US
-quit trading with japan 1941
-tough polices towards japan 1941
-pearl harbor attack
Asia
-great depression
-japanese invasion of manchuria 1931
-japanese invasion of china 1937
Europe
-treaty of versailles
-great depression
-hitlers actions
-mussolini's actions
-failure of the league of nations
-policy of appeasement
-hitler's invasion of poland
-rise of nationalism
effects of WW2 on US
-Stimulated economy=jobs were created,wages increased, middle class expanded
-federal power during the war increased=shifted from state laws to federal laws(important during civil rights era and vietnam war
-women involved in the workforce
-more rights for african americans-integrated troops
-nazi were not in power anymore and germany was split in to 4 zones
-Japanese cities were destroyed= japan was placed under military rule and then we helped rebuild them (communism didn't start there.)
-most deaths ever in a war-400,000 or 55 million
-United Nations started-league of nations changed their name and now they have a military force.
-major powers of the world were discovered
-cold war-US vs USSR
*finished up with pearl harbor and now will be duscussing other topics too.
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