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Bellwork January 24, 2014

Bellwork January 24, 2014. List as many things that you can about Pearl Harbor. Preparation for War. America prepares for war prior to Pearl Harbor 1938- FDR requested that Congress strengthen the navy 1939- Neutrality Act- US can sell weapons to other countries on a “cash and carry” basis

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Bellwork January 24, 2014

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  1. Bellwork January 24, 2014 • List as many things that you can about Pearl Harbor.

  2. Preparation for War • America prepares for war prior to Pearl Harbor • 1938- FDR requested that Congress strengthen the navy • 1939- Neutrality Act- US can sell weapons to other countries on a “cash and carry” basis • 1940- FDR signed the Selective Training and Service Act

  3. American Involvement Grows • The US begins to become involved in the war prior to Pearl Harbor • March 1941 Lend-Lease Act- America could sell, lend or lease arms or other war supplies to any nation considered “vital to the defense of the United States” • Mid-1941- US ships began escorting convoys of British merchant ships • “shoot-on-sight” • August 1941 Atlantic Charter- FDR and Churchill • Disarmament- giving up military weapons

  4. Japanese Threat • 1930 Japan seized much of China • 1940 After the fall of France, Japan seized the French colony of Indochina • Japan planned to conquer Dutch East Indies, British Malaya and the Philippines • All of this was to require which resources? • Rubber • Oil

  5. Pearl Harbor • 7:55am, Sunday, December 7, 1941 • Ships were anchored in a neat row • Airplanes were grouped together on the airfield • Worst defeat in US military history • United Americans • December 8, 1941 war is declared on Japan • December 11, 1941 German declared war on the US

  6. Closure • Make sure you have your heading! • What was the overall purpose of the Atlantic Charter?

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