Transcript UNIT 7: WORLD WAR II & THE COLD WAR

DO NOW: VOCABULARY QUIZ
1. Lend-Lease Act
2. Wildcat Strike
3. War bond
4. Deficit spending
5. Rationing
6. Double “V” Campaign
7. Rosie the Riveter
8. bracero
9. Harry S. Truman
10.appeasement
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worker
Giving in to keep the peace
Victory at home & war
Spending borrowed money
Provided aid to nations vital to
American security
Distributing goods in fixed
amounts
Symbol of women workers
Sold to raise money for war
Strike organized by workers
Authorized atomic bomb
DO NOW:
What were 3 reasons that the United
States joined the fighting of World
War I?
UNIT 7: WORLD WAR II &
THE COLD WAR
WORLD WAR II:
THE WAR
THE WAR
• TOTALITARIANISM: government control of
all aspects of life in the Soviet Union
• FASCISM: places importance of nation
above value of individual in Germany & Italy
– Focused on need to rebuild following WWI
– Began taking over weaker nations such as the
Rhineland in France and Austria
– APPEASEMENT: Britain & France gave in to
fascist demands for territory to keep the peace
THE AMERICAN RESPONSE
• The US followed a slow progression into war
• Mid-1930’s: Neutrality Acts – no weapons
sold or loans to nations at war; non-war
goods sold on “cash & carry” basis
• Neutrality Act of 1939: Britain & France to
buy military goods on “cash & carry” basis;
no loans or purchases on credit
• Lend-Lease Act (1941): President may give
aid to any nation vital to American security
December 7, 1941
“A date which will live in infamy”
• In response to Japanese occupation in
Indochina, the US cut off trade with Japan
• For several months both nations’ leaders
worked to avoid war
• Throughout the peace talks, Japan moved
their forces in the Pacific
• While the US was distracted with peace
talks and the war in Europe, Japan
attacked the Hawaiian Islands
MAKING PEACE
• All sides worked to end the war in Europe
– Yalta Conference: Big 3 leaders meet to plan
post-war world; agreed to split Germany & Berlin
(capital) into zones
– Soviet Union agreed to enter war against Japan
– Soviets also agree to allow free elections in Poland
THE ATOMIC BOMB
• Following Roosevelt’s death in 1945, President
Truman faced the war with Japan
• His decision was invade Tokyo or use the new
atomic bomb
– Result of the Manhattan Project: top secret scientific
research into new nuclear technology
– The idea for the project was given to the US by Albert
Einstein, who sought refuge in the United States
• Truman ordered 2 bombs dropped on Japan on
August 6th & 14th, 1945
• The bombs ended the war with Japan
World War II Summary
Causes of the War
Fascism in Italy
& Germany
Germany invades
weaker nations
Japan builds an empire
in Asia
World War II Summary
Effects of the War
Europe & Japan
are in ruins
United States & Soviet
Union emerge as
world powers
The Cold War begins
WWII Aftermath