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FOR STARTERS
• Timeline Questions pgs. 772-773:
• Write out and answer the following
questions.
1.) When did France surrender to
Germany?
2.) Why did the United States enter WWII?
3.) Where did Allied troops land on D-Day?
FOR STARTERS
• Read the Political Cartoon on pg.781
then answer questions 1-3 in the
Political Cartoon Skills Box
FOR STARTERS
• You are a young person during World
War II…create a list of 5 things you
could do at home and in the
community to help win the war.
(if you are having trouble creating the
list refer to page 789)
FOR STARTERS
• On page 786 read “Relocation of
Japanese Americans” under Viewing
History then answer the question in
bold.
FOR STARTERS
• Write out and answer the following
questions:
1.) What country did Germany invade in
1939?
2.) What was the name of the fictional
factory worker we have discussed?
3.) What was the “Double V” campaign?
FOR STARTERS
• On page 798 read “Americans
Remember the Holocaust” under
Viewing History then answer the
question in bold.
FOR STARTERS
YES OR NO??
• Should the United States have dropped
atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war in
the Pacific?...WHY?
*BE READY TO DEFEND YOUR ANSWERS*
FOR STARTERS
Now that we have discussed the issue of the
atomic bomb, has your opinion changed
as to whether we should or shouldn’t have
dropped the bombs? Explain your answer.
FOR STARTERS
Which World War II event or person do you
think is the most interesting? Why?
FOR STARTERS
Write one paragraph describing the person
you have been given for the “I Am” poem.
FOR STARTERS
Do you think another World War is possible?
What do you think would be the result if it
happened?
FOR STARTERS
• 3.2.1 Summary!
List:
3 vocabulary words you have learned
2 Important People we have talked about
AND…
1 Important event that took place
CONTENT OBJECTIVES
• 2.8.3 Read and use informational tools
• 8.8.6 Identify causes, effects, and outcome of World War II,
including:
legacy of WWI, Pearl Harbor, Allies, Axis powers and leaders, atomic
bomb, & United Nations
• 8.8.7 Identify key elements of the Holocaust, including:
“Aryan supremacy” , Kristallnacht, “Final Solution”, concentration
and death camps
• 8.8.8 Identify the effects of WWII on the home front in the United
States and Nevada, including:
end of the Great Depression, internment camps, rationing,
propaganda, & “Rosie the Riveter”
LANGUAUGE OBJECTIVES
• SWBAT:
• Fulfill the content objectives by analyzing
primary sources, taking notes, and viewing
pictures and photos.
WORLD WAR II
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KEY TERMS:
Totalitarian State
Fascism
Aggression
Scapegoat
Concentration Camp
Appeasement
Rationing
Victory Garden
Compensation
Holocaust
TOTALITARIAN STATE
TOTALITARIAN STATE
FASCISM
AGGRESSION
SCAPEGOAT
CONCENTRATION CAMP
APPEASEMENT
RATIONING
VICTORY GARDEN
• During World War I and
World War II, the United States
government asked its citizens to
plant gardens in order to
support the war effort. Millions
of people planted gardens. In
1943, Americans planted over
20 million Victory Gardens, and
the harvest accounted for nearly
a third of all the vegetables
consumed in the country that
year. Emphasis was placed on
making gardening a family or
community effort -- not a
drudgery, but a pastime, and a
national duty.
COMPENSATION
HOLOCAUST
WORLD WAR II
1.) France
2.) Great Britain
3.) United States
4.) Soviet Union
**50 Nations in ALL**
Churchill
Stalin
de Gaulle
Roosevelt
 Joseph
Stalin gained power of the Soviet Union
(U.S.S.R.) in 1924.
 He was a totalitarian dictator.
 He punished or killed his “enemies”
 Stalin modernized industry and agriculture
 Government took away all private property
3 Main Powers
1.) Germany
2.) Japan
3.) Italy
(there was 9 countries in all)
HITLER
TOJO
MUSSOLINI
 Hitler
brought the National Socialist German
Workers’ Party, or Nazis, to power in Germany in
1933.
 He ended democratic rule and created a
militaristic totalitarian state.
 The government controlled the press, schools, and
religion.
 He began to rebuild Germany’s military.
 Hitler
blamed Jews and other traitors for
Germany’s problems.
 Hitler preached that Germans belonged to a
superior race.
 The Jews were deprived of citizenship, forbidden
to use public facilities, and driven out of their jobs.
 Hitler would unleash his plan to kill all European
Jews.
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Benito Mussolini and his Fascist
party seized power in 1922.
Mussolini outlawed all political
parties except his own.
He controlled the press and
banned criticism.
Critics were jailed or murdered.
Mussolini promised to restore the
greatness of ancient Rome.
He began a program of military
aggression.
 Japan
suffered during the
Great Depression.
 People grew impatient with
their democratic
government, and military
leaders took power.
 Like Hitler, these leaders
preached racial superiority.
 In
1938, Germany annexed Austria and later
claimed the Sudetenland (Western
Czechoslovakia)
 This action violated the Treaty of Versailles.
• Britain and France should have declared war, but didn’t
 In
September, leaders of Britain, France, Italy, and
Germany met at the Munich Conference
• Hitler promised that Germany would take no
further territory once it had the Sudetenland.
Britain and France agreed.
(Aug. 1939) Hitler and Stalin signed Nazi-Soviet Pact.
 Agreed not to attack each other and they agreed to
divide Poland.
 (Sept. 1939) Hitler launched a blitzkrieg, or lightning
war, against Poland.
 The Poles surrendered and would be controlled by
Germany in the west and the Soviet Union in the east.
 Hitler would eventually betray Stalin.
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 Two
days after Hitler’s
invasion of Poland, Britain and
France declared war on
Germany. World War II had
begun.
 By June of 1940 Germany had
gained control of much of
Europe including France
 Britain now stood alone
against Germany.
 After
the invasion of Poland, F.D.R. said U.S.
would remain neutral even though many
Americans favored the allies.
 The U.S. passed the Lend-Lease Act in March of
1941 (Britain was going broke)
• This Act allowed the sales or loans of war materials to “any
country whose defense the President deems vital to the
defense of the U.S.”
 On
Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese planes
attacked the American Pacific fleet anchored at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
 Japan thought the attack would force the U.S. to
beg for peace immediately.
 American aircraft carriers survived the attack
because they were at sea at the time.
 The Japanese did not bomb the fuel oil tanks—a
mistake because that fuel would help us in war.
 Americans
were alarmed by Japanese aggression
in Asia.
 In September 1940, Japan signed an alliance with
Germany and Italy.
 The United States tried to stop Japanese
aggression by refusing to sell oil and scrap metal to
Japan.
 Japanese and American officials met in Nov. 1941.
The two sides tried to reach an agreement. Neither
side would compromise
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The first task was to train forces for
combat.
The government imposed rationing
on the amounts of certain goods
that people could buy.
Americans planted victory gardens.
The government raised taxes and
borrowed money from citizens by
selling war bonds.
 Almost
five million women entered the work force.
 They replaced the men who joined the military
 War work gave women better pay and working
conditions than before.
 Many women began to dress for work in trousers
and overalls.
 Women gained a new sense of confidence.
 Rosie the Riveter was the face of working women
“Rosie the Riveter” was a fictional factory
worker, who became the symbol of American
women’s contribution to the war effort
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Decided to pursue a “Double V” campaign—victory over
the enemy abroad and victory over discrimination at home.
Nearly a million enlisted or were drafted into WWII.
Served in all-black units with white officers.
Tuskegee Airmen, who were trained in Tuskegee, Alabama,
were African American fighter pilots who destroyed or
damaged roughly 400 enemy aircraft.
After Pearl Harbor, Japanese
Americans were forced from their
homes to “relocation camps.”
 Even people who were American
citizens by birth were relocated.
 Forced to sell property and
businesses at a loss.
 Lived in crowded barracks behind
barbed wire.
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7 Future American Presidents
Views of the World Were Formed
by Their Service in World War II
SUMMARIZE
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By 1942, Germany
controlled most of Europe
and their submarines were
sinking ships faster then
we could replace them.
Japan was sweeping
across Asia
The situation did not look
good for the Allied Forces.
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On June 6, 1944, a fleet of
4,000 Allied ships carried
the invasion force to France.
The troops scrambled
ashore at Normandy.
Despite intense German
resistance, the Allies pushed
on.
The Allies reached Paris on
August 25, 1944. Within a
month, France was free.
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In 1944, President
Roosevelt ran for a fourth
term.
His running mate was
Harry S Truman of
Missouri.
Roosevelt and Truman
won the election.
While on vacation in
Georgia in April 1945,
Roosevelt died.
 By April
1945, Germany was
collapsing.
 Allied forces were closing in.
 Sensing defeat Hitler would
commit suicide.
 On May 7, 1945, Germany
surrendered. On May 8, the
Allies celebrated V-E Day—
Victory in Europe.
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The United States had two goals:
to regain the Philippines and to
invade Japan.
To gain control of the Pacific
Ocean, American forces used the
strategy of island-hopping.
Japanese kamikaze pilots would
fly their planes into American
ships (like a bomb)
Japanese leaders stressed an
ancient code—the Way of the
Warrior. To surrender was to be
dishonored. In suicide missions,
kamikaze pilots loaded old
planes with bombs and crashed
them into Allied ships.
Navajo soldiers radioed
messages from island to island
in a code based on the Navajo
language. The Japanese
intercepted the messages but
could not understand these
Navajo code-talkers.
 Allied
leaders sent a message warning Japan to
surrender or face “prompt and utter destruction.”
(Potsdam Declaration)--the Japanese ignored the
message.
 On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola
Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima,
Japan. The blast killed 70,000 people and injured
an equal number. Many people died later from the
effects of atomic radiation.
 On August 9, a second bomb was dropped on
Nagasaki.
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
On August 14, 1945,
Emperor Hirohito
announced that Japan would
surrender.
 The formal surrender took
place on September 2
aboard the USS Missouri in
Tokyo Bay.
 V-J Day(Victory in Japan)
sparked wild celebrations
across the United States.
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War II was the deadliest war in
history.
 The exact number of casualties will
probably never be known.
 Historians estimate that between 30 million
and 60 million people were killed
US
Debt 1940 - $9 billion
US Debt 1945 - $98 billion
The war cost $330 billion -- 10 times
the cost of WWI & as much as all
previous federal spending since 1776
6
million Jews
 1.5
5
million children under 12
million “Other Undesirables”
11 MILLION KILLED