What explains an increase in personal income in 1941?

What were the causes and effects of WWII?

What is this graphic measuring?

What explains the graphic from 1929 to 1933?

Why is the year 2000 included?What explains the graphic from 1933 to 1937?

BenitoMussolini (1922)

Adolf Hitler(1933)

Joseph Stalin(1924)

Francisco Franco (1939)

Hideki Tojo(1941)

I. WWII Background: 1920s and 1930s

-Failure of Treaty of Versailles to make a lasting peace-Worldwide Great Depression -Rise of totalitarian dictators making “promises” to their people-Strong isolationist sentiment around world— no more war -Failure of League of Nations to stop dictators

ITALY Soviet Union Germany Spain Japan

Case in Point:Adolf Hitler

WWI

Outraged at German defeat- pledges revenge

Blames Jews “stab in the back” theory


WWI “Promises”



“Freedom and Bread”Nazi Party:

National PridePro-MilitaryAnti-Semitic

Working Class


WWI “Promises”Failure ofLeague

of Nations



“Freedom and Bread”Nazi Party:

National PridePro-MilitaryAnti-Semitic

Working Class

World looks the other wayas Hitler re-builds German

military and annexes Austriatakes Czechoslovakia…

Czechoslovakia

Austria– “Anschluss”

II. WWII: TRIGGER

WWII began with Hitler’s invasion of Poland (1939), followedshortly after by the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland from theeast and the Baltic countries – divided Poland.

Blitzkrieg (“lightning war”)

During 1st two years of war, U.S. remains officially neutral as Germany overran France and most of Europe.

June 23, 1940—Hitler tours Paris

Hitler continues reign of terror…

July-October 1940Battle of Britain-

German Luftwaffe (airforce)attack British targets. Britishpeople suffer, but RAF pilotsfights back and a frustrated Hitler calls off attack.

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Winston Churchill

In 1941, Hitler turned on his former partner and invaded the Soviet Union.

What is America’s role during the 1st two years of WWII?

U.S. is “officially neutral” for first 2 years but….

Lend-Lease Act- U.S. gives Britain war supplies and old naval warships in return for military bases in Bermuda and Caribbean.

“lending a garden hose to a next-door neighbor whose house is on fire.” Franklin Roosevelt

Lend-Lease

… “the great arsenal of democracy.” FDR

III. WWII: U.S. Entry

1930s Japan sought military and economic domination over Asia-- invaded Manchuria and China


U.S. refused to recognize Japanese conquests. Imposedan embargo on exports of oil and steel---tensions rise.

While negotiating with U.S. and without warning, Japan carried out an air attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii— Dec. 7, 1941.


1 ½ hours:

180 Japanese warplanes

2,403 Americans dead

1,178 Americans wounded

21 ships - - 8 battleships

300 aircraft

Japan destroyed much of the American Pacific fleet and killedseveral thousand Americans. Congress declares war on Japan.


“…a date that will live in infamy.” FDR

U.S.S. Arizona Memorial-

In memory of nearly 1,000servicemen trapped insideon Dec. 7, 1941.

Dorie Miller- USS West Virginia Navy Cross for bravery

1. What were 2 background causes of WWII? 2. What did Adolf Hitler promise the German people in the 1930s?3. What event “triggered” the beginning of WWII in Europe?4. What year did WWII begin in Europe?5. What was the Battle of Britain?6. What country did Hitler invade in 1941, breaking his short-term pact with this country?7. What was the U.S. role during the first two years of WWII?8. “lending a garden hose to a neighbor whose house is on fire” is FDR’s words referring to what U.S. policy? Define.9. What does Japan do in the 1930s and how does the U.S. react?10. What event brought the U.S. into WWII?11. What is the date that FDR said “would live in infamy?”

WWII: PRACTICE QUIZ

Anti-Japanese prejudice on West Coast

False belief that Japanese Americans were aiding the enemy

IV. WWII: U.S. Homefront

110,000 Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps

Why were most “internment camps” located in the WEST?

Korematsu v. U.S. (1944)- Supreme Court upheld decision, “military necessity.”

Public apology was eventually issued by the U.S. gov’t.

Financial payment of $20,000promised to each Japanese-American survivor.

“We can never fully right the wrongs of the past. But we can take a clear stand for justice and recognize that serious injustices were done to Japanese Americans during WWII.” George Bush (1990)


How did the U.S.organize and

distribute its resources to achieve victory

during WWII?

EconomicResources

HumanResources

Military Resources

Economic Resources:

• U.S. gov’t and industryforged close relationship

Economic Resources:


•Rationing was used to maintain supply of essential products

What does this poster encourage you to save?

http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/WW2Pics/72040.jpg

Economic Resources:



•War Bonds and income tax to finance war

What symbols encourage Americans to buy War Bonds?

Economic Resources:



•War Bonds and income tax to finance war

• Business retooled from peace time to wartime (cars to tanks)

What factory method does is this image demonstrate?




during WWII?

EconomicResources

HumanResources

Military Resources

Human Resources:

• 6 million women replaced men in factories (Rosie the Riveter)

Human Resources:


• 2 million minority workers move to cities for jobs

Human Resources:



• Women and minorities fight to end discriminatory practices

Human Resources:



• Women and minorities fight to end discriminatory practices

• Citizens volunteer support

What is this boy doing to support the war effort?




during WWII?

EconomicResources

HumanResources

Military Resources

Military Resources:

• Draft / selective service to gain personnel (10 million)

Military Resources:


• Censorship in reporting war

Military Resources:



• Public morale and ad campaigns kept America focused on war

Military Resources:



• Public morale and ad campaigns kept America focused on war

•Movies, plays, shows, boosted morale and patriotic support for war and portrayed enemy in stereotypical ways

Daffy Duck: The Commando

In what way does the cartoon depict the Nazis?

ALLIES:

“Big Three”-

U.S. (FDR)

Great Britain (Winston Churchill)

Soviet Union (Joseph Stalin)

WWII: CHART

ALLIES:

“Big Three”-

U.S. (FDR)



*** “Hitler First” (Europe First)

Pacific- “Island Hopping,” seize islands to get closer to Japan. Use islands as military bases

Cut off Japanese supplies through

submarine warfare against Japanese shipping.

WWII: CHART

ALLIES:

“Big Three”-

U.S. (FDR)



AXIS:

Tripartite Pact (1940)-

Germany (Adolf Hitler)

Italy (Benito Mussolini)

Japan (Emperor Hirohito, but

really Hideki Tojo in charge)





WWII: CHART

ALLIES:

“Big Three”-

U.S. (FDR)



AXIS:

Tripartite Pact (1940)-

Germany (Adolf Hitler)

Italy (Benito Mussolini)

Japan (Emperor Hirohito, but

really Hideki Tojo in charge)





Germany- Defeat Soviet Union

quickly and gain its oil fields.

Force Britain out through bombing and submarine warfare before U.S. entered (Battle of Britain)

Japan- Cripple America’s military (Pearl Harbor) Invade Philippines Indonesia, Australia, Hawaii. Force America to accept Japanese predominance in Pacific and S.E. Asia.

WWII: CHART

What explains an increase in personal income in 1941?

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