Monday:
work day
Tuesday:
discussing United States in WW2
Allie Powers
- great Britain
- soviet union
- Italy
US after WW1:
- us never signed the treaty of Versailles
- Wilson(democrat) vs congress(republican)
- join the league of nations or go back to isolation?
- republican warren Harding................
- need to get the rest:
Neutrality in General:
- the neutrality act were passed by the us in the 1930's in response to the issues in Europe and Asia that eventually led to WW2
- ---------------------need to get the rest
Neutrality Acts:
- act or 1935------stop trading with countries at war
- act of 1936-----stop loaning money to countries at war
- act of 1937-----cash and carry system--weapons not included
- act of 1939------cash and carry systems----weapons included
Panay Incident---December 1937:
- america gunboat attacked on the river in china by japan
Bases for Destroyers:
- 50 us destroyers were given to great Britain in exchange for land rights(for 99 years) on British colonies for naval or air base purpose
End of US Neutrality Act---lend lease Act:
- the end of neutrality for the us came with the land lease act passed in march, 1941
- this act allowed the us to sell-------------need to get the rest
Selective training and service act:
- required that men between the age 21 and 35 register for the draft
- extended to all men aged 18 to 45 once us entered war
- first peacetime draft in the us history
Atlantic Charter:
- defined as the allied goals for the post war world
- many similarities to Wilson's 14 points.
Wednesday:
work day
Thursday:
Pearl Harbor----December 7,1941:
they had to make sure it was a surprise, so that we didn't know they were coming
war bond:
- like an investment, it is a big way of how we payed for the war
December 8, 1941:
- last time congress declared war
FDR's War Message:
- pearl harbor was not the only area japan attacked on December 7
- ''yesterday the Japanese government also launched an attack against Malaya''
Why did Japan attach Pearl Harbor:
- after japan invaded french Indochina in 1940, us stopped trading with Japan
- japan signed the soviet-Japanese neutrality pact in April, 1941 guaranteeing that japan and USSR would not go to war
- japan realized they needed US trade to be successful in war
- only way to force US hand was to hit them hard in a surprise attack forcing them out of the war
- japan knew that this plan was a huge risk, but thought it was the only way to defeat US
- the plan backfired on the
Backdoor to war Conspiracy:
- what can we do to insure we get into the war
Friday:
The 1920's:
signed the 4, 5, and 9 power pacts
joined the league of nations
signed the Kellogg brand pact
The Great Depression:
- great Britain was hit hard by the great depression
Road to war-1930's
- signs threat from germnay
WW2:
- war declared on germnay
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