Download US Foreign Policy in the Interwar Years, and entry into World War II

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U.S. Foreign Policy in the Interwar Years, and entry into World War II
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Notes # 19 [Chap. 25]
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Introduction
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The Interwar Years:1919-1939
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Isolationism?
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Washington Naval Conference (1921-1922)
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“The Good Neighbor” Policy
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II. The Beginnings of World War II
The Axis Powers-Italy, Germany, Japan
(Rome-Tokyo-Berlin Axis [1940])
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Benito Mussolini (Italy)
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Fascism-
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Treaty of Versailles(1919)
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Adolph Hitler (Germany)
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Nazi Party
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Japan: 1936-Military takes over
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Admiral Hideki Tōjō
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Axis Aggression (1931-1937)
World War II (Began Sept., 1939- ended August, 1945)
III. The U.S. Reaction
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“Lend-Lease”
“The Arsenal of Democracy”
“The Four Freedoms”
1) Freedom of Speech and Expression
2)Freedom of Worship
3)Freedom from Want
4)Freedom from Fear
Sir Winston Churchill ( Prime Minister-Great Britain)
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12/7/1941-Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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U.S. Declares War on Japan: December 8, 1941
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Allies- U.S, Great Britain, Russia
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IV. The Home Front
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A. Philip Randolph
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“March on Washington”
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Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)
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“Double V” campaign
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Women and the War-“Rosie the Riveter”
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The Internment of Japanese-Americans
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V. Military Highlights
A. The European Theatre of Operations
-Goal: Defeat Germany, Italy
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The “Tuskegee Airmen”
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-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy, France
(“D-Day” -June 6, 1944)Turning Point -Europe
The “Holocaust”
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B. The Pacific Theatre of Operations
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Goal: defeat Japan
- Battle of Midway (1942)- Turning Point - the Pacific
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“Island Hopping”
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FDR dies: 4/1945
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VP Harry Truman assumes office
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The “Manhattan Project”
Atomic Bombs dropped:
1) On Hiroshima (8/6/1945)
2) On Nagasaki: 8/9/1945