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Causes and Effects of the Pearl Harbor Attack

Causes and Effects of the Pearl Harbor Attack. Ch.10 Sec.3. Causes . Effects. Japan resents threats to its authority Japan depends on trade with the United States for natural resources United States stops trade of military supplies Japan continues to expand Negotiations fail .

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Causes and Effects of the Pearl Harbor Attack

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  1. Causes and Effects of the Pearl Harbor Attack Ch.10 Sec.3

  2. Causes Effects • Japan resents threats to its authority • Japan depends on trade with the United States for natural resources • United States stops trade of military supplies • Japan continues to expand • Negotiations fail • U.S. fleet not operational for six months • Americans committed to fight • United States declares war on Japan • Germany and Italy declare war on the United States The Attack on Pearl Harbor

  3. Attack on Pearl Harbor Surprise attack by 360 Japanese planes Nearly 2,500 Americans were killed U.S. fleet damaged but not destroyed USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, and USS Utah suffer irreparable damage

  4. Mobilizing for War • 1941-1942 military grew from 1.4 to 3 million • 350,000 women join Women’s Army Corp (WAC) • War Production Board (WPB) oversee industry • Massive defense spending ends the Depression • Fighting in the Pacific • Japanese take Guam, Wake Island, Hong Kong • U.S. forces trapped at Corregidor • 75,000 Allied soldiers surrender to Japanese • Bataan Death March-forced to march 55mi to railway then marched 8mi more • 7,000 Americans and Filipinos die

  5. Doolittle Raid • Nighttime bombing of mainland Japan from USS Hornet • Detected early, went on with raid anyway • 16 B-25 Bombers drop bombs continue on to China • Crash-landed in China • Killed 50 Japanese and damaged 100 bldgs. • Not big military victory but great for morale

  6. Battle of Coral Sea • Japanese and U.S. aircraft carriers battle • Airplanes attack on both sides • Battle technically a draw but forced Japanese to call off their plans to attack New Guinea. • Shifts momentum to Americans.

  7. Short Response Questions!!!! • 1. Do you think a totalitarian government would have formed in Germany if the Great Depression had not occurred? • 2. What was the “Four Freedoms” speech, and why was it significant? • 3. How did the attack on Pearl Harbor cause the U.S. to abandon its neutral position on the war between the Allies and Axis powers? • 4. How could FDR condemn the 1937 bombing of Chinese civilian targets by Japan, yet condone the bombing of Japanese civilian targets in 1942 with the Doolittle Raid?

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