World War II

Invaded Manchuria

• Sept 1931:

• July 1937

​ Japan (Pacific Theater)

• 1940

• Invaded China

• July 1937

• Allied with Nazi Germany & Fascist Italy

• Sept 1940

• • Invaded French Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, & Laos) Remember this when we get to the Vietnam War

• In response, US cut trade & stopped all oil shipments to Japan

• US cut trade and increased oil shipments to Japan
• US increased trade and stopped all oil shipments to Japan
• US cut trade and stopped all oil shipments to Japan
• US increased trade and increased oil shipments to Japan

• Germany expanded starting in ​ (a)  

  • Annexed Austria & Czechoslovakia

Sept 1, ​ (b)   : Germany invaded Poland

• In response, Great Britain & France declared war on Germany

• 1936
• 1939

Italy sided with Germany

• Triple Entente
• Central Powers
• Allied Powers
• Axis Powers

• Japanese surprise attack on U.S. Naval Base in Hawai’i

  • Japan hoped it would destroy U.S. naval presence in Pacific & they could continue to rule there

• Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941

• Japan wanted to establish a peaceful relationship with the United States
• The attack was a response to a previous U.S. attack on Japan
• The attack was a result of miscommunication between Japan and the United States

• Dec 8, 1941: US declared war on Japan

  • FDR declared it was “a day which will live in infamy.”

• Dec 11, 1941: Hitler declared war on US because of his pact with Japan

• Dec 11, 1941: Hitler declared war on US because of his pact with Japan
• Dec 12, 1941: US declared war on Italy
• Dec 10, 1941: US declared war on Germany
• Dec 7, 1941: US declared war on Japan

infamy

• The state of being well known for some good quality or deed.
• The state of being unknown or obscure.
• The state of being average or mediocre.
• The state of being well known for some bad quality or deed.

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1. How much did unemployment drop from 1941-1943?

• Unemployment dropped by 50% from 1941-1943
• Unemployment remained the same from 1941-1943
• 14% to 2%

• Unemployment increased during that period

2. Who were the majority of people working in factories World War II

• men
• children
• elderly
• women