Unit 8: World War II 3.18.19

December 7, 1941 https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor/videos Japan launches a surprise attack on the US Naval & Air Force bases at Pearl Harbor

Hook Exercise Read the directions & the newspaper response. Answer the 3 questions in your notebook

Background In order to understand why something happened, we need to look at the context. What was the relationship like between the United States & Japan?

Vocab Status quo: the existing state of affairs Puppet state: a govt. that is supposedly independent but is in reality dependent on an outside power Manchuria: a region in NE Asia invaded by Japan in 1931 Two fronts: fighting takes place on 2 geographically separated front lines

Background In order to understand why something happened, we need to look at the context. What was the relationship like between the United States & Japan? Answer questions 1-6 in your notebooks

Just before 8am hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked Just before 8am hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked. The barrage lasted two hours & was devastating

More than 2,000 Americans soldiers, sailors, and civilians died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded.

USS Arizona Memorial

Response December 8: President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. December 11: Japanese allies Germany & Italy declare war on the United States. More than two years into the conflict, America had finally joined World War II.

Unit 8: World War II 3.19.19

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Brainstorm

Document A Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? 1941 Japanese textbook excerpts Answer the questions in your notebook Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

Document B Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Japanese Expansion Answer the questions in your notebook Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

Document C Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Timeline Answer the questions in your notebook Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

Document E Prime Minister of Japan’s comments Answer the questions in your notebook Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? Thesis Statements

Thesis Statement The reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor was (claim), because of (reason #1), (reason #2), and (reason #3).