1. USH2 Unit 5: America and the World Lesson 5.3 Part 4

2. Activate  What event forced the United States to declare war in 1941?

3. AMERICA ENTERS THE WAR  AS WORLD WAR II BEGAN, THE UNITED STATES REMAINED OFFICIALLY NEUTRAL, BUT AIDED GREAT BRITIAN CONSIDERABLY IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST GERMANY. IN THE PACIFIC, JAPAN’S TERRITORIAL EXPANSION LED TO GROWING TENSIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES, WHICH PEAKED WHEN JAPAN ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR.

4. FDR SUPPORTS ENGLAND  DESPITE OUR NEUTRALITY, FDR WANTED TO HELP ENGLAND AND FRANCE AGAINST HITLER  THE “AMERICAN FIRST COMMITTEE” = ISOLATIONIST GROUP THAT OPPOSED ANYTHING THAT COULD LEAD TO WAR  HE ASKED CONGRESS TO REVISE THE NEUTRALITY LAWS TO ELIMINATE THE BAN ON ARM SALES TO NATIONS AT WAR  LED TO THE NEUTRALITY ACT OF 1939 = CASH AND CARRY

5. AP  1 sentence  America First Committee =  Cash and Carry =

6. DESTROYERS FOR BASES DEAL  OUR NEUTRALITY WOULD BE TESTED WHEN BRITAIN LOST NEARLY HALF OF THEIR NAVAL DESTROYERS  GB NEEDED TO PURCHASE DESTROYERS FROM USA, BUT LACKED CASH  ROOSEVELT CREATED A LOOPHOLE = EXCHANGED 50 DESTROYERS FOR RIGHT TO BUILD AMERICAN BASES IN BRITISH CONTROLLED AREAS

7. EDGING TOWARD WAR  FDR REPLACES CASH AND CARRY W/ THE LEND LEASE ACT = USA BEGAN LEASING WEAPONS TO BRITIAN  FDR THEN INTRODUCED THE HEMISPHERIC DEFENSE ZONE DECLARING MOST OF THE ATLANTIC NEUTRAL =  USA COULD NOW PATROL WATERS TO HELP GREAT BRITAIN GET ARMS TO BRITIAN

8. AP  What steps did FDR take to aid the British?

9. THE ATLANTIC CHARTER  WINSTON CHURCHILL AND ROOSEVELT MET TO DISCUSS THE ATLANTIC CHARTER IN 1941  AGREEMENT COMMITTS THE USA AND GREAT BRITAIN TO THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY AND FREE TRADE  CHARTER MEANT TO OUTLINE REASONS WE WOULD EVENTUALLY JOIN WAR, AND WOULD BE USED AS A MODEL FOR THE UN AFTER THE WAR

10. AP: Summarize the Atlantic Charter

11. GERMAN HOSTILITIES  SOON AFTER THE ATLANTIC CHARTER, A GERMAN SUBMARINE FIRED ON AN AMERICAN DESTROYER  FDR ORDERED THE NAVY TO SHOOT ON SIGHT, DRAWING THE USA INTO WAR BEFORE WAR WAS DECLARED

12. JAPAN ATTACKS  JAPAN HAS FEW NATURAL RESOURCES, AND NO NATURAL ALLIES = VIEWS EXPANSION AS ONLY ANSWER  FDR BEGAN TO RESTRICT SALE OF STRATEGIC MATERIALS TO JAPAN TO CURB EXPANSION = JAPAN JOINS AXIS  JAPAN SENT TROOPS TO INDOCHINA, A DIRECT THREAT TO GREAT BRITIAN  FDR RESPONDS BY FREEZING JAPANESE ASSETS AND AN OIL EMBARGO  ON DEC 7, 1941,JAPAN ATTACKS PEARL HARBOR = A “DAGGER AT THE THROAT” OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE

13. AP  1 sentence

14. Activity  Curahee

15. Learning Log  What early efforts did FDR make to help the British?  Which of the following would be the best definition of the American First Committee?  What was the purpose of the Hemispheric Defense Zone?  What is the historical significance of the Atlantic Charter?  What did FDR do in 1940 to hinder Japanese aggression in the Pacific?  How did the Japanese view the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor?  What event finally forced the USA into WWII?