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Do Now – Review Answer on ½ sheet of paper

Do Now – Review Answer on ½ sheet of paper. 1. In what ways did World War I influence the American policy of isolationism during the 1930s? 2. Explain the purpose of the Neutrality Acts. From Isolation to wartime. 1930’s– The U.S. passes Neutrality Acts

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Do Now – Review Answer on ½ sheet of paper

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  1. Do Now – Review Answer on ½ sheet of paper • 1. In what ways did World War I influence the American policy of isolationism during the 1930s? • 2. Explain the purpose of the Neutrality Acts.

  2. From Isolation to wartime • 1930’s– The U.S. passes Neutrality Acts • Cannot sell weapons to countries at war • 1939—World War II begins in Germany

  3. Roosevelt’s response • Roosevelt tried to get Congress to relax the strict neutrality laws • 1939—”Cash-and -Carry” • Congress allows countries at war to buy war materials from the U.S. for cash • No U.S. ships will carry war materials

  4. helping germany’s enemies • 1940—Destroyers for Bases Deal • US gives Great Britain 50 destroyer ships to protect themselves from Germany • U.S. is increasingly acting on behalf of Allies

  5. Lend-Lease Act (1941) • “What do I do in such a crisis? I don’t say ... ‘Neighbor, my garden hose cost me $15; you have to pay me $15 for it.’ ... I don’t want $15 — I want my garden hose back after the fire is over.” • -FDR • The U.S. begins to abandon neutrality in 1941 • Lend-Lease Act • U.S. agrees to lend the Allies war materials • Purpose to give aid to the enemies of Hitler

  6. The U.S. enters World War II • 1941—The U.S. cuts off oil and rubber shipments to Japan and froze Japanese assets ($) in the US • December 7, 1941—Japan launches a surprise attack of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii • The U.S. declares war on Japan. Germany & Italy declare war on the U.S.

  7. Japanese Internment in WWII • Many Americans feared a Japanese invasion of the U.S. • Discrimination against Japanese-American increases • 1942—FDR issues Executive Order 9066, Japanese Internment. • Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast were ordered out of their homes, and onto camps. • Most of the people who were interned were American citizens.

  8. Japanese internment in WWII • Over 100,000 people lived in the relocation camps during the war. • Many of those interned lost their jobs, businesses, and homes • Japanese Internment was challenged in the court case Korematsu v. U.S.(1944). • Just like Schenck v. U.S. (1919), this case ruled that the need to protect the nation were more important than individual rights

  9. Closing • 1. What actions did FDR take to prepare the U.S. for involvement in World War II? • 2. What factors do you think led Japan to start a war with the United States?

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