Chapter 16: Section 4
America Moves Toward War
US II
Ms. Hemberger
OBJECTIVES: To be answered at the end of the lesson
1. Describe the US response to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939.
2.
Explain how Roosevelt assisted the Allies without declaring war.
3.
Summarize the events that brought the US into armed conflict with Germany.
4.
Describe the American response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Directions: The following terms are to be completed on white lined paper and include
the 5W’s whenever possible (who, what, where, when and why). Completely explain the
term. Skip a line between each number. Use textbook pages 550-557
1. Neutrality Act of 1939 (cash and carry)…why was it passed?
to allow warring nations to buy U.S. arms as long as they paid cash and transported them
in their own ships
2.
“all aid short of war”
FDR stated this and is meant that the U.S would help in anyway they could, accept
entering the war
3.
Tripartite Pact/Axis Powers…purpose?
Tripartite Pact: It was aimed at keeping the U.S. out of the war.
Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan
4.
Selective Training and Service Act
boost the nation’s defense the nation’s first peacetime military draft – under this law 16 million men between the
ages of 21 and 35 were registered
5.
1940 election
Franklin Delano Roosevelt wins election (FDR) over Wilkie. First President to win a
third term since George Washington.
6.
Lend Lease Act (great arsenal of democracy)
Under this plan, the president would lend or lease arms and other supplies to “any
country whose defense was vital to the United States”.
7.
June 1941
Japan’s Hideki Tojo launched an invasion into China
8.
wolf pack attack
Hitler deployed hundreds of German submarines – U-boats- to attack supply ships
9.
Atlantic Charter
A join declaration of war aims between the U.S and Britain.
10.
Allies
The nations were Great Britain, Soviet Union (USSR) and U.S.
11.
shoot on sight
Roosevelt ordered the navy to shoot the German submarines on sight
12.
July
13.
July 1941
The Japanese took over French military bases in Indochina (now Vietnam, Cambodia, &
Laos)
14.
November 5, 1941
Tojo ordered the Japanese navy to prepare an attack on the U.S
15.
“war warning”
Late in November 1941, Roosevelt sent out a “war warning” to military
commanders in Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippines. If war could not be
avoided, the warning said, “the United States desires that Japan commit the first
overt act.” And the nation waited.
16.
December 6, 1941
Roosevelt decoded a message that instructed Japan’s peace envoy to reject all American
peace proposals. “This means war,” Roosevelt declared.
17.
December 7, 1941
a Japanese dive-bomber followed by more than 180 Japanese warplanes launched from
six aircraft carriers and attack Pearl Harbor, the largest U.S. naval base in the Pacific
18.
losses at Pearl Harbor
In less than two hours, the Japanese had killed 2,403 Americans and wounded 1,178
more, sunk or damaged 21 ships, including 8 battleships – nearly the whole U.S. Pacific
fleet. More than 300 aircraft were severely damaged or destroyed.
19.
December 8, 1941
Roosevelt requests a declaration of war against Japan from Congress