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Rise of the Dictators

Rise of the Dictators. It’s baby Hitler!. Dictators seek to solve political/economic instability through total control and military conquest Joseph Stalin (Russia) Mussolini (Italy) Hitler (Germany) Tojo (Japan). Good Morning!!. NVC U.S. Entry into WWII: Neutrality to War

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Rise of the Dictators

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  1. Rise of the Dictators It’s baby Hitler! • Dictatorsseek to solve political/economic instability through total control and military conquest • Joseph Stalin (Russia) • Mussolini (Italy) • Hitler (Germany) • Tojo(Japan)

  2. Good Morning!! • NVC • U.S. Entry into WWII: Neutrality to War • Attack on Pearl Harbor: Conspiracy? Essential Question(s): How did the United States enter WWII?, Did the US have prior knowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbor? Homework: Finish Pearl Harbor activity if necessary

  3. WWII Begins • Dictators test the League of Nations • Military actions by Japan and Italy in China and Ethiopia • 1938 European policy of Appeasement: give in to demands to avoid conflict • 1939 Germany and Russia invade Poland • WWII begins

  4. Where is the United States? • Neutrality Acts (1935-1937) • Prevents US from supplying “arms, ammunition, or implements of war” to nations in conflict • Most Americans are happy to stay out of war

  5. FDR: a Pro-War President • President Franklin D. Roosevelt sees war as necessary • Four Freedoms Speech • Freedom of Speech and Expression • Freedom to worship God in your own way • Freedom from want • Freedom from fear

  6. “Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them”—Franklin D. Roosevelt

  7. Road to War • 1937 US puts economic sanctions on Japan • Cripples Japanese war economy • 1941 Lend-Lease Agreement with Allies • Provide war materials to Britain, China, France • December 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

  8. Pearl Harbor • Results • 2500 Americans killed • 1800 wounded • 21 Ships sunk • Effects • U.S. declares war on Japan • Italy and Germany declare war on the U.S.

  9. Conspiracy?! • Did the United States have prior knowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbor? • Did we LET it happen?!

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