Transcript CHAPTER 26 THE SEARCH FOR PEACE

HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 4: War Breaks Out
Objectives:
 What was the international response to fascism?
 What were the early events of World War II?
 Why did tension between the United States and
Germany increase?
 Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?
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HOLT, RINEHART
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WINSTON
HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 4: War Breaks Out
International response to fascism
 U.S. Congress passed a series of
_________________ in 1939 that reflected
Americans’ desire for peace.
 European leaders adopted a policy of
________________, but also sped up rearmament.
 In November of 1933, after years of hostility
between the two countries, the U.S. recognized the
_________________.
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HOLT, RINEHART
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WINSTON
HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Countries Choose Sides
 Axis Powers
 ___________________
 ____________________
 ____________________
 Allied Powers
 ____________________
 ____________________
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HOLT, RINEHART
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WINSTON
HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 4: War Breaks Out
Early events of World War II
 1939: Hitler occupied ________________ and signed a
nonaggression pact with ____________.
 1939: Germany invaded _____________ and ___________
and Britain declared war.
 1940: Germany occupied ______________, ______________,
__________________, ___________________,
___________________, and ____________________.
 1940: British citizens rescued the British army from
_________________, and Germany established a puppet
government in France.
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HOLT, RINEHART
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WINSTON
HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 4: War Breaks Out
Reasons for climbing tensions between
U.S. and Germany
 increasing U.S. aid to the ________________
 German ____________________ attacks
 Roosevelt’s “_____________________” orders
 ________________ of Britain and
________________ of the US met secretly in
August of 1941 and agreed to the
____________________.
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HOLT, RINEHART
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WINSTON
HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 4: War Breaks Out
Reasons for Japan’s bombing of
Pearl Harbor
 freezing of all Japanese ____________ in the U.S
 embargo on American shipments of ___________,
_______________, ________________, and
___________ to Japan.
 On _________________________ Japan lauched
their attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor.
 President Roosevelt described Pearl Harbor as
“_____________________________________”
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