the origins of American involvement in the war, with an emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor. Essential Question: Why did the United States favor Isolationism, and what changed their mind?

World War II Begins Rhineland, 1936 Austria, 1938 area between France and Germany Austria, 1938 Hitler took it without a fight Czechoslovakia, 1938 - 1939 Hitler took the German-speaking western half before the Munich Pact

Hitler+Stalin=BFF’s Non-Aggression Pact, 1939 Germany and Russia agreed to not fight each other this meant no second front if war began

The Plight of Poland Invasion of Poland, 1939 blitzkrieg warfare September 1, 1939 USSR invaded two weeks later September 17, 1939 Poland fell within a month France and Britain declared war official beginning of the war Polish government fled to Britain

Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy Americans favor neutrality US passed neutrality acts in 1935, 1936, and 1937 German subs attacked US merchant ships in 1939, FDR started limited arms sales to the Allies “If they fall, we fall”

Partner B

Lend-Lease Act Lend-Lease Act, 1941 FDR called for the US to be the “great arsenal of democracy” the US “leased” military supplies to the Allies Hitler invaded the USSR in 1941 and the US sent aid

Atlantic Charter Atlantic Charter, 1941 FDR and Churchill met on a warship off Newfoundland they signed an agreement to support each other included plans for the UN

4 Freedoms Four Freedom’s Speech, 1941 FDR’s state of the union address included goals for four basic freedoms we should fight for freedom of speech and worship, freedom from want and fear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWvLdJPfjvk&safe=active

Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, 1941 FDR put an embargo on Japan oil, iron ore, fuel, steel, and rubber by this time Japan was Germany’s ally Japan wanted to expand and wanted the US to stay neutral a decisive defeat would keep the US out of the war Japan was still pretending to carry out diplomatic talks in DC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVntiyMfOj8&feature=endscreen&NR=1&safe=active

A Day That Will Live in Infamy Pearl Harbor, 1941 six aircraft carriers brought 360 planes to attack the naval base Americans suffered heavy losses the Arizona is still at the bottom of the harbor the US fleet was down for six months luckily the 3 aircraft carriers were not in the harbor

Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy Pearl Harbor, 1941 “A day that will live in infamy” the US declared war on Japan and its allies Germany, Japan, and Italy declared war back the Doolittle Raid was sent in retaliation and to show we could reach Tokyo 16 planes destroyed 100 buildings and killed 50 people