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US enters WWII

Pearl Harbor and US response

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US enters WWII

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  1. US Enters the War

  2. FDR’s early take on WWII • Delivered Quarantine Speech • War is a disease • avoid it because it is deadly • Instead of war, sign peace agreements • Quarantine (isolate) aggressive nations • Connected to America’s traditional isolation and neutrality

  3. Neutrality Acts • attempts at avoiding US involvement in WWII • revised US involvement in 1939 • allowed FDR to sell goods and weapons to nations • paid cash and transported the goods themselves • this helped the Allies and violated true neutrality • but Germany was winning and we had to do something

  4. FDR Moves Toward War • After his re-election (3rd term) FDR pushed for war • FDR delivered his Four Freedom’s Speech suggested the only way Americans could keep their: • freedom of speech • freedom of worship • freedom from want • freedom from fear • was to help Britain combat Nazi Germany and Japanese militarism

  5. Lend-Lease Act • US plan to sell, lease or lend defense materials to Allies • economic declaration of war against Axis Powers • violated neutrality • In response Germany starts to attack merchant ships delivering these war materials to Britain using U-Boats BIG IDEA: …America is already fighting in World War II but with dollars not bullets

  6. Pearl harbor (“A day that will live in infamy”) • Japan relied on the US for natural resources (specifically oil) • US ended trade placed embargo on oil to Japan… negotiations were unsuccessful • In response, General Hideki Tojo sent troops to bomb the US military base of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 • a surprise attack • 2,500 killed • Disabled the base and supplies for six months • FDR asked Congress to declare war and America enters the war with the Allies

  7. The USS Shaw Explodes • Over 2,400 Americans were killed and over 1,200 more were injured

  8. The USS Arizona Sinks

  9. The Attack Plan Targeted Air Bases and the Naval Base, not the Cities

  10. FDR’s Ride to Give His Speech(Courtesy of Al Capone) • Limited by a government regulation that prohibited spending only $750 for a car, the only bulletproof car they could find was previously Al Capone’s but was taken because of tax evasion.

  11. AMERICANS RUSH TO ENLIST • After Pearl Harbor five million Americans enlisted to fight in the war • The Selective Service expanded the draft and eventually provided an additional 10 million soldiers

  12. EFFECTS OF PEARL HARBOR • US starts to restrict the rights of Japanese living in America because they were seen as disloyal • Government starts to detain Japanese-Americans in internment camps (temporary imprisonment) • Korematsu vs. US upheld the governments' ability to use internment camps against citizens during times of war

  13. WOMEN JOIN THE FIGHT • Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall pushed for the formation of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) • Under this program women worked in non-combat roles such as nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators, and pilots

  14. America Mobilizes (Prepares for War) • Huge patriotism following Pearl Harbor Attack • People enlisted, gave blood, volunteered • People bought war bonds to fund the war, connected to victory • Women’s Army Corps (WACs): • gave army jobs to women - nurses, clerical work, typists, truck drivers, etc • Rosie the Riveter became symbolic for women to show their war efforts making war materials • women had to step aside when men came back from war

  15. War Production Board: oversaw the transition of peacetime industries to war time industries in America Ford made planes not cars Other government agencies were created to distribute scarce resources, create patriotism Rationing: Americans were issued coupon books that limited the amount of certain goods they could buy AMERICA MOBILIZES

  16. ALL AMERICANS FOUGHT Despite discrimination at home, minority populations contributed to the war effort • 1,000,000 African Americans served in the military • 300,000 Mexican-Americans • 33,000 Japanese Americans • 25,000 Native Americans • 13,000 Chinese Americans These “Golden 13” Great Lakes officers scored the highest marks ever on the Officers exam in 1944

  17. Propaganda or Patriotism?

  18. WWII Poster encouraging conservation

  19. A PRODUCTION MIRACLE • Americans converted the auto industry into a war industry • The nation’s automobile plants began to produce tanks, planes, boats, and command cars • Many other industries also converted to war-related supplies

  20. MOBILIZATION OF SCIENTISTS • In 1941, FDR created the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) to bring scientists into the war effort • Focus was on radar and sonar to locate submarines • Scientists also worked on penicillin and pesticides like DDT

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