1. Student Expectation (SE) US 7A: Identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including Italian, German and Japanese dictatorships and their aggression, especially the attack on Pearl Harbor. Reasons for U.S. Involvement in World War II

2. Benito Mussolini – Italy= Fascist leader in Italy and started the Fascist Party. began using the title II Duce by 1925. Italy also was involved in imperialism. Italy invaded Ethiopia and established Italian East Africa. This was part of Italy’s plan for expansion. Ethiopia, British Somaland, Eritrea, Amara, Gallasid amo, Scioa and Somalia. (Imperialism) 1. Rise of Dictators: Mussolini SE : US.7A: identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including Italian, German and Japanese dictatorships and their aggression, especially the attack on Pearl Harbor.

3. Fascism = A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. SE : US.7A: identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including Italian, German and Japanese dictatorships and their aggression, especially the attack on Pearl Harbor. Italian Fascism

4. 2. Rise of Dictators : Hitler Hitler came to power by being a great speaker. He was upset that Germany had been defeated during WWI. He promised to bring Germany back to greatness. He also had to blame something and someone so he blamed the Treaty of Versailles and the Jews. Germany invaded Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Luxemburg, and France. He had ideas for world domination as well. (more than just imperialism ) SE : US.7A: identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including Italian, German and Japanese dictatorships and their aggression, especially the attack on Pearl Harbor.

5. Nazism = is the totalitarian ideology and practices of the Nazi Party ( National Socialist German Workers’ Party) under Adolf Hitler, and the policies adopted by the dictatorial government of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. SE : US.7A: identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including Italian, German and Japanese dictatorships and their aggression, especially the attack on Pearl Harbor.

6. The Rise of Dictators - Germany Name of German Dictator: _______________ Directions: Color the Countries that Germany took over in their quest for World Domination.

7. 3. Rise of Dictators: Emperor Hirohito : Emperor Hirohito was angered when the U.S froze Japanese assets. (Money in US banks). The U.S. did this because of Japanese aggression when they took over Manchuria and took over Chinese lands and French possession in SE Asia made up of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia. (Japanese imperialism). This was to retake Vietnam and expand. SE : US.7A: identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including Italian, German and Japanese dictatorships and their aggression, especially the attack on Pearl Harbor.

8. Manchuria Name: ________________________ U.S. History Date: _______________ Period: ______________ The Rise of Dictators - Japan Name of Japanese Dictator: ______________________ Japanese Flag Directions: Color the countries that Japan took over in its quest for expansion.

9. Western Europe’s Policy of Appeasement Policy of Appeasement = is an approach to foreign relations which tries to maintain peace by making concessions to the aggressor to prevent war. It was practiced by many Western nations facing Hitler, but the two main appeasing countries were Britain and France.

10. Neville Chamberlain: Prime Minister of England who developed this failed policy for England. SE : US.7A: identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including Italian, German and Japanese dictatorships and their aggression, especially the attack on Pearl Harbor.

11. Policy of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, foreign trade, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities. U.S. Foreign Policy: Isolationism

12. The Attack on Pearl Harbor! Dec. 7, 1941. “A date which will live in infamy”… President Franklin Delano Roosevelt SE : US.7A: identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including Italian, German and Japanese Dictatorships and their aggression, especially the attack on Pearl Harbor.

13. Pearl Harbor = December 7, 1941 – “a date which will live in infamy”. Japanese planes attacked the U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii. This event brought the United States into WWII. Over 200 Japanese airplanes attack and bomb Pearl Harbor on the Island of Hawaii. SE : US.7A: identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including Italian, German and Japanese Dictatorships and their aggression, especially the attack on Pearl Harbor.

14. Result - U.S. Declared War on Japan! SE : US.7A: identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including Italian, German and Japanese Dictatorships and their aggression, especially the attack on Pearl Harbor. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt To the Congress of the United States “Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with the government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. …… The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives have been lost. With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounding determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God. I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, Dec. 7, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire. ”