Feb 29th- Mar 4th

Feb 29- Gone

Mar 1- Watched video and took notes on US

Selective Training and Service Act
- Required that men between the ages of 21 and 35 register for the draft
- Extended to all men aged 18 to 45 once US entered war
- First peacetime draft in US history
How did the draft work?
- Local draft boards were set up from coast to coast
- Each male registered was given a number
- The numbers were put into capsules
- Capsules drawn out

Mar 2 and 3- Took Notes

Atlantic Charter
- Signed between The US and Great Britain- August 1941 (Before we were officially in the war)
- Defined the Allied goals for the post-war world
  - Many similarities to Wilson’s 14 points
  - Aimed at punishing Germany
Battle of Midway was the turning point
- Japanese was doing well up until this point
Pearl Harbor- Dec 7, 1941
- Japan wanted to destroy as much as possible
- Was in complete radio silence for weeks while the Japanese crossed the Pacific Ocean
USS Arixona Memorial
- The names of the Arizona's dead are engraved on a white marble wall at the memorial
December 8, 1941- declared war
FDR’s War Message
- Pearl Harbor was not the only area Japan attacked on Dec 7
- Malaya, Hong Kong, Guam, Philippine Islands, Wake Island, Midway Island
Why did Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?
- Japan invaded French Inochina, US stopped trading with Japan
- Japan signed the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, guaranteeing that japan and USSR would not go to war
- Japan realized they needed US trade to be successful
- Only way to force US’ hand was to hit them ard 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
- Plan backfired. Instead, Japan ‘awoke a sleeping giant’
Backdoor to War Conspiracy
- Roosevelt would have been at war in 1940
- Push Japan into a corner and force them to attack us
- 3 days after we attacked Japan, Germany and Italy declared war on the US

Mar 4- Great Britain presented, took notes

-Major events that impacted their country between WWI and WWII

Joined the league of nations
Signed the 4, 5 and 9 power pacts
Signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact
Further expansion of the British Empire
The independence of Ireland
General strike in 1926
- Bad economy post WWI
- Huge unemployment rate
- Largest economic depression
Realized Germany was a massive threat
- Taking over countries
- Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement
- Hitler broke his promise of not taking over anymore land
War declaration on Germany
Churchill’s appointment to prime minister
Evacuated soldiers from Belgium

-Discuss basic facts: alliance, total casualties, total cost, war goals, etc

-Tell us about their leader(s) during WWII

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