Transcript 56-US in WW II Slides

U.S. Prepares for War
-”Cash and Carry “ policy begins
-Axis Powers formed
-Selective Service begins draft
process
-Roosevelt seeks third term
-Lend-Lease policy begun to help
supply allies-Arsenal of
Democracy
Four Freedoms
-Atlantic Charter signed between
U.S. and Britain
resembles 14 points of Wilson
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=5iHKtrirjlY
Hitler’s Mistake
-Battle of Britain has stalled
-June 1941 Germany attacks Russia
-early success but then stalemate
-Russian winter sets in and halts
advance
Fun Facts about Joe Stalin:
1. Last name means “Man of Steel”
2. Very Paranoid person
3. Ordered production of half
man/half ape hybrid to make the
“super soldier”
4. Responsible for the deaths of 20
million + Russians
5. Wasn’t really Russian
-Now war is on two fronts
U.S. enters the War
-U.S. has embargo on Japan for
actions in the Pacific
-U.S. had warning of a possible
Japanese attack somewhere
-Dec. 7th, 1941 Pearl Harbor is
attacked
“day that will live in infamy”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
3VqQAf74fsE
-U.S. declares war on Japan and
then Germany, Italy declare war
on U.S.
Pearl Harbor through Ben
Affleck’s Eyes – REMIX
https://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=W5IwUMCmxD8
Americans in the Service
-millions volunteered and millions
more were drafted
-GI’s went to basic training for 8
weeks
-Women’s Auxiliary Corps
thousands volunteered
-Minorities served in segregated
units
Tuskegee Airmen
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make
war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic
bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war
materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
-newsreels
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make
war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic
bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war
materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
-newsreels
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make
war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic
bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war
materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make
war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic
bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war
materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make
war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic
bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war
materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make
war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic
bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war
materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make
war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic
bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war
materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make
war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic
bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war
materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make
war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic
bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war
materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make
war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic
bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war
materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make
war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic
bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war
materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Government Control
-Inflation controlled by price
freezes
-many products rationed to
conserve resources
-income taxes increased
-War Bonds sold
-Japanese Internment
Korematsu v. United States
discriminatory policy???
Government Control
-Inflation controlled by price
freezes
-many products rationed to
conserve resources
-income taxes increased
-War Bonds sold
-Japanese Internment
Korematsu v. United States
discriminatory policy???
Government Control
-Inflation controlled by price
freezes
-many products rationed to
conserve resources
-income taxes increased
-War Bonds sold
-Japanese Internment
Korematsu v. United States
discriminatory policy???