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Standard
SS5H6 The student will
explain the reasons for
America’s involvement in
World War II.
 Learn
how and why the World War II
began.
 Famous leaders that contributed to the
start of the war
 When the United States entered the
war
 How it effected the people
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Rise of Fascism led to a rise in dictators.
Five countries were still led by dictators
after WWI.
1. Nazi Germany-Adolf Hitler
2. Italy-Benito Mussolini
3. Japan-Emperor Hirohito (alongside his
Prime Ministers, Hideki Tojo and Fumimaro
Konoe
4. Soviet Union-Joseph Stalin
5. Spain-General Francisco Franco
Hitler did not think Germany had been treated
fairly after WWI ended.
 He blamed Germany’s Jewish people for the
country’s problems.
 By 1932, Hitler led the National Socialist party, or
Nazis.
 1933 Hitler becomes Germany’s chancellor, prime
minister.
 Hitler took away German citizen’s rights to vote and
outlawed all political parties except the Nazi party.
 His secret army, storm troopers, arrested anyone
that disagreed with Hitler and put them in
concentration camps.
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 Italy’s
dictator, Mussolini, wanted the nation to
get back power.
 In Spain, Franco set up dictatorship with
Hitler and Mussolini’s help.
 In Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin took control as a
dictator. He believed in Communism.
 In 1920s & 1930s, Communists were fighting
to take over the nation. Japan made use of
China’s troubles and took over most much of
eastern China by 1938.
 Italy took over Ethiopia and invaded Albania.
 Germany marched into Austria and quickly
took over.
 When
did the World War II begin?
 September 1, 1939 - German and Soviet
soldiers invaded and took over Poland.
 Why?
 Three Countries: Japan, Italy, and
Germany started taking over other
countries.
 Britain and France, Poland’s Allies, were
tired of the takeovers and declared war on
Germany.
 Axis Powers: Japan, Italy, and Germany
 Allied Powers: Britain, France, and U.S.
 Germany
conquered Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
 Germany tried to conquer Britain.
 Japan took over French Indochina,
(Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos).
 The
United States was hesitant to get
involved because they believed that Europe
should handle its own problems.
 Lend-Lease Act – It provided a way for the
U.S. to give aid to Britain during WWII.
 U.S. placed a ban on resources to Japan.
 December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked
Pearl Harbor. * This harbor was a base used
by the Navy and had about 130 ships.
 Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war.
 Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S.
 Congress declared war on Germany and
Italy.
 The
war led to the production of:
* Airplanes
* tanks
* other war supplies
 The U.S. had to make rubber since ties
with Japan were cut.
 The government took control of
businesses and stopped the production
of many consumer goods to produce
enough war supplies.
 Women
carried out many of the same
duties they had during World War I.
 This time they took on even more
responsibilities such as:
• Serving in the armed forces
• Making maps
• Flying more planes to airfields in Europe and
the Pacific
o Rosina Bonavita and a partner welded 3,345
rivets in place and put together one wing of a
bomber in one day. “Rosie the Riveter”
 Gained more power over the
 Took control of businesses
• Setting prices
• Wages
 Due
people
to a great need for supplies overseas
many supplies had to be rationed in the U.S.
Rationed butter, sugar, coffee, meat and gas.
 Americans had higher taxes and bought war
bonds to pay for the war. After the American
returned the bond, they would receive
payment and interest.
 June
6, 1944, would be known as D-Day.
The Allies attacked Germans at
Normandy and broke through their lines.
 After D day, one by one, countries
Germany had conquered were freed as
the Allied Powers forced Germans out.
 Axis Powers: Mussolini was captured and
killed, Hitler killed himself.
Battles for the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
followed the victory in the Philippines. In both
cases, the Allies won.
 Einstein warned Roosevelt of Germany’s plans to
build a new kind of bomb.
 Roosevelt created The Manhattan project and the
Atom bomb was tested in Mexico Desert.
 July 26, 1945, Allies ask Japan to surrender.
 August 6, 1945, Truman sent the the Atom Bomb to
Hiroshima.
 Japan still did not surrender.
 August 9, 1945, Truman sent a second Atom Bomb
to Nagasaki.
 August 15, 1945 became known as V-J Day, Victory
over Japan Day.
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 April
1945, 50 country delegates met in
San Francisco, CA to create the UN,
United Nations. The UN is to keep world
peace and promote cooperation among
nations.