World War IIAN OVERVIEW

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Essential Question:How did WWII change America’s status as a world power?

How did the war change America?

Post World War I Foreign Policy

IsolationismNye CommitteeNeutrality Acts

Rise of Totalitarianism

Appeasement

World War II Began:Sept. 1, 1939:

Hitler’s Invasion of Poland

June 1940: Fall of FranceBombing of BritainFDR’s Response:

Cash-and-CarryLend-Lease

Japanese Aggression: Invaded:

KoreaManchuria (China)Southeast AsiaFrench Indochina

U.S. response:Embargo on Oil &

Scrap Iron

Pearl HarborDec. 7, 1941The Date which will

live in infamy! U. S. Losses:

2 battleships destroyed 6 “ near

destruction 12 “ out of action 150 planes destroyed 2,300 killed 1,100 wounded

War In EuropeTurning Points:

StalingradD-DayBattle of the

Bulge

Allied Conferences

YaltaPotsdam

War in the Pacific

Turning PointsMidwayBattle of Coral SeaIwo Jima

8 sq. miles6,000 killed20,000 injured

Decision to Drop Atomic BombTruman

FDR died April, 1945

FactorsAmerican Casualties;

Est. 1,000,000Japanese Fight to DeathUnconditional SurrenderRussia

Home Front

RationingMigration to West

Coast—Defense JobsNew Opportunities:

WomenAfrican-AmericansMexican Immigrants

Discrimination & Civil Rights Racism

Japanese InternmentSegregated BloodMilitary Discrimination

Tuskegee AirmenEleanor Roosevelt

E.O. 8802A. Philip RandolphEqual Pay Defense Jobs

Zoot Suit Riots

Post World War II AmericaAmerica #1Cold WarG.I. BillCivil Rights

MovementBaby BoomWomen back to

Housewives