1. United States History

2.  President Roosevelt’s New Deal had some positive effect…  New Deal Programs ▪ Created millions of jobs ▪ Created public works projects ▪ Federal protection on bank deposits ▪ Regulation and oversight of the stock market ▪ Reformed the social security system  America’s entrance in World War II (although some historians/economists will argue this claim)

3. ALLIED POWERS  Britain  Winston Churchill  Soviet Union  Joseph Stalin  United States (later)  Franklin D. Roosevelt AXIS POWERS  Germany  Adolf Hitler  Italy  Benito Mussolini  Japan  Hideki Tojo

4. Dark Green: Allies before the attack on Pearl Harbor, including colonies and occupied countries. Light Green: Allied countries that entered the war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Blue: Axis Powers and their colonies Grey: Neutral countries during WWII

5. EUROPEAN THEATER  Began in 1939  Germany’s invasion of Poland  Allied Forces fought on two fronts:  Western Front  Eastern Front PACIFIC THEATER  Began in 1937  Japanese invasion of China  Japan’s main objective was to seize economic resources  Island hopping strategy was used by the United States to expedite the War in the Pacific Ocean

6. Western Front Eastern Front

8.  Isolationism = government policy of not taking part in economic and political alliances with other countries  Neutrality Acts – a series of acts passed during the 1930s that kept the United States out of growing turmoil of Europe and Asia  American attitudes towards involvement change greatly during the early years of the war.

9.  Dec. 7, 1941  Japan attacks the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) ▪ The next day President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan  Video Clip Video Clip

10.  Over 127,000 United States citizens were imprisoned during World War II.  Their crime? Being of Japanese ancestry. Video Clip

11. SEGREGATION IN THE MILITARY  A.A. were segregated in training camps  Slept in separate barracks and ate in separate mess halls  A.A. were not allowed in the Marines and jobs were limited in the Navy  Cooking, cleaning and shoe shining RACISM AT HOME  While many A.A. were fighting for the US, blacks faced severe racism at home  Race riots broke out in may cities

12.  Approx. 500,000 – 750,000 Mexican-Americans served in the armed forces  Many received various combat awards, including several Medal of Honor recipients  Mexican-Americans faced racial discrimination at home  Zoot Suit Riots - a series of riots that broke out in Los Angeles, California, between white Sailors and Marines and Latino youths, who were recognizable by the zoot suits they favored