Transcript The Coming of WWII

Warm-up: 4/19/16
18A What policy aided American businessmen in the 1920s?
tariff policies
habeas corpus – right to have a trial before being jailed
secession – the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union
18B Why did many businessmen in the early 20th century favor
expansion by the U.S. into undeveloped regions of the
world?
in order to secure new markets for American goods
inflation – rise in the normal prices of goods and services
profiteer – person who overcharged the government for goods
needed during the Civil War
Warm-up: 4/20/16
18C What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression in
1929?
the stock market crash
total war – war in which the army destroys anything that might be
useful to the enemy, even if doing so hurts people who
are not soldiers
freedman – freed slave
18D What did investors in the 1920s assume about the stock market?
no matter how high prices rose, there would be buyers
black code – law that limited the rights of freedmen
scalawag – white southerner who helped the Radical Republicans
The Coming of
World War II
Essential Question: What world events
eventually pulled America into World War
Two?
Georgia Standards
O SSUSH18 The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt’s New
Deal as a response to the depression and compare the ways
governmental programs aided those in need.
O e. Identify the political challenges to Roosevelt’s domestic and
international leadership; include the role of Huey Long, the
“court packing bill,” and the Neutrality Act.
O SSUSH19 The student will identify the origins, major
developments, and the domestic impact of World War II,
especially the growth of the federal government.
O b. Explain the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the
internment of Japanese- Americans, German-Americans, and
Italian-Americans.
O c. Explain major events; include the lend-lease program, the
Battle of Midway, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin.
Rise of Totalitarian States
O Totalitarianism – theory of government in which a
single party or leader controls the economic,
social and cultural lives of people.
O Some characteristics include:
O Strong, charismatic leaders
O State control of the economy
O Gov’t control of media and propaganda
O Censorship and “fear mongering”
O Control of the youth
Stalin in the Soviet Union
O Joseph Stalin took over as
head of the Communist
Party in USSR.
O His state-run, collectivized
farms left nearly 10 million
people to starve to death.
O Ordered the deaths or
imprisonments of another
million people suspected of
party disloyalty.
Mussolini in Italy
O Totalitarian leader,
Benito Mussolini came
to power in Italy.
O Known as “Il Duce” –
the leader
O Fascist Party promoted
nationalism and fought
against socialism and
communism.
Mussolini in Italy
O Capitoline Wolf
statue given to
Rome Georgia
by the Mussolini
government.
“This statue of the Capitoline Wolf, as a forecase of
prosperity and glory, has been sent you Ancient
Rome to New Rome, during the consulship of Benito
Mussolini, in the year 1928
Hirohito in Japan
O Japanese emperor
Hirohito ruled Japan
during a time of military
expansion.
O Military took control of
government.
O In the 1930s Japan
began invading and
conquering its neighbors:
Korea, Taiwan and China.
Japanese Invasions
Hitler in Germany
O Germany was hit hard by the
Treaty of Versailles and the
worldwide depression
O Hitler worked his way up
through the German
government and eventually
gained total control.
O Wrote “Mein Kampf” – (means
“My Struggle”) in which he
blamed Communists and Jews
for the problems of the German
people.
Hitler in Germany
O Hitler Youth
Hitler in Germany
O Anti-Semitism
Hitler in Germany
Hitler in Germany
Axis Aggression
O During the 1930’s:
O Germany invades
European neighbors.
O Italy invades Ethiopia.
O Japan invades China,
Korea.
O League of Nations was
powerless to stop the
invasions of the “Axis
Powers” without the US
Rise of the Dictators
Axis Aggression
O Lebensraum
–Living
space for the
Master
Race.
Allied Response to Aggression
O Great Britain and France
pursued a policy of
appeasement towards
these aggressive nations.
O Appeasement – granting
concessions to a potential
enemy in the hope that it
will maintain peace.
O At left: British Prime
Minister Chamberlain and
Hitler in 1938.
War Erupts in Europe
O September 1939 –
Germany invades
Poland (blitzkrieg)
O May 1940 – Germany
occupies France
O The unstoppable Hitler
now turns his attention
to Great Britain.
France Surrenders June, 1940
Americans Debate
Involvement
O As with WWI, many in
America wanted to stay
out of the fighting.
O Neutrality Acts passed by
Congress prevented
American entanglement in
World War II.
FDR Steps In
O FDR felt that economic support of
the Allies was the only way to stop
Hitler
O Convinced Congress to pass the
“Lend-Lease Act” in March 1941
O Lend-Lease allowed FDR to lend
war supplies to any country
whose defense he considered
vital to the safety of the US
O By 1942, the US sent over $50
billion worth of aid to Great
Britain, the Soviet Union, France
and China
American Lend-Lease
Great Britain.........................$31 billion
Soviet Union..........................$11 billion
France..................................$3 billion
China..................................$1.5 billion
Other European......................$500 million
South America.......................$400 million
The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000
Atlantic Charter
O Roosevelt & Churchill sign
“treaty of friendship
O Patterned after League of
Nations
O Solidifies alliance between
nations
O Many object that America is
getting “too involved.”
Japan Attacks the United
States
O General Hideki Tojo –Japanese
Prime Minister
O US-Japanese relations had been
strained; US presence in
Philippines and Guam
threatened Japanese conquest
of Pacific
O Tojo wanted to plan a surprise
attack to forestall any American
resistance to its expansion in
the Asia and the Pacific
“A Day That Will Live in
Infamy”
O December 7, 1941 –
Japanese kamikaze pilots
attack Pearl Harbor Navy
Base in Hawaii
O Over 2,400 people died
O A Day later, FDR asks
Congress to declare war
on Japan
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit
of a Japanese Pilot
Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941
A date which will live in infamy!
President Roosevelt Signs the
US Declaration of War
USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor Memorial
2,887 Americans Dead!
Compare and Contrast
O In paragraph form,
compare and
contrast the events
of September 11th
and the bombing of
Pearl Harbor.
O Why was the US
attacked? What
events followed?
World War II Map
O Using the internet and your textbook, complete
the following on your WWII maps
Europe
 Label the Allied powers
 Label the Axis powers (include the Vichy French)
 Label the following:
 3 key battles & the year they took place
 5 major concentration camps
 Label the following
 London, Berlin, Paris, Stalingrad, Tripoli, Rome, the
island of Sicily,
World War II Map
O Using the internet and your textbook, complete
the following on your WWII maps
Pacific
O Label the Allied powers
O Label the Axis powers
O Label the following:
O Phillipines, Guam, Guadalcanal, Japan, Australia,
New Zealand, Midway Island, Korea, China, Taiwan,
Tokyo
O Label the following battles/events:
O Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Midway, Bataan Death March,
Hiroshima, Nagasaki