World War II AN OVERVIEW
Copy starred pages Don’t copy gold type. Essential Question: How did WWII change America’s status as a world power? How did the war change America?
Post World War I Foreign Policy Isolationism Nye Committee Neutrality Acts Rise of Totalitarianism Appeasement
World War II Began: Sept. 1, 1939: Hitler’s Invasion of Poland June 1940: Fall of France Bombing of Britain FDR’s Response: Cash-and-Carry Lend-Lease
Japanese Aggression: Invaded: Korea Manchuria (China) Southeast Asia French Indochina U.S. response: Embargo on Oil & Scrap Iron
Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941 The Date which will live in infamy! U. S. Losses: 2 battleships destroyed 6 “ near destruction 12 “ out of action 150 planes destroyed 2,300 killed 1,100 wounded
War In Europe Turning Points: Stalingrad D-Day Battle of the Bulge
Allied Conferences Yalta Potsdam
War in the Pacific Turning Points Midway Battle of Coral Sea Iwo Jima 8 sq. miles 6,000 killed 20,000 injured
Decision to Drop Atomic Bomb Truman FDR died April, 1945 Factors American Casualties; Est. 1,000,000 Japanese Fight to Death Unconditional Surrender Russia
Home Front Rationing Migration to West Coast—Defense Jobs New Opportunities: Women African-Americans Mexican Immigrants
Discrimination & Civil Rights Racism Japanese Internment Segregated Blood Military Discrimination Tuskegee Airmen Eleanor Roosevelt E.O A. Philip Randolph Equal Pay Defense Jobs Zoot Suit Riots
Post World War II America America #1 Cold War G.I. Bill Civil Rights Movement Baby Boom Women back to Housewives