Advanced Placement
United States History
Chapter
35-36
Kennedy
Cohen
Bailey
American Pageant
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FDR and World War II
USS Shaw – Pearl Harbor – December 7th
2
Isolationism - Neutrality
Nye
Committee
Hearings –1934
Recommended
Neutrality
Gerald P. Nye (Rep., S.D.)
3
Neutrality Acts of ‘34, ‘35, ‘37
Intended to
Keep U.S. out
of World War II
by Restricting
Loans or Sales
of Weapons to
Belligerents
4
Neutrality Act of 1939
Intended
to Help
Britain by
Establishing
“Cash & Carry”
Policy
5
America First Committee
1940
Charles
Lindbergh
6
America First Committee
Opposed all Aid to
Britain - Called FDR
a “War Monger”
7
The Destroyer Deal - Sept. 1940
U.S. Gives Britain 50 old World War I
Destroyers for Eight Naval Bases
Used to Fight German
U-Boats in the Atlantic.
8
FDR Breaks Two Term Tradition
1940 Election
vs.
Wendell Willkie,
Republican
Franklin Roosevelt,
Democrat
9
March on Washington, 1941
A. Philip Randolph
Demands Jobs for
Blacks in Defense
Industry
10
March on Washington, 1941
FDR Issues
Executive
Order 8802
Guaranteeing
Blacks Jobs
in Defense
Plants
11
March on Washington, 1941
A. Philip Randolph
would later
organize the 1963
March on
Washington
where Martin
Luther King, Jr.
delivers his “I
Have a Dream
Speech”
WWII Poster Promoting
12
Racial Unity
The Four Freedoms Speech:
Delivered before
Congress
January 6, 1941
*from Fear
*from Want
*of Speech
*to Worship
13
The Four Freedoms:
from
FEAR
World War II
Poster by
Norman Rockwell
14
The Four Freedoms:
from
WANT
World War II
Poster by
Norman Rockwell
15
The Four Freedoms:
of
SPEECH
World War II
Poster by
Norman Rockwell
16
The Four Freedoms:
to
WORSHIP
World War II
Poster by
Norman Rockwell
17
Atlantic Conference
August 9-12, 1941
The Atlantic Charter:
“…after the final
destruction of the Nazi
tyranny, (we) hope to
see established a peace
which will afford… all
men … (the means
to)… live out their
lives in freedom from
fear and want…”
18
Atlantic Conference
Secret Agreement
USS Kearny 10/17/41
USS Reuben James
10/31/41
FDR promised Churchill
that U.S. Navy ships
would pursue and attack
Nazi U-boats in the
Atlantic until an incident
was created to provide a
cause for war.
19
Pearl Harbor Attack
2,403 Servicemen Killed
December 7, 1941
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FDR Declares War
December 8, 1941
21
Washington Conference
Dec. 22, 1941 to Jan. 14, 1942
FDR & Churchill
adopt a policy of
“Europe First” that
considers Germany
the greater danger
than Japan.
22
Executive Order 9066
120,000 Japanese Americans
Ordered Interned, 1942
23
Japanese American Internment
Dr. Seuss
“Waiting for the Signal from Home….” 24
Japanese American Internment
CAUSED BY:
Anti-Asian Racism
Anger over Pearl Harbor
Fear of “Jap” Invasion
Fear of “Jap” Sabotage
25
War Propaganda Promoted Vigilance,
…sometimes this translated as mistrust.
26
War Propaganda Promoted Vigilance,
…sometimes this translated as social change.
for African Americans…
for women…
27
War Propaganda Promoted Vigilance,
…sometimes it urged harder work.
28
War Propaganda Promoted Vigilance,
…sometimes it urged conservation.
“Step on it, kid, ya got
gas and rubber to burn!”
29
Niesi Soldiers in U.S. Army
Daniel Inouye,
1st Lt.,
442nd Regimental
Combat Team
later:
U.S. Senator,
Hawaii
30
North African Invasion
November 8, 1942
31
Casablanca Conference
January 14-23, 1943
Eisenhower & FDR
The Allied Powers
demand
“Unconditional
Surrender”
from the
Axis nations.
32
Invasion of Sicily & Italy
August 1943
33
Teheran Conference
November 28-December 2, 1943
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
34
Accomplishments of Teheran:
Britain and U.S.A. to Open Second Front Against
Nazis in Europe – D-Day Invasion
 Disagree Over Partitioning of Germany – Agreed
to Occupation Zones Instead

35
Invasion of Europe – D-Day
June 6, 1944 – Normandy, France 36
Roosevelt’s Fourth Term, 1944
VS.
Franklin Roosevelt,
Democrat
Thomas Dewey,
Republican 37
Yalta Conference
February 4-11, 1945
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
38
Yalta Accomplishments:
Agree to Form United Nations
 Soviets to Attack Japan after Nazi Surrender
 Allies Unwilling Acquiesce to Soviet
Dominance in Eastern Europe

39
Changing of the Guard:
April 12, 1945
Vice President
Harry S Truman
FDR: Died Warm Spring, GA.
40
VE Day – Victory in Europe
May 7, 1945
Nazis Surrender, New York Crowd Celebrates
41
Potsdam Conference
July 16, 1945-August 2, 1945
Clement Atlee
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
42
Atomic Bombs
Alamogordo, NM
July 16, 1945
Hiroshima
August 6, 1945
Nagasaki
August 9, 1945
43
VJ Day – Victory Over Japan
Celebrations in Times Square, NYC, Aug. 14, 1945
44
FDR and World War II
THE END
USS Missouri
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