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Open NC book to world map on page A2

Open NC book to world map on page A2. How far is Japan from California? How far is Germany from NC? According to these numbers, why might the U.S. stay neutral?. U.S. Isolationism in 1930s. Devastation of WWI convinced many Americans to stay out of international issues

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Open NC book to world map on page A2

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  1. Open NC book to world map on page A2 How far is Japan from California? How far is Germany from NC? According to these numbers, why might the U.S. stay neutral?

  2. U.S. Isolationism in 1930s • Devastation of WWI convinced many Americans to stay out of international issues • Congress passed laws prohibiting selling weapons to countries at war • Some people like Dr. Seuss did not agree and knew the U.S. would have no choice but to get involved

  3. Lend-Lease Act • FDR changed policy in 1939 to help Allies without fighting • Lent or leased $50B of weapons • Many people considered this fighting for the Allies

  4. Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor • Due to Japan’s war actions U.S. cut off all oil shipments; Japan attacks in response • 8 battleships destroyed; aircraft carriers were out to sea and unharmed • Germany declares war on U.S. because of its alliance with Japan

  5. Invading through Africa & Italy • Germany too strong to attack directly • Allies find weak point in N. Africa in 1942; go to Italy in 1943

  6. Nazis go too far in Russia • German-Soviet Russian alliance fell apart • Nazis cannot capture Stalingrad in 1942 • Extremely hard-fought and bloody battle

  7. D-Day Invasion • Jun 6, 1944 Allies finally invade France • 176,000 troops come ashore; 10,000 die • Sets up Allied supplies to reach Germany

  8. Victory in Europe (V-E) • U.S. & Allies move from west; Soviet Russians from east • Meet in Germany in May 1945 • Hitler commits suicide hidden in bunker

  9. Japan’s growing empire • U.S. had to rebuild destroyed fleet • Japan conquered 1/7th of entire planet by spring 1942 • U.S. policy of island hopping to cross ocean and defeat Japan

  10. Battle of Midway • May 1942 Japanese move towards Midway Islands near Hawaii • Largest sea/air battle in world history • U.S. pushes back Japan

  11. Island Hopping • U.S. Navy & Army went from island to island as bases to attack Japanese forces • Japanese fought very hard; no surrender • Iwo Jima and Okinawa very bloody sites

  12. The Manhattan Project • Top secret program to build atomic bomb before Nazis did • FDR died in April 1945; Truman now #1 • Dilemma: using it kills civilians, not using kills Americans

  13. Victory in Japan Aug. 1945 • Truman orders atomic bombs dropped on cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki • 170,000 mostly civilians killed • Japan surrenders

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