1. Pearl Harbor
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2. Causes Japan expansionism
Took advantage of European colonists being distracted by war
French Indochina, Dutch East Indies, Singapore (Britain)
Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere
“Asia for the Asiatics”
No more Europeans
Responses:
US embargo on scrap iron
Tripartite Pact
Germany, Italy, and Japan
“receive the space to which [a nation] was entitled

4. Causes (cont…)
US places oil embargo on Japan unless they back out of Indochina and China. Also froze Japanese assets
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (came up with idea)
Emperor Hiriohito (gave go ahead)
Japan was expected to attack Korea/Philippines/Thailand
Most ships were gone from Pearl Harbor

5. Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
Within 25 minutes: Arizona, Utah, Oklahoma, West Virginia, and California (battleships)
3,500 American casualties
December 11, 1941 America is at war…

7. Discussion Questions What does this mean for America?
Should America go to war?
Did America provoke Japan?
What alternatives did they have?
“Day that will live in infamy.”
How do you think America reacted?
From a Japanese perspective; should they have attacked Pearl Harbor?