1. Advanced Placement United States History American Pageant Kennedy
Cohen
Bailey
Chapter
American Pageant

2. FDR and World War II
USS Shaw – Pearl Harbor – December 7th

3. Isolationism - Neutrality
Nye
Committee
Hearings –1934
Recommended
Neutrality
Gerald P. Nye (Rep., S.D.)

4. Neutrality Acts of ‘34, ‘35, ‘37 Intended to Keep U.S. out
of World War II by Restricting Loans or Sales of Weapons to Belligerents

5. Britain by Establishing
Neutrality Act of 1939
Intended
to Help
Britain by Establishing
“Cash & Carry”
Policy

6. America First Committee
1940
Charles
Lindbergh

7. America First Committee
Opposed all Aid to
Britain - Called FDR a “War Monger”

8. The Destroyer Deal - Sept. 1940
U.S. Gives Britain 50 old World War I
Destroyers for Eight Naval Bases
Used to Fight German
U-Boats in the Atlantic.

9. FDR Breaks Two Term Tradition
1940 Election
vs.
Wendell Willkie,
Republican
Franklin Roosevelt,
Democrat

10. Demands Jobs for Blacks in Defense Industry
March on Washington, 1941
A. Philip Randolph
Demands Jobs for Blacks in Defense Industry

11. March on Washington, 1941
FDR Issues Executive Order 8802 Guaranteeing Blacks Jobs in Defense Plants

12. March on Washington, 1941
A. Philip Randolph would later organize the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream Speech”
WWII Poster Promoting
Racial Unity

13. The Four Freedoms Speech:
Delivered before
Congress
January 6, 1941
*from Fear
*from Want
*of Speech
*to Worship

14. The Four Freedoms:
from
FEAR
World War II
Poster by
Norman Rockwell

15. The Four Freedoms:
from
WANT
World War II
Poster by
Norman Rockwell

16. The Four Freedoms: of
SPEECH
World War II
Poster by
Norman Rockwell

17. The Four Freedoms: to
WORSHIP
World War II
Poster by
Norman Rockwell

18. Atlantic Conference The Atlantic Charter: August 9-12, 1941
“…after the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny, (we) hope to see established a peace which will afford… all men … (the means to)… live out their lives in freedom from fear and want…”

19. Atlantic Conference Secret Agreement
USS Kearny 10/17/41
FDR promised Churchill
that U.S. Navy ships
would pursue and attack
Nazi U-boats in the
Atlantic until an incident
was created to provide a
cause for war.
USS Reuben James
10/31/41

20. Pearl Harbor Attack
2,403 Servicemen Killed
December 7, 1941

21. FDR Declares War
December 8, 1941

22. Washington Conference
Dec. 22, 1941 to Jan. 14, 1942
FDR & Churchill
adopt a policy of
“Europe First” that
considers Germany
the greater danger
than Japan.

23. Executive Order 9066
120,000 Japanese Americans
Ordered Interned, 1942

24. Japanese American Internment
Dr. Seuss
“Waiting for the Signal from Home….”

25. Japanese American Internment
CAUSED BY:
Anti-Asian Racism
Anger over Pearl Harbor
Fear of “Jap” Invasion
Fear of “Jap” Sabotage

26. War Propaganda Promoted Vigilance,
…sometimes this translated as mistrust.

27. War Propaganda Promoted Vigilance,
…sometimes this translated as social change.
for African Americans…
for women…

28. War Propaganda Promoted Vigilance,
…sometimes it urged harder work.

29. War Propaganda Promoted Vigilance,
…sometimes it urged conservation.
“Step on it, kid, ya got
gas and rubber to burn!”

30. Niesi Soldiers in U.S. Army
Daniel Inouye,
1st Lt.,
442nd Regimental
Combat Team
later:
U.S. Senator,
Hawaii

31. North African Invasion
November 8, 1942

32. Casablanca Conference
January 14-23, 1943
The Allied Powers
demand
“Unconditional Surrender”
from the
Axis nations.
Eisenhower & FDR

33. Invasion of Sicily & Italy
August 1943

34. Teheran Conference Stalin Roosevelt Churchill
November 28-December 2, 1943
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill

35. Accomplishments of Teheran:
Britain and U.S.A. to Open Second Front Against
Nazis in Europe – D-Day Invasion
Disagree Over Partitioning of Germany – Agreed to Occupation Zones Instead

36. Invasion of Europe – D-Day
June 6, 1944 – Normandy, France

37. Roosevelt’s Fourth Term, 1944
VS.
Franklin Roosevelt,
Democrat
Thomas Dewey, Republican

38. Yalta Conference
February 4-11, 1945
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin

39. Yalta Accomplishments:
Agree to Form United Nations
Soviets to Attack Japan after Nazi Surrender
Allies Unwilling Acquiesce to Soviet Dominance in Eastern Europe

40. Changing of the Guard: April 12, 1945 FDR: Died Warm Spring, GA.
Vice President
Harry S Truman
FDR: Died Warm Spring, GA.

41. VE Day – Victory in Europe
May 7, 1945
Nazis Surrender, New York Crowd Celebrates

42. Potsdam Conference Clement Atlee Harry Truman Joseph Stalin
July 16, 1945-August 2, 1945
Clement Atlee
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin

43. Atomic Bombs Alamogordo, NM July 16, 1945 Hiroshima August 6, 1945
Nagasaki
August 9, 1945

44. VJ Day – Victory Over Japan
Celebrations in Times Square, NYC, Aug. 14, 1945

45. FDR and World War II
THE END
USS Missouri