1. Bell Ringer QUESTION #106 QUESTION #107 QUESTION #108 QUESTION #109
Answer the following questions in the EOC Practice Packet in the back of your INB:
QUESTION #106
QUESTION #107
QUESTION #108
QUESTION #109

2. Question 106
Which was an example of appeasement? a. the U.S. Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937 b. the conquest of Poland in 1939 c. the entry of the United States into World War II in 1941 d. the agreement of Britain and France to giver Germany the Sudetenland in 1928

3. Question 107
Which factor contributed most the rise of the totalitarian government in Europe before World War II? a. improved educational systems b. expanding democratic reforms c. increasing political stability d. worsening economic conditions

4. Question 108
During the 1930s and 1940s, Nazis in Germany and Fascists in Italy promoted policies that emphasized— a. national and racial supremacy b. worldwide communist revolutions c. international peacekeeping efforts d. economic cooperation in Europe

5. Question 109
Which event is most closely associated with the start of World War II in Europe? a. invasion of Poland by Nazi forces b. signing of the Munich Agreement c. building of the Berlin Wall d. assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

6. Essential Question: Why did the U.S. enter WWII?
The U.S. Enters WWII
Essential Question: Why did the U.S. enter WWII?

7. TEKS and Objectives
We will…
I will…
(7A) identify reasons for U.S. involvement in WWII (7B) evaluate the domestic and international leadership of FDR during WWII (7C) analyze the function of the U.S. Office of War Information (7D) analyze the interment of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans and Executive Order 9066 (7G) explain the home front and how American patriotism inspired exceptional actions by citizens and military personnel (17A) describe economic effects of WWII on the home front (19B) explain the constitutional issues raised during WWII
Create an ABC book with key terms about World War II

8. American Neutrality Neutrality Acts (1935-1937)
Americans prohibited from travelling on ships of nations at war
Americans prohibited from selling arms to countries at war

9. American Neutrality Cash-and-Carry Policy
Sold non-military goods to nations opposed to aggression (Allied Powers)
Countries had to pay cash and carry on their own ships

10. Japan Invades China FDR’s “Quarantine Speech”
Said peaceful nations had to act together to quarantine (isolate) aggressive nations
Encouraged democratic nations to boycott aggressors
Most Americans opposed to U.S. military intervention

11. Japan Invades China Burma Road Flying Tigers
Used by British to send supplies
Cut off by enemy
Flying Tigers
U.S. volunteer fighter pilots
Sent supplies
Destroyed almost 300 Japanese aircraft

12. America Prepares for War
Congress
Increased spending on army and navy
Enacted first peacetime draft
President Roosevelt
Ran for/was elected to third term
First and last president to do so

13. Supporting the Allies Lend-Lease Act U.S. Navy
U.S. would sell, lease, or lend war materials to “any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States”
U.S. Navy
Battleships protected British ships in the Atlantic

14. Roosevelt and Churchill
Roosevelt’s Vision for a World Based on Four Freedoms:
Freedom of speech and expression
Freedom of religion
Freedom from want
Freedom from fear

15. Roosevelt and Churchill
Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister
Met with Roosevelt on U.S. warship
Atlantic Charter
U.S. and G.B. seeking no territorial gains, freedom of the seas, and end to all war
Laid the foundation for the United Nations

16. Increasing U.S.-Japanese Tensions
Japanese Industrialization
needed raw materials and markets for their industries
Japanese Imperialism
Wanted to replace European imperialism in Asia

17. Increasing U.S.-Japanese Tensions
Japanese Aggression
Military leaders influenced national policy
Invaded Manchuria (1931) and China (1937)
Occupied southern Indochina (1941)
U.S. Reaction
Froze Japanese assets in the U.S.
Cut off all trade with Japan (embargo)

18. Attack on Pearl Harbor Japan’s Strategy
Surprise attack to temporarily eliminate U.S. naval power from the Pacific
Conquer territory in East Asia and the Pacific before U.S. can recover

19. Attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
Two waves of Japanese airplanes attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
sank/severely damages 18 U.S. ships
Killed/injured almost 6,000 Americans

20. Attack on Peal Harbor “Date That Will Live in Infamy”
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war on Japan
Germany and Italy declared War on U.S.

21. Attack on Pearl Harbor Two-Front War
U.S. had to fight a war in Europe AND in Asia

22. The American Home Front
War Bonds
Purchased by citizens and used to pay for the war
Industrial Production
Switched rapidly from peacetime to wartime production
Automobile factories  tank factories

23. The American Home Front
Rationing
Regulated amount of goods consumers could get
Food, coffee, tires, gasoline, clothing, etc.
Ration coupons issued to each family, based on size

24. The American Home Front
Victory Gardens
Vegetable gardens planted by Americans
Made more food available for troops

25. The American Home Front
Office of War Information (OWI)
Produced pro-Allied, anti-Axis propaganda (movies and posters)
Produced radio programs, newsreels
Made citizens aware of how they could help
Stirred up distrust of German, Italian, and Japanese leaders

26. Opportunities and Obstacles
Women in the Workforce
New jobs, new skills, and new opportunities
Women’s Army Corps (WAC) provided wartime jobs
Women replaced men so more could be sent into combat

27. Opportunities and Obstacles
African Americans
Many also replaced men in the workforce
1 million served in the military in segregated units
Leaders demanded and obtained all- black combat units

28. Opportunities and Obstacles
Tuskegee Airmen
African-American fighter group in the Air Corps
Provided escorts for pilots on bombing missions

29. Opportunities and Obstacles
Native Americans
25,000 served in combat
40,000 left their reservations to work in defense industries
Navajo Code Talkers
Helped transmit secret messages for U.S.

30. Opportunities and Obstacles
Mexican Americans
Served in both the army and navy
Continued to face segregated housing, high unemployment, and low wages

31. Internment Camps Executive Order 9066 (February 1942)
Forced Japanese Americans to relocated to internment camps away from Western coast
Japanese Americans lived in primitive and crowded conditions

35. Internment Camps Korematsu v. U.S.
Japanese American refused to relocate
Believed constitutional rights had been violated
Supreme Court upheld Roosevelt’s Order on the grounds that constitutional liberties may be limited in wartime

36. Internment Camps German and Italian Americans
Small number also interned
2,000 German residents forcibly sent back to Germany