USH2 Unit 5: America and the World

Lesson 5.3 Part 4

Activate What event forced

the United States to declare war in 1941?

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.

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

AP 1 sentence America First Committee = Cash and Carry =

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

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

AP What steps did FDR take to aid the British?

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

AP: Summarize the Atlantic Charter

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

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

AP 1 sentence

Activity Curahee

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?