1. The US and World War II

2. Dictator Rise in Europe
Hitler takes power with the Nazi party in Germany
Mussolini takes power in Italy with fascism
Stalin takes power in the Soviet Union (Russia) with communism
Emperor Hirohito takes power in Japan

5. Appeasement
Dictators started taking land and the allies allowed them to avoid war
Italy took Ethiopia
Japan took Manchuria China
Germany built up a huge army and began occupying part of France (the Rhineland)
The League of Nations was powerless to prevent the acts of aggression

8. Isolationism in the US
Neutrality Acts were passed- no military weapons of any kind would be sold to nations at war
Weapons were still sold to the Chinese because Japan had not officially declared war

9. Germany has now taken Poland, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, and Luxembourg
US passes the Cash and Carry program where countries could purchase weapons but they must pay in cash and provide their own transportation

10. Lend Lease Program “if your neighbors house in on fire you don’t sell them a hose you lend it to them” Now the US was lending weapons to the countries and they would give them back

12. Pearl Harbor
Japan was in the process of expanding their empire even more into Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia (European Colonies)
The US put an trading embargo on the Japanese which included oil
Without oil the Japanese could not continue to build their empire

13. On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
2,403 Americans died at Pearl Harbor
21 ships were sunk or damaged (more than in all of World War I)