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Comparing WWI and WWII: Similarities and Differences in American Involvement

Explore the causes, battles, homefront impact, and outcomes of World War I and II with a focus on American participation. Analyze alliances, leaders, battlefronts, and the homefront to understand the significant events that shaped history.

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Comparing WWI and WWII: Similarities and Differences in American Involvement

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  1. Essential Question: • What are the similarities and differences among World War I and World War II? • CPUSH Agenda for Unit 11.6: • No Clicker Questions Today • Comparing WWI and WWII activity • Unit 11 Review Game • Today’s HW: Complete Unit 11 Org • Unit 11 Test: Thursday, February 16 • Semester Essay: Tuesday, February 21

  2. Comparing WWI and WWII Graphic Organizer • Working with a partner, complete the graphic organizer comparing American involvement in World War I & World War II • Use your notes and prior knowledge to complete the chart • Answer the four discussion questions when finished • Be prepared to share your answers

  3. Causes of World Wars (4 each) • European rivalries due to imperialism and militarism • Nationalism in the Balkans • Totalitarian dictators in Italy, Germany, Japan • Invasion of Poland • Weak League of Nations and use of appeasement by Britain & France • Alliances (Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente) • Aggressive expansion by Italy, Germany, Japan • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  4. America’s Reaction & Involvement(3 = WWI, 6 = WWII) • Loaning money to Allies • Shipping of war equipment to Allies • Neutrality Acts, 1935-37 • Lend-Lease Act after fall of France (1940) • Cash-and-Carry Program after war begins (1939) • President Roosevelt declared neutrality • Embargo of Japanese oil and iron • President Wilson declared neutrality • Atlantic Charter agreement

  5. Reasons the USA entered the war(3 = WWI, 1 = WWII) • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) • “To make the world safe for democracy” • German unrestricted submarine warfare • Discovery of Germany’s Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico

  6. Battlefront (5 each) • Fought in Europe (Eastern and Western Fronts) • Germany, Italy, Japan • Britain, France, USA, China, Soviet Union, Canada • Trench warfare; 1st tanks, machine guns, airplanes • Midway, Iwo Jima, Battle of the Atlantic, Stalingrad, D-Day (Normandy), Bulge • Europe, north Africa, Asia (two theaters) • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria • Britain, France, Russia, USA, Japan • Aircraft carriers, firebombs, atomic bombs • Battle of Marne; Somme

  7. Homefront (5 each) • War Industries Board, Food & Fuel Admins, Committee on Public Info • Women worked in factories, Red Cross, special army units • Blacks moved North & West, segregated units, Tuskegee airmen • War Powers Act limited freedom of speech • Japanese internment camps • War Production Board, Office of War Information, Office of Price Admin • Women worked in factories (“Rosie the Riveter”), Army & Navy (WACs, WAVES) • Blacks moved North in Great Migration, segregated units • Espionage & Sedition Acts limited free speech • Anti-German sentiment, Red Scare, Schenk v US

  8. End of the War(2 = WWI, 5 = WWII) • German demilitarization, reparations & war guilt; League of Nations created • Two superpowers: USA & Soviet Union • Nuclear weapons era • End of League of Nations; United Nations created • USA joined United Nations (1st non-military, international commitment) • Economic boom & consumerism in the 1950s • “Return to Normalcy”; Economic boom & consumerism in the 1920s

  9. Comparing WWI and WWII Graphic Organizer The Answers

  10. Causes of World Wars WWI • Alliances (Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente) • European rivalries due to imperialism and militarism • Nationalism in the Balkans • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand WWII • Weak League of Nations and use of appeasement by Britain & France • Totalitarian dictators in Italy, Germany, Japan • Aggressive expansion by Italy, Germany, Japan • Invasion of Poland

  11. America’s Reaction & Involvement WWI • President Wilson declared neutrality • Loaning money to Allies • Shipping of war equipment to Allies WWII • President Roosevelt declared neutrality • Neutrality Acts, 1935-37 • Cash-and-Carry Program after war begins (1939) • Lend-Lease Act after fall of France (1940) • Embargo of Japanese oil and iron • Atlantic Charter agreement

  12. Reasons the USA entered the war WWI • German unrestricted submarine warfare • Discovery of Germany’s Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico • “To make the world safe for democracy” WWII • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)

  13. Battlefront WWI • Fought in Europe (Eastern and Western Fronts) • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria • Britain, France, Russia, USA, Japan • Trench warfare; 1st tanks, machine guns, airplanes • Battle of Marne; Somme WWII • Europe, north Africa, Asia (two theaters) • Germany, Italy, Japan • Britain, France, USA, China, Soviet Union, Canada • Aircraft carriers, firebombs, atomic bombs • Midway, Iwo Jima, Battle of the Atlantic, Stalingrad, D-Day (Normandy), Bulge

  14. Homefront WWI • War Industries Board, Food & Fuel Admins, Committee on Public Info • Women worked in factories, Red Cross, special army units • Blacks moved North in Great Migration, segregated units • Espionage & Sedition Acts limited free speech • Anti-German sentiment, Red Scare, Schenk v US WWII • War Production Board, Office of War Information, Office of Price Admin • Women worked in factories (“Rosie the Riveter”), Army & Navy (WACs, WAVES) • Blacks moved North & West, segregated units, Tuskegee airmen • War Powers Act limited freedom of speech • Japanese internment camps

  15. End of the War WWI • German demilitarization, reparations & war guilt; League of Nations created • “Return to Normalcy”; Economic boom & consumerism in the 1920s WWII • End of League of Nations; United Nations created • Two superpowers: USA & Soviet Union • Nuclear weapons era • USA joined United Nations (1st non-military, international commitment) • Economic boom & consumerism in the 1950s

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