U.S. History Agenda 2/06/17 Exit Slip #5 Unit 5 grading set up *Copy agenda down on your notebook. (Phones and earphones should be put away & backpacks should be behind you or on the floor). Exit Slip #5 Unit 5 grading set up 3) Peal Harbor movie questions

Exit Slip #5 How did the U.S. change its stance from isolationism to full involvement in WWII? Include and explain all significant events that led to this change. Sentence Starters: the U.S. change its stance from isolationism to full involvement in WWII because______

Unit 5 grade set up

U.S. History Agenda 2/02/17 Warm up # 3 *Copy agenda down on your notebook. (Phones and earphones should be put away & backpacks should be behind you or on the floor). Warm up # 3 Lecture #2 U.S. involvement in WWII FDR’S four freedoms of speech Pearl Harbor Exit Slip # 5

Warm Up #3 Do you think U.S. isolationism is a good idea today? (Think of current international threats, e.g. ISIS, North Korea, Russia) Sentence Starters: I think that U.S. isolationism is/ is not a good idea today because_____

Lecture #2 U.S. involvement in WWII FLT: I will be able to analyze how the U.S. got involved in WWII with the events leading up to and including Pearl Harbor.

WWII overview The U.S. holds firmly to a policy of isolationism and vows to remain neutral in foreign affairs The Treaty of Versailles angers totalitarian regimes and leads to a rise in nationalism Axis Powers form: Germany, Italy, and Japan Japan invades China (Manchuria); Italy invades Ethiopia; League of Nations does nothing Hitler has Non-aggression Pact with Stalin but stabs him in the back; USSR later switches sides Hitler invades Austria and Czechoslovakia; League of Nations does nothing British and French leaders meet with Hitler and give in to his demands to avoid war: appeasement Hitler invades Poland; Britain and France declare war (1939, beginning WWII) France falls to Germany’s blitzkrieg = German military strategy of “lightning war” FDR is reelected for his third term and rethinks U.S. position of isolationism – revised Neutrality Acts

FDR’s Four Freedoms speech Read and annotate FDR’s Four Freedoms speech Then answer the guiding questions.

FDR’s Four Freedoms speech Freedom of speech and expression Freedom of religion Freedom from want (no more greed for more land so all nations can feel secure and live peacefully) Freedom from fear (reduction of armaments for all nations so everyone can feel unthreatened)

How did the U.S. move closer to war? U.S. Involvement in WWII How did the U.S. move closer to war? FDR’s Four Freedoms speech

2. Lend-Lease Act Lend-Lease Act (March 1941) Allowed president to supply any country with weapons and resources Nullified the Neutrality Acts FDR compared it to lending your garden hose to a neighbor whose house is on fire. He said this is what you do to prevent the fire from spreading to your property.

3. Japanese aggression Japan invaded China to collect raw materials and create an empire Rape of Nanking: Japanese soldiers killed tens of thousands of captured Chinese soldiers and civilians

Rape of Nanking – 1937

Rape of Nanking – 1937

Rape of Nanking – 1937

Rape of Nanking – 1937

U.S. response to aggression As a sign of protest, the U.S. decided to set an embargo (stop trades) on Japanese goods including cutting off their oil supply Hideki Tojo ordered the Japanese navy to prepare of an attack on the U.S.

4. Pearl Harbor Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 “A date which will live in infamy” - FDR U.S. declared war on Japan. Three days later, Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. What did isolationists think now?

The USS Nevada

Exit Slip #5 How did the U.S. change its stance from isolationism to full involvement in WWII? Include and explain all significant events that led to this change. Sentence Starters: the U.S. change its stance from isolationism to full involvement in WWII because______