1. MARKING PERIOD ENDS APRIL 13
March 28, 2018
U.S. History Agenda:
DO NOW: Term Matching
NOTES #51: How did the U.S. respond to the outbreak of World War II?
MARKING PERIOD ENDS APRIL 13

2. How did the U.S. respond to the outbreak of World War II? Notes #51

3. World War II (WWII) was a military conflict from 1939 to 1945 that involved some of the world’s most powerful nations.

4. leader of Fascist Italy Adolf Hitler; leader of Nazi Germany
Before WWII occurred, fascist military dictatorships rose to power in Germany and in Italy during the early 1930s.
Benito Mussolini;
leader of Fascist Italy
Adolf Hitler; leader of Nazi Germany

5. These nations combined with Japan to form the Axis powers.
Emperor Hirohito
of Japan
(Main) Axis powers

6. The Axis powers began to aggressively seize land from neighboring nations, which caused the Allies (Britain, France, etc.) to declare war on them in 1939 and start WWII.

7. In order to avoid the involvement of the U. S
In order to avoid the involvement of the U.S. in another war, Congress passed a series of Neutrality Acts during the 1930s.

8. By the early 1940s, the U.S. began to act as an arsenal of democracy by supplying war materials to the Allies.
(Main) Allies
(in 1941)

9. War materials were supplied under the Lend-Lease Act and the Destroyer Deal, which the U.S. adopted in order to help the Allies without entering WWII.

10. These actions by the U.S. angered Japan and caused Japan to plan an attack on the U.S. at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. X

11. Pearl Harbor

12. December 7, 1941 (over 2,400 Americans killed)

13. declare war on Japan (December 8, 1941)
After being attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. joined the Allies and entered WWII.
President Franklin D.
Roosevelt asks for and
gets Congress to
declare war on Japan (December 8, 1941)