Post on 13-Jan-2016
From Isolation to Intervention
How did The United States enter World War II?
Bell Ringer
What was the literal translation of blitzkrieg?
What invention turned the tide in the Battle of Britain?
How did the Munich Agreement reflect the foreign policy of appeasement?
Background
Isolation approach to foreign affairs
Isolationism: A national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries
US belief it's best to stay out of foreign affairs
Neutrality Acts
Embargo: partial or full restriction on commerce or trade
1935: American trade embargo against any and all countries at war
1939: Congress allows provision to allow trade on a “cash and carry” basis
Lend-Lease Act 1941: The US agrees
to supply the Allied nations with wartime supplies to defend themselves against the Axis nations.
“Arsenal of Freedom” Compared it to letting
your neighbor use your garden hose if their house was on fire.
BREAK!
Lend-Lease ActActivity
Japan and USA Background
1930s Japan invades and brutalizes Manchuria and China
Seeks military and economic domination in Asia
US imposes an embargo of oil and steel to Japan
Increased tensions between the US and Japan
While negotiating with the U.S., and without warning, Japan carried out an air attack on the
American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941.
Pearl Harbor
The attack at Pearl Harbor destroyed much of the American Pacific fleet and killed over 2,400
Americans.
Roosevelt's Response
Roosevelt called it a “date that will live in infamy.”
He asked Congress to declare war.
Impact of Pearl Harbor
Ended US isolationism
US declares war on Japan
Hitler honors agreement with Japan and Germany declares war on US
All world powers now involved in World War II
Allied vs. Axis Powers
Allied Powers
United States
Great Britain
France
USSR
Axis Powers
Germany
Italy
Japan