1. Review What caused WWII?
Which countries had totalitarian governments and what types of things were they doing?
When did the War officially start?
Which countries made up the two alliances?
Allies vs. Axis

2. Bellringer Monday 4/20
Spell out Holocaust (vertically) and try to add one adjective or detailed related to the Holocaust for each letter (An Acrostic)
H- Half of the people killed were Jewish O L
C- Concentration Camps A U S T-

3. Bellringer Friday November 6th
*Turn in your Holocaust DBQ if you have it
Then: Examine the political cartoon on the right and answer these questions:
1) What action is happening?
2) What is the message of the cartoon?
3) What event do you predict this is about?

4. DBQ Wrap Up
Based on what you explored in your Holocaust DBQ, what were some examples of ways Jewish people had their rights violated during the Holocaust?

5. Reminders/Announcements
Unit 5 Tests have been graded! *Mr. /Ms. American History is ________________
If you need to make up the test please do it ASAP
Remember to check power school often!
If you would like your Facebook Project-you must pick it up TODAY
On Monday 11/9, we will meet in the Media Center. Bring headphones if you have them.

6. Bell Ringer Wednesday November 15th: How were the rights of Jewish people violated during the Holocaust? Think of 3 categories of violations and then give at least 2 specific examples per category.
Category 1
Category 2
Category 3

7. America Moves Toward War
FOCUS QUESTIONS: How does the U.S. initially prepare for war without getting involved? Why does the U.S. eventually enter World War II?

8. Video Clip
America Promises Not to Join the War!
Make note of what is going on with WWII in What is FDR’s promise?

9. American Neutrality
1935 ~ Neutrality Acts: Outlaw sales of weapons to nations at war

10. Cash and Carry (1939)
1939 ~ (aka Neutrality Acts of 1939) Congress passed a law allowed nations at war to buy U.S. military arms as long as they paid cash and transported (carried) them in their own ships
Why would some Americans believe FDR’s policies violate American neutrality?

11. Should the US Enter WWII?
Isolationists
Interventionists
Avoid alliances & Focus on issues at home (depression)
Axis aggressions were wrong, threatened US interests

12. Selective Service Act (1940)
1940 ~ Congress passed the first peacetime military draft which registered 16 million men between ages 21 and 35
Election of 1940
FDR elected to an unprecedented 3rd term!

15. Lend Lease Act (1941)
1941 ~ US agreed to lend weapons and arms to countries whose defense was vital to the US

16. “Lend-Lease” Act (1941)
Great Britain $31 billion Soviet Union $11 billion France $ 3 billion China $1.5 billion Other European $500 million South America $400 million The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000

17. German Wolf Packs (1941)
Hitler organized German U-Boats into groups of 40+ submarines to stop the Lend-Lease ships
FDR gives the US Navy permission to attack U-Boats in self-defense

18. Atlantic Charter (1941) Who: FDR & Churchill
What: Meet on a boat to discuss common goals for post-war
When: August 1941
Where: Atlantic Ocean
Why: U.S. Showing support for Allies!

19. Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
Who: Hideki Tojo (Prime Minister of Japan) orders attack
What: surprise attack. 2,500 killed & many ships and planes damaged.
When: December 7th 1941
Where: the US Pacific Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Why: prevent Americans from resisting Japanese expansion

20. Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit of a Japanese Plane

23. A date which will live in infamy!
Pearl Harbor – Dec. 7, 1941
A date which will live in infamy!

27. US Declares War
December 8, 1941 FDR asks Congress to declare war on Japan
They vote in favor of war!
Isolationists: people who wanted to avoid war. After Pearl Harbor almost all of them are now in favor of war!

28. Video Clips Pearl Harbor: America Enters the War
Pearl Harbor: The movie you have all seen

29. How did the US try to stay out of war but be prepared?

30. Illustrated Timeline
You may work with a partner of your choice. Directions for how to complete the timeline can be found on the assignment sheet
Timeline will be graded for accuracy, thoroughness and appearance- so take your time to make it neat.
the beginning of class on Thursday 11/16 so you can finish for HW if needed!

31. FDR’s Speech “A Date that Will Live in Infamy”
Read the Speech and answer the 5 Comprehension Questions on the back of today’s notes handout.

32. Video Clip
Pearl Harbor- “The First Wave”
Make Note: Please write at least 3 details you hear about the Pearl Harbor attack