1. UNIT III: AMERICA JOINS THE FIGHT
Essential Questions:
Why did Japan attack the United States?
How did the United States go from Isolationism to Leading Ally?

2. UNIT III: Lesson #1 AMERICA JOINS THE FIGHT
I. The End in the East
A. Japan attacks across the pacific.
B.Hong Kong
C.The Philippines & Wake Island
D.Douglas Macarthur
E.Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor
F. Surrender occurs on June 9, 1942
G.Bataan Death March
H. Malaya, Thailand and Burma

3. The Bataan death march 60 mile march To POW camps. Nearly 1,000
Americans
25,000 Filipino’s
Die.

4. UNIT III: Lesson #1 AMERICA JOINS THE FIGHT
II. THE REACTION OF AMERICANS AT HOME:
A. National Unity
B. Recruiting
C. OCD
D. Victory Gardens
E. OWI
F. WPD
G. Feb 19, P.O. 9066

5. UNIT III: Lesson #1 AMERICA JOINS THE FIGHT
III. THE FIGHT TO STABILIZE THE PACIFIC
A. Doolittle’s Raid April 18, 1942
B.Battle of the Coral Sea May 8, ‘42
C.Attu & Kiska June 3, ‘42
D.Midway June 3-4, ‘42
E. MacArthur begins the
Long march back.

7. UNIT III: Lesson #1 AMERICA JOINS THE FIGHT
V. GUADALCANAL: Taking back the Pacific.
A. Admiral Nimitz
B. August 7, 1942
C. Abandoned
D.”Cactus Air Force.”
E.January 4, 1943

8. Sid’s Big Moment of Fame