From Isolation to WWII Notes
Key questions:
 What was the effect of isolationism and the peace movement on American politics between the
wars?
 What events in Europe seemed to herald another international conflict in the 1930s?
 How did the U.S. respond to German aggression in Europe in the late 1930s?
 How did events in Asia lead to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor?
Lecture outline
1) Totalitarian Regimes
a) Totalitarianism
b) Communism
c) Fascism
2) The Road to War
a) China
b) Ethiopia
c) Rearmament
d) Spain
e) Unification & Beyond
3) The War, 1939-1941
a) Fall of France
b) Battle of Britain
c) Invasion of Russia
d) Japanese Expansion
4) American Entry
a) Isolationism
b) Neutrality Acts
c) FDR’s Activism
d) Arsenal of Democracy
e) Pearl Harbor
f) War