PERIOD 2 & 7

We will examine the events that brought the US into World War II.

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RECOGNIZING RUSSIA In 1933, Roosevelt formally

recognized the Soviet Union, opening up trade and bolstering a friendly counter-weight to the possible threat of German power in Europe and Japanese power in Asia.

Who is against Uncle Sam talking with woman in political cartoon on 807?

Who is the woman representing?

GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY

President Roosevelt initiated the Good Neighbor policy, renouncing armed intervention in Latin America.  The last marines left Haiti in 1934; Cuba, under the Platt Amendment, was released from American control; and the grip on Panama was relaxed in 1936

APPEASING GERMANY AND JAPAN

In 1937, the Japanese militarists touched off an explosion that led to the all-out invasion of China. 

In 1937, Japanese planes sunk an American gunboat, the Panay.  Tokyo was quick to make apologies and the United States accepted.

In 1936, he again violated the treaty when he took over the demilitarized German Rhineland.

In March 1938, Hitler invaded Austria.  At a conference in Munich, Germany in September 1938,

the Western European democracies, unprepared for war, betrayed Czechoslovakia to Germany when they gave away Sudetenland. 

In March 1939, Hitler took control of Czechoslovakia.

PERIOD 3 & 7

We will examine the events that brought the US into World War II.

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AP REVIEW

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FDR DROPS THE DOLLAR SIGN

What do you think FDR meant when he suggested that the best defense for the US is letting Great Britain use our weapons whether than keep them in storage?

How does FDR illustrate this point? According to the Lend-Lease Plan, when

would Britain actually pay for an item? Who is FDR shake hands with and a fist at

in the cartoon?

WORLD WAR II BEGINS

Hitler militarily invaded Poland on September 1, 1939.  Britain and France, honoring their commitments to Poland, declared war on Germany; World War II had started.

FALL OF FRANCE

Hitler overran Denmark and Norway in April 1940.  Hitler then moved on to the Netherlands and Belgium.  By late June 1940, France was forced to surrender.

HITLER INVADES RUSSIA On June 22, 1941, Hitler launched an

attack on the Soviet Union.  President Roosevelt immediately promised assistance and backed up his words by making some military supplies available.

PEARL HARBOR

The State Department insisted that the Japanese clear out of China.  Forced with the choice of succumbing to the Americans or continued conquest, the Japanese chose to fight.

On December 7, 1941, Japanese bombers attacked Pearl Harbor, killing 2,348 people.

Roosevelt’s recognition of the soviet Union was undertaken partly A. in order to win support from American

Catholics B. because the Soviet leadership seemed to be

modifying its harsher communist policies. C. in hopes of developing a diplomatic

counterweight to the rising power of Japan and Germany.

D. to win favor with American liberals. E. to open opportunities for American

investment in Siberian oil fields.

FDR embarked on the Good Neighbor Policy in part because A. there was a rising tide of anti-Americanism in

Latin America B. Congress had repealed the Monroe Doctrine C. he feared the spread of communism in the

region. D. the policy was part of the neutrality stance

taken by the US. E. he was eager to enlist Latin American allies

to defend the Western Hemisphere against European and Asian dictators.

Japan believed it was forced into war with the United States because FDR insisted that Japan A. withdraw from the Dutch East Indies B. leave China C. renew its trade with America. D. break its treaty of nonaggression with

Germany. E. find alternative sources of oil.