From World War II to Containment I. _________________ was America’s foreign policy from 1918 to 1937

A. This policy is one of the causes of the ____________ ______________

B. This policy also allows the world to grow out of control1. ___________________ governments rise. These forms of governments tried

to take total control over society.2. Examples

a. ___________________ came to power in Germany b. ___________________ came to power in Italy c. ___________________ came to power in Japan

Isolation(Didn’t join league of nations, Cut immigration, Raised Tariffs)

Great Depression

Fascist

HitlerMussolini

To Jo

II. Events leading towards American involvement in WWII.

A. The United States continued to vow to defend democracy around the world.

B. In Europe, England and France were following a policy of ____________________. This allowed Germany to gobble up a great portion of Europe without a fight. (The __________________ Conference)

C. In Asia, Japan invades Manchuria and Northern ____________.

D. Italy invaded ______________________.

E. Finally, the world explodes when Germany and __________________ both invade ___________________.

Appeasement

Munich

China

Ethiopia (North Africa)

The Soviet UnionPoland

F. The United States promises to support any nation fighting an aggressive nation. The United States passes a series of _____________ Acts to enforce this.1. The United States would not sell ________________ goods to belligerent nations, would not give ___________ to belligerent nations, and forced belligerent nations to pay for non military goods in _____________ only.2. The ___________ _____________ act gave England money and weapons with the understanding that at the end of the war England would pay us back for these war goods.3. The _______________ for ______________ Act gave England several American Destroyers in return for bases in the Pacific ocean.4. The United States placed an oil and scrap metal ________________ on Japan.

G. Finally, On December 7th, 1941, the United States was attacked by ______________ at _____________ _______________.

NeutralityMilitary

Loans

Cash (These belligerent nations would have to transport too)Lend Lease

Destroyer Bases

Embargo

Japan Pearl Harbor FDR requests war be declared the next day

III. World War II’s major battles and events.

A. Blitzkrieg or ______________ ___________ was a new form of warfare that used _____________ and _______________ to sweep enemies from the front.

B. Total War is where every ____________________ of a nation is placed into the war effort. (over 34 million _____________________ died during the war compared to approximately 17 million _____________________ deaths)

C. Major Battles

1. The Battle of ___________________ turned out to be a turning point in the war against Japan. The Japanese lost 1/3 or their carriers during this battle2. The Battle of ___________________ is noted as being the beginning of the End

of the War as the U.S. and England crossed the English Channel and invaded occupied France. This was and still is the largest amphibious assault in history.3. The Battle of the _____________ was ___________________ last ditch effort to fight back against the allies. He literally ran out of _________.4. ________________ ___________________ was the technique that the U.S.

used to defeat the Japanese. They simply passed by islands they didn’t need to take over and cut them off from supply.

Lightning WarTanks Planes

CitizenCivilians

Military

Midway

D-Day

Bulge Hitler’sGas

Island Hopping

D. The Decision to Drop the ___________ ____________.1. The _________________ __________________ was the code name for the American operation to develop the bomb. ______________

_______________________ was the leading physicist on the project.2. _______________ ________________ was the President who had to make the decision to drop the bomb since ________ died in office.3. Reasons for dropping the bomb:

4. Reasons against dropping the bomb:

5. On August 6th, 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on ________6. On August 9th, 1945, a second atomic bomb was dropped on ________

Atomic BombManhattan Project

RobertOpenheimer

Harry S TrumanFDR

a. End the war quickerb. It was expensive, we should use itc. Show the world what we have and what we can do (especially U.S.S.R.)d. Revenge for Pearl Harbore. Save American soldier’s lives

a. It’s inhumane. Only women and children will be killedb. There were other things we could have done with bomb – (test it on a deserted island)c. Other military tactics could have been used aside from invasion: fire bomb, blockade, etc.

HiroshimaNagasaki

E. Americans discovered the horrible and disgusting remnants of the _______________________.

1. Over 6 million ______________ people were exterminated.

2. The United States, at the _________________ trials prosecuted 24 German officers for ______________ against _________________. 19 were convicted while 10 were executed. 700 Japanese officers were also executed. ( These trials held that you could not hide behind the defense of you were “ordered to do it.”)

Holocaust

Jewish

NuremburgCrimes Humanity

IV. The American Homefront during the war.

A. Thanks to the war effort, America is lifted out of the ____________ _______________. However, the national __________ was still on the rise. U.S. citizens helped by purchasing __________ ____________.

B. Americans accepted the ___________ in 1940. This allowed the United States armed services to rise to 12.5 million personnel.

C. Gains are made for ______________ and ___________________ in the workforce. Women that worked in industrial jobs were known as _______________ the _________________. D. Americans also accepted ______________________ as many consumer goods and foods were in short supply.1. _________________ ____________ dictated how much food and other consumer items you could purchase.2. Americans grew _________________ gardens in their backyards to supplement their rationed food.

Great DepressionDebt

War Bonds

Draft

Blacks Women Rosie

Riveter

Rationing

Ration Stamps

Victory

• Korematsu v. U.S.

• Events: Korematsu was a Japanese American. FDR, attempting to stop espionage, even though he said it was for the safety of Japanese Americans, handed out special executive order #9066. This forced Japanese Americans into internment camps (glorified concentration camps)

• Decision: Following precedence set by Schenk v. U.S the Supreme Court sided with the United States

• Impact: Our civil rights are not absolute. During times of crises we have seen our rights limited (WWI , First Red Scare, WWII, Second Red Scare (McCarthyism), and War on Terror today with the Patriot Act)

A. Koramatsu v. U.S. followed in the steps of ______________ v. U.S.1. Koramatsu was a Japanese American living in California at the outbreak of WWII in the

United States.

2. For security purposes, Koromatsu was placed in an ________________________ _______________.

3. Are our rights absolute? Was America correct in placing Japanese Americans in internment camps?

Schenk

Internment Camp

a. Our rights are not absolute…especially during times of war and national crises(Patriot Act, Other actions to stop terrorism).

b. Probably one of the worst decisions in American history. Racism played a strong part in this – (Were there German internment camps?)