1. America Enters the War
Chapter 10 Section 3

2. Lecture Focus Question
#1: How did the U.S. react to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
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3. Japan Looks Beyond China
Japan announces plan for a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Liberate Asia from European colonizers
Excuse to take natural resources and power
Signs neutrality pact with Soviet Union
1940 Japan allies itself with the Axis Powers
Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan

4. Japan Attacks the U.S. U.S. places (ineffective) embargo on Japan
General Tojo’s Goal: deliver decisive blow to U.S.’s main Pacific base
December 7, 1941: Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
Most important ships (aircraft carriers) out at sea at the time
USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, USS Utah irreparably damaged

5. U.S.S. Arizona on December 7, 1941

6. Declaration of War “a date which will live in infamy”
December 8, 1941: Roosevelt signs a declaration of war against Japan
America joins the Allies in WWII
Allies: Great Britain, France, USSR, U.S.
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7. Mobilizing for War All branches of the military nearly doubled in size
Volunteers of all ethnic/racial backgrounds
Women’s Army Corps (WAC): clerical workers, truck drivers, lab technicians

8. Mobilizing Industry
Office of War Mobilization: govt agency created to oversee the centralization of resources
Increase in jobs available
Begins with sending aid to Great Britain
Takes U.S. out of the Great Depression
Finances
More deficit spending
War bonds

9. Lecture Focus Question
#1: How did the U.S. react to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
3-4 sent minimum!