1. The Onset of World War II
Insert two images that help explain the information this covered by this PowerPoint
H-SS Examine the origins of American involvement in World War II, with an emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor.
H-SS – Explain U.S. and Allied wartime strategy, including the major battles of Midway, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Battle of the Bulge.
H-SS Analyze Roosevelt’s foreign policy during World War II (e.g. Four Freedoms speech).
H-SS – Describe major developments in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine and the war’s impact on the location of American industry and use of resources.

2. Grade Reading Notes 136pts Images 37pts Definitions 19pts 192pts

3. Dictators and Wars Why It Matters 1 2
Why did totalitarian states rise after World War I, and what did they do?

4. A Bitter Peace Unravels1 2 3
Totalitarianism-define

5. Repression in the Soviet Union and Italy1
Stalin’s Grip on the Soviet Union 2 3
Joseph Stalin-define

6. Characteristics of a Totalitarian State pg 325

7. Joseph Stalin-define and insert an image

8. Mussolini’s Fascist Party Controls Italy1 2 3 4

9. Benito Mussolini-define and insert an image

10. Aggressive Leaders in Germany and Japan1 2

11. The Nazis Rise 1 2 3 4
Anti-Semitic-define

12. Insert two images, one of him and one of his famous book Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler-define

13. Hitler Seizes Power 1 2 3 4

14. Militarists Gain Power in Japan1 2 3

15. The Japanese Expand Their Empire1 2 3

16. Insert an image showing a map of Japanese expansion into Manchuria And two images from the “Rape of Nanjing”

17. Dictators Turn to Aggression1 2
Weakness of the League of Nations

18. Hitler and Mussolini Threaten the Peace1 2 3

19. Fighting Breaks Out in Spain1 2 3
Spanish Civil War-Define

20. Aggression Goes Unchecked 1 2 3 4 5

21. Appeasement-define and insert image Anschluss-define and insert image Munich Pact-define and insert image

22. From Isolation to Involvement
Why It Matters 1 2
How did Americans react to events in Europe and Asia in the early years of World War II?

23. War Erupts in Europe 1 2

24. Hitler Launches a Blitzkrieg Against Poland 1 2 3 4

25. Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact- Define Blitzkrieg-Define Insert two images depicting the invasion of Poland

26. France Falls to the Axis Powers 1 2 3 4

27. Axis Powers- Define Allies-Define
Insert two images depicting the German invasion of France, and one with Hitler at the Eiffel Tower

28. Winston Churchill
“We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” Insert an image of Winston Churchill

29. The Battle of Britain

30. Insert two images. One showing some of the airplanes used during the Battle of Britain, and one depicting “The Blitz”

31. Americans Debate Involvement 1 2

32. America Favors Isolation 1 2 3 4

33. Interventionists Urge Support for the Allies 1 2 3 4
Neutrality Act of 1939-define

34. Isolationists Argue for Neutrality 1 2 3

35. Roosevelt Inches Toward Involvement1 2 3 4 5
Tripartite Pact-define

36. Should the United States Enter World War II? Pg 337
Isolationist Viewpoint
Interventionist Viewpoint

37. America Takes Steps Toward War 1 2

38. Lend-Lease Gives Aid to the Allies1 2 3 4
Lend-Lease Act -define

39. The Atlantic Charter Reinforces America’s Support of Britain1 2 3
Atlantic Charter -define

40. U.S. Navy Battles German U-Boats1 2 3
Insert an image of a World War II German U-Boat 552 and one of the USS Reuben James

41. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Four Freedoms Speech pg 339 Read the speech and answer the Thinking Critically questions 1 &

42. America Enters the War Why It Matters 1 2
How did the United States react to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

43. Japan Attacks the United States1 2

44. Trouble in the Pacific 1 2 3
Atlantic Charter -define

45. Insert an image of Hideki Tojo

46. The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor1 2 3

47. Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7th, 1941
Insert five images depicting the attack, include maps, American, and Japanese images

48. Results of the Attack 1 2 3

49. America Declares War 1 2 3

50. Mobilizing for War 1 2

51. Responding to the Call 1 2 3
Women’s Army Corps (WAC) -define

52. Mobilizing Industry 1 2 3 4

53. Fierce Fighting in the Pacific1 2

54. Japanese Forces Take the Philippines1 2 3
Bataan Death March -define

55. Bataan Death March
Insert five images depicting the Bataan Death March-include maps, and images of American POWs and Japanese guards

56. Japanese Forces Advance1 2

57. America Strikes Back with the Doolittle Raid1 2 3

58. Doolittle Raid
Insert five images depicting the Doolittle Raid-include maps, images of B-25s leaving the USS Hornet, and the raid over Japan.

59. Insert two images of the Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea Gives Hope 1 2 3
Insert two images of the Battle of the Coral Sea