Title: U.S. foreign policies at the beginning of WWII

Date: November 7, 2014

Write down the Topical Essential Question.

(1.2.f, 1.3.e) SWBAT identify & critique the United States foreign policies at the beginning of World War II. Given an exit card and doc, SWBAT: (80% accuracy) 1. Answer 3 MC questions 2. Write a SEEC paragraph for: American Foreign Policy before WWII. T-EQ: What did it take to push the U.S. from Neutrality into war? O-EQ: What social, political, and economic changes took place in America during the decade of the 1930s?

WWI was still in recent memory for many Some were still of age to serve in the military in both wars

Total military/civilian casualties in WWI = over 37 million.

Americans were against fighting another brutal war

Signed Kellogg-Briand Pact with over 60 other nations

1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts

Pledged to never wage war again

(1.2.f, 1.3.e) SWBAT identify & critique the United States foreign policies at the beginning of World War II. Given an exit card and doc, SWBAT: (80% accuracy) 1. Answer 3 MC questions 2. Write a SEEC paragraph for: American Foreign Policy before WWII. T-EQ: What did it take to push the U.S. from Neutrality into war? O-EQ: What social, political, and economic changes took place in America during the decade of the 1930s?

Complete the following sentence stems: 1. The Subject of this cartoon is ______________. 2. The Purpose of this cartoon is _____________. 3. The Tone of this cartoon is _______ & _____.

(1.2.f, 1.3.e) SWBAT identify & critique the United States foreign policies at the beginning of World War II. Given an exit card and doc, SWBAT: (80% accuracy) 1. Answer 3 MC questions 2. Write a SEEC paragraph for: American Foreign Policy before WWII. T-EQ: What did it take to push the U.S. from Neutrality into war? O-EQ: What social, political, and economic changes took place in America during the decade of the 1930s?

0-5: Isolationism

the opposition to political and economic entanglements with other countries.

US Citizens and Politicians alike felt that getting

involved in another war was not in Americas best interest.

TWS: Make a Prediction: What are some pros and cons of the U.S. remaining isolationist at the beginning of WWII? Justify. CHALLENGE! With the U.S. still in depression, what role do you think existing economic hardships played the country's isolationism?

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(1.2.f, 1.3.e) SWBAT identify & critique the United States foreign policies at the beginning of World War II. Given an exit card and doc, SWBAT: (80% accuracy) 1. Answer 3 MC questions 2. Write a SEEC paragraph for: American Foreign Policy before WWII. T-EQ: What did it take to push the U.S. from Neutrality into war? O-EQ: What social, political, and economic changes took place in America during the decade of the 1930s?

When war broke out in Europe the U.S. had 2 options:

1. More energetic attempts

at stabilizing the world

(Intervene)

2. More energetic attempts at isolating the nation

Americans chose Option #2 U.S. Congress wanted to design safeguards from

U.S. being dragged into another war.

(1.2.f, 1.3.e) SWBAT identify & critique the United States foreign policies at the beginning of World War II. Given an exit card and doc, SWBAT: (80% accuracy) 1. Answer 3 MC questions 2. Write a SEEC paragraph for: American Foreign Policy before WWII. T-EQ: What did it take to push the U.S. from Neutrality into war? O-EQ: What social, political, and economic changes took place in America during the decade of the 1930s?

TWS: Analyze option #1. What do you think it would have taken to implement the first option? Explain and justify! CHALLENGE! Analyze option #2. What do you think were the drawbacks for implementing option #2? (Political, econ, social)

Some Americans believed that greedy bankers and arms dealers played a pivotal role in getting the United States into the WWI.

This theory was alive and well in

the 1930s.

Made Americans more determined to avoid war.

Neutrality Act of 1935: Protect US from events

which pressured US to enter WW1 Requirements:

Cannot sell weapons to Aggressor OR victim

President has power to warn American citizens that traveling on ships of warring nations is at own risk.

(1.2.f, 1.3.e) SWBAT identify & critique the United States foreign policies at the beginning of World War II. Given an exit card and doc, SWBAT: (80% accuracy) 1. Answer 3 MC questions 2. Write a SEEC paragraph for: American Foreign Policy before WWII. T-EQ: What did it take to push the U.S. from Neutrality into war? O-EQ: What social, political, and economic changes took place in America during the decade of the 1930s?

1. Prohibited from transporting any passengers or articles to Belligerents 2. U.S. citizens forbidden from traveling on ships of belligerent nations.

3. Cash and Carry Policy people in a fight could purchase only non-military goods from the US, but had to pay cash and carry goods away on their own vessels.

TWS - Why do you think FDR/Congress added the cash and carry stipulation?

(1.2.f, 1.3.e) SWBAT identify & critique the United States foreign policies at the beginning of World War II. Given an exit card and doc, SWBAT: (80% accuracy) 1. Answer 3 MC questions 2. Write a SEEC paragraph for: American Foreign Policy before WWII. T-EQ: What did it take to push the U.S. from Neutrality into war? O-EQ: What social, political, and economic changes took place in America during the decade of the 1930s?