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Opening Question : Describe the meaning behind this political cartoon. Give specific details.

Explore the political cartoon's meaning and specific details behind the road to war, rise of fascism, attack on Pearl Harbor, mobilization and life on the home front during World War II. Discover the impact of the war on cities in Europe, including migration, racial conflict, and Japanese removal.

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Opening Question : Describe the meaning behind this political cartoon. Give specific details.

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  1. Opening Question: Describe the meaning behind this political cartoon. Give specific details.

  2. World War II

  3. I. The Road to War A. The Rise of Fascism 1. Causes -Great Depression - Treaty of Versailles 2. Japan (Hideki Tojo) and Italy (Benito Mussolini) 3. Hitler’s Germany -Takes Rhineland in 1936 -Mein Kampf

  4. I. The Road to War B. War Approaches 1. Isolationist 2. Neutrality Act of 1935 3. Cash and Carry 4. The Popular Front

  5. I. The Road to War B. War Approaches (cont.) 5. The Failure of Appeasement -Austria -Munich-Conference: Sudetenland -Rest of Czechoslovakia -Poland: September 1, 1939 -Britain and France declare war

  6. I. The Road to War B. War Approaches (cont.) 6. Isolationism and Internationalism 7. Four Freedoms Speech 8. Lend-Lease Act

  7. Opening Question: What does this image of street fighting in Germany suggest about the impact of the war on cities in Europe?

  8. I. The Road to War C. The Attack on Pearl Harbor 1. Provocation -Japan invades China -Quarantine Speech -Nanking (Nanjing) Massacre 2. Plans for war -Pearl Harbor attacked on December 7, 1941

  9. II. Organizing for Victory A. Financing the War 1. Business and industry -War Powers Act -Revenue Act 2. War Production Board (WPB)

  10. II. Organizing for Victory B. Mobilizing the American Fighting Force 1. Soldiers and workers 2. Women

  11. II. Organizing for Victory C. Workers and the War Effort 1. Rosie the Riveter 2. Wartime Civil Rights 3. Organized Labor

  12. II. Organizing for Victory D. Politics in Wartime 1. A second Bill of Rights 2. Election of 1944

  13. III. Life on the Home Front • “For the Duration” 1. Popular culture 2. Consumer goods

  14. III. Life on the Home Front B. Migration and the Wartime City 1. Racial Conflict -Great Migration -Zoot Suit Riots 2. Gay and Lesbian Communities

  15. III. Life on the Home Front C. Japanese Removal 1. Anti-Asian sentiment 2. Executive Order 9066 and relocation3. Korematsu v. United States

  16. IV. Fighting and Winning the War A. Wartime Aims and Tensions 1. The Big Three -US: Franklin D. Roosevelt -GB: Winston Churchill -Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin 2. Second Front

  17. IV. Fighting and Winning the War B. The War in Europe 1. D-Day -Led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower 2. The Holocaust

  18. IV. Fighting and Winning the War C. The War in the Pacific 1. Naval victories -Battle of Coral Sea -Battle of Midway 2. Racial overtones

  19. IV. Fighting and Winning the War D. The Atomic Bomb and the End of the War 1. Manhattan Project 2. Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  20. IV. Fighting and Winning the War E. The Toll of the War 1. Human Casualties 2. Economic and political transformations

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