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The Onset of World War II
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H-SS 11.7.1- Examine the origins of American involvement in World War II, with an emphasis on the
events that precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor.
H-SS 11.7.2 – Explain U.S. and Allied wartime strategy, including the major battles of Midway,
Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Battle of the Bulge.
H-SS 11.7.4 - Analyze Roosevelt’s foreign policy during World War II (e.g. Four Freedoms speech).
H-SS 11.7.6 – Describe major developments in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine
and the war’s impact on the location of American industry and use of resources.
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Dictators and Wars
Why It Matters
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Why did totalitarian states rise after World War I, and what did
they do?
A Bitter Peace Unravels
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Totalitarianism-define
Repression in the Soviet Union and Italy
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Stalin’s Grip on the Soviet Union
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Joseph Stalin-define
Characteristics of a Totalitarian State pg 325
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Mussolini’s Fascist Party Controls Italy
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Benito Mussolini-define and insert an image
Aggressive Leaders in Germany and Japan
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The Nazis Rise
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Anti-Semitic-define
Adolf Hitler-define and insert two images, one of him and of Mein Kampf
Hitler Seizes Power
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Militarists Gain Power in Japan
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The Japanese Expand Their Empire
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And two images from the “Rape of Nanjing”
Dictators Turn to Aggression
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Weakness of the League of Nations
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Hitler and Mussolini Threaten the Peace
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Fighting Breaks Out in Spain
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Spanish Civil War-Define
Aggression Goes Unchecked
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Appeasement-define and insert image
Anschluss-define and insert image
Munich Pact-define and insert image
From Isolation to Involvement
Why It Matters
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How did Americans react to events in Europe and Asia in the
early years of World War II?
War Erupts in Europe
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Hitler Launches a Blitzkrieg Against Poland
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Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact- Define
Blitzkrieg-Define
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France Falls to the Axis Powers
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Axis Powers- Define
Allies-Define
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Winston Churchill
“We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight
with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost
may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields
and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
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The Battle of Britain
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“The Blitz”
Americans Debate Involvement
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America Favors Isolation
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Interventionists Urge Support for the Allies
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Neutrality Act of 1939-define
Isolationists Argue for Neutrality
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Roosevelt Inches Toward Involvement
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Tripartite Pact-define
Should the United States Enter World War II? Pg 337
Isolationist Viewpoint
Interventionist Viewpoint
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America Takes Steps Toward War
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Lend-Lease Gives Aid to the Allies
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Lend-Lease Act -define
The Atlantic Charter Reinforces America’s Support of
Britain
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Atlantic Charter -define
U.S. Navy Battles German U-Boats
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Four Freedoms Speech pg 339
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America Enters the War
Why It Matters
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How did the United States react to the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor?
Japan Attacks the United States
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Trouble in the Pacific
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Atlantic Charter -define
Hideki Tojo
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The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
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Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7th, 1941
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Results of the Attack
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America Declares War
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Mobilizing for War
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Responding to the Call
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Women’s Army Corps (WAC) -define
Mobilizing Industry
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Fierce Fighting in the Pacific
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Japanese Forces Take the Philippines
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Bataan Death March -define
Bataan Death March
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POWs and Japanese guards
Japanese Forces Advance
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America Strikes Back with the Doolittle Raid
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Doolittle Raid
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and the raid over Japan.
The Battle of the Coral Sea Gives Hope
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