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Do Now: Tuesday 4/30/ 13

Do Now: Tuesday 4/30/ 13. “A Date That Will Live in Infamy” Read FDR’s famous speech & answer the question “What impact do you predict the events described in the speech will have on the war?” FDR Speech. Do Now: Wednesday 5/1/13. Pick up your posters! Your group will be presenting them!

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Do Now: Tuesday 4/30/ 13

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  1. Do Now: Tuesday 4/30/13 • “A Date That Will Live in Infamy” • Read FDR’s famous speech & answer the question • “What impact do you predict the events described in the speech will have on the war?” • FDR Speech

  2. Do Now: Wednesday 5/1/13 • Pick up your posters! • Your group will be presenting them! • Pick up permission slip for Saving Private Ryan

  3. American Involvement • 1930: US declares neutrality • 1941: FDR persuades congress to pass Lend-Lease Act • allowed to sell or lend war materials to “any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the US” • US  “the arsenal of democracy” • August 1941: Atlantic Charter • Churchill & FDR met on a ship in the Atlantic • Goal: final destruction of Nazi tyranny

  4. US vs. JAPAN • 1939 Japan expanded to grab European resources & possessions in Southeast Asia • US banned sale of war materials to Japan – stop Japanese aggression • Japan saw this as an attempt to interfere in their sphere of influence • Talks between US & Japan about growing tensions • General TojoHideki • extreme militarist with goals to expand empire

  5. Pearl Harbor • General Tojo ordered a surprise attack • December 7, 1941 • Japanese airplanes bombed the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii • About 2,400 lives were lost • “a date which will live in infamy” • FDR asked congress to declare war on Japan • December 8, 1941 • December 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declared war on USA as Japan’s allies

  6. Damage at Pearl Harbor

  7. Pearl Harbor • pearl harbor • FDR speech • pearl harbor movie

  8. Exit Ticket • In your opinion. Should the US have been involved in WWII prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor? WHY or WHY NOT?

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