1. Grab notes from front table
Turn in WWII map if you took it home

2. Warm Up On your “Warm Up” paper, write the question AND the answer
Why did WWII start?

3. US Neutrality and Entry to WWII
WWII Pt 2
US Neutrality and Entry to WWII

4. 1936: Banned loans to belligerent nations
American Neutrality
US policy of neutrality since end of WWI
Not picking sides- stay ISOLATED
Neutrality Acts- series of 3 laws to keep US neutral
1935: Embargo (ban) on sale of weapons to belligerent (fighting) nations
1936: Banned loans to belligerent nations
1937: Permitted trade 'cash and carry'--they pay cash and use their own ships to haul

6. Why did the US stay neutral while conflict began in Europe?

7. America stays “neutral”
FDR re-elected to 3rd term (!!)
Couldn’t just sit by while dictators got aggressive- felt the need to help out
Proposed giving military goods to England and Soviet Union w/out payment
To not violate the Neutrality Acts b/c we didn’t sell them anything

8. America stays “neutral”
Lend-Lease Act (March 1940)- allowed President to send military aid to nations who were important to US
Still technically neutral, but showed Axis powers who we favored
Most aid was given to England and Soviet Union
Some Americans thought we should get involved to help save democracy, others wanted to stay isolated- thought it wasn’t any of our business
America First- a group who wanted the US to stay out of the war

11. America stays “neutral”
Jan FDR delivered Four Freedoms Speech
Everyone in the world should have 4 freedoms
Shows we think the Axis powers are wrong- they are too aggressive
Aug Roosevelt met with Churchill; formulated Atlantic Charter
Stated shared democratic ideas of England and US
Would be basis for United Nations later
Axis saw as indication that US would side with Allies; even though “neutral”
Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion
Freedom from want
Freedom from fear
Four Freedoms

13. Why did the US start to get involved in the problems in Europe while still technically neutral?

14. Japan’s Aggression Japan had severe economic problems in the 1930s
Few natural resources; trade declined b/c of depression
Became militaristic state to solve problems
Became aggressive looking for land for natural resources
Invaded: Manchuria (N China); rest of China; then French Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos)
In 1940, allied with Germany and Italy in Tripartite Pact

16. US Responses US condemned Japan; officially stayed neutral
Placed trade sanctions (limits) on raw materials Japan could buy from the U.S. (steel & iron)
Froze all Japanese assets in the U.S. so they couldn't buy anything
Placed oil embargo on Japan; they almost ran out of oil

18. US Enters the War- Pearl Harbor
Growing tensions with Japan; couldn’t negotiate it out
December 7, Pearl Harbor Day
Japan attacked navy base in Hawaii b/c of our trade sanctions / oil embargo against them
US knew an attack was coming, didn’t know where
Saw planes early in morning, thought were US planes
2,400 Americans died, 1,200 wounded

20. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

21. WAR! US declared War on Japan the next day- 12/8/41
“Day which will live in infamy”
Dec. 11- Japan’s allies- Germany and Italy declared war on US
US decides on Europe 1st strategy
Will fight both sides at once
BUT Nazis are considered more dangerous, so take them out 1st

23. STAAR Practice
Which statement most accurately describes the foreign policy change made by the United States between the start of World War II (1939) and the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)?
The traditional isolationism of the United States was strengthened.
The nation shifted from neutrality to military support for the Allies.
War was declared on Germany but not on Japan.
Financial aid was offered to both the Allied and Axis powers.

24. Big Idea What event caused the US to enter WWII?

25. https://www. youtube. com/watch. v=ZJZLc5_l-_Q http://www. ahctv