World War: The Sequel

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World War The Sequel

• Honors U.S. History

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Aftermath of Versailles

• France and Germany still hate each other
• Isolationist US government comes to power
• Germany Broke and angry

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Power Shifts in the World

• Benito Mussolini forms Fascist Party in Italy
  (1922)
• Adolf Hitler joins National Socialist (Nazi)
  Party and comes to power in Germany (1933)
• Francisco Franco becomes Dictator of Spain (1939)

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Take Overs

• 1931 Japan attacks China
• 1936 Germany occupies the Rhineland
• 1936 Italy takes over Ethiopia
• 1937 Germany Annexed Austria
• 1939 Occupation of Czechoslovakia

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Its On

• September 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland
• France and England declare war on Germany
• Germany, Italy, and Japan form the Axis Powers
• United States remained isolated
• World still isnt safe for democracy
• Thousands of Americans died

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No Seriously, Can You Help Us Out?

• The Atlantic Ocean isnt a barrier anymore
• England is the only country left that stands a
  chance
• If they fall, the United States is next
• Civilization and democracy will fall next
• Cash and Carry US will make the products,
  England must pay and transport them
• Lend Lease American made products will be made
  and shipped to England
• Selective Service Act (1940) Draft of men, aged
  21-35

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A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

• December 7, 1941 Japan attacks US Naval base in
  Hawaii
• Considered a sneak attack and an act of war
• Isolationists disappear, US firmly in favor of war

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Smithsonian National Museum of American History
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Staffing the Military

• African-American segregation
• Tuskegee Airmen
• Desegregation (1948)
• WAVES and WASPs
• Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
• Womens Air Service Pilots
• V for Victory campaign to raise hope at home

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War in the Pacific

• Japanese forward progress stopped at Coral Sea
  and Midway
• Major turning point of the war
• US begins process of island hopping
• Push the Japanese back to their home islands

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The War in Europe

• Soviet Union is doing most of the fighting in the
  east
• Joseph Stalin is fighting Germany in the east
• Wants a second front in western Europe
• Allies decide on Africa
• Invasion through Africa and into Italy

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D-Day

• United States, Canadian, and English invasion of
  Nazi-occupied France
• Intention to make an opening in western Europe
• Squeeze Germany into its own borders

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The Holocaust

• Part of The Final Solution
• 11 million total people killed
• 6 million were Jewish
• Undesirable

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The War in the United States

• Rationing
• War Bonds
• Arsenal of Democracy
• Bracero Program
• Rosie the Riveter
• Japanese Internment