1. Be in your assigned seat
When the bell rings or
Get a hero pass!!!

2. Seniors Passing=No Final!
Reminder!
Quiz FRIDAY!!!!!
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Notebook Check 3
On Thursday, May 30th

3. The USA enters World War 2!
Key Terms
Why Pearl Harbor?
-Versailles (again)
-Japan lacks
resources
-Racial attitudes
-Japan vs. China
-Japan’s Military
Government
-US Reaction
-A Big Decision

4. Japan at Versailles -Snubbed, treated As inferior by the European and
American
Representatives
-Declaration on racial
Equality voted down

5. Japan Lacks Resources As an Island, Japan always
Needed things from other countries.
As the population grew they
Also needed food supplies
In Modern times,
They needed
OIL and gas, for
Modern factories
And military
Equipment.

6. Japanese Racial Attitudes
For a long
Time, the
Japanese had
Seen themselves
As superior to
Other Asians.
They were
Sometimes
Called by
Europeans
“The White
Men of Asia.”

7. JAPAN vs CHINA! Japan wanted natural Resources and territory
And China was the perfect
Target.
Big, but not a very modern
Military. And the Japanese
Saw the Chinese as
Racially inferior
Japan fought two wars
With China, the first in
1931 and the second
Started in 1937.

8. Japan’s Military Government
When the depression hit,
Japan turned to a military
Government.
General Hideki Tojo took
Charge.
Japan joined the Axis
Along with Germany
And Japan.

9. US Reaction against Japan
As Japanese aggression increased,
The US demanded that Japan
Pull back from other Asian countries.
We were worried about our own
Access to Asian resources, and about
Japan threatening us in the Pacific.
They refused to stop what they
Were doing, so we increased aid to
China and cut off oil shipments.
FDR

10. Japan’s BIG Decision They could not fight wars or
Maintain a modern economy
Without oil.
They knew at this
Point they were going to
Have to fight America….
But the US Pacific Fleet at
Pearl Harbor was a big threat
To their plans with Battleships
And Aircraft Carriers

11. Internal Debate on War….
Some Japanese leaders felt
That their only chance was
A quick sneak attack and
To win the war fast.
It had worked on Russia in
1905.
Their top admiral, Admiral
Yamamoto, was against the
Plan, and compared America
To a dragon.
Admiral
Yamamoto

12. To War! Banzai! The Japanese Fleet left Japan On November 26 with six
Aircraft Carriers.
The goal would be to
Destroy or damage as much
Of the US Navy as they could
With a surprise attack!

13. Pearl Harbor Attacked with 343 Airplanes at 7:40 on a Sunday morning.
Knew Americans would
be sleeping in Or at
church.
One radar operator had
Detected The planes
coming, but was told
They were our planes
on a test run.

14. Pearl Harbor All 8 Battleships damaged, 3 cruisers sunk,
188 Planes lost
2400 Americans killed
Facilities heavily damaged
One stroke of luck, our
Aircraft Carriers, the most
Important part of a modern
Navy, were at sea training
That day and received no
Damage.

15. “A day that will live in Infamy”
Congress
Declares war
The next day,
Dec 8th.
Roosevelt’s famous
Quote: “A Day that
Will live in infamy.”
Germany and
Italy declare war
On U.S. three days
Later.

16. Japan Storms the Pacific
After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese
Swarmed across the Pacific,
Pushing American forces back.
Remember, we had been isolationist
Before the war, so in many ways
We were not ready.
The Japanese even drove
Us out of our colony in the
Philippines