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The US Enters WWII. Read “The United States Musters Its Forces,” “The Great Arsenal of Democracy,” and “FDR Plans for War” on pages 756-760 and create a timeline of the events that drew the United States closer to war. Pearl Harbor. Guiding Question: Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The US Enters WWII
• Read “The United States Musters Its Forces,” “The Great Arsenal of Democracy,” and “FDR Plans for War” on pages 756-760 and create a timeline of the events that drew the United States closer to war
Pearl Harbor
• Guiding Question: Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?
• Analyze “Japan Attacks the United States” on pages 760-761 as though it were a primary source
Pearl Harbor
• Guiding Question: Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?
• Analyze the following lecture as though it were a primary source
• The Road to Pearl Harbor– In the 1850’s, the US forced Japan to end its
isolationist policies and enter international trade• Commodore Perry brought gunships into Tokyo harbor and
threatened to fire in the city if Japan refused to negotiate
• The Road to Pearl Harbor– In the 1850’s, the US forced Japan to end its isolationist policies and enter international trade
– From 1870-1910, Japan industrialized with the help of many western powers, including the US
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Merchant Ships in Japan
• The Road to Pearl Harbor– In the 1850’s, the US forced Japan to end its
isolationist policies and enter international trade– From 1870-1910, Japan industrialized with the
help of many western powers, including the US
– In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, the US encouraged Japanese imperialism• Imperialism was seen as
a positive and inevitable force in the world
• Japan was seen as a reliable country to maintain stability and trade in East Asia
• Theodore Roosevelt: “I should like to see Japan have Korea
• The Road to Pearl Harbor– In the 1850’s, the US forced Japan to end its isolationist policies and enter international trade– From 1870-1910, Japan industrialized with the help of many western powers, including the US– In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, the US encouraged Japanese imperialism
– In the 1930’s, Japan invaded Manchuria and Southeast Asia, as well as a number of island sin the Pacific• Japan felt that its population needed room to expand• Needed raw
materials for its industry (rubber, coal, oil, etc.)
• The Road to Pearl Harbor– In the 1850’s, the US forced Japan to end its isolationist policies and enter international trade– From 1870-1910, Japan industrialized with the help of many western powers, including the US– In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, the US encouraged Japanese imperialism– In the 1930’s, Japan invaded Manchuria and Southeast Asia, as well as a number of island sin the Pacific
– The Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia threatened US and British territories• The US embargoed
Japan in 1941, preventing them from buying scrap metal, oil, or rubber• The US also
banned Japanese ships from the Panama Canal
• The Road to Pearl Harbor– In the 1850’s, the US forced Japan to end its isolationist policies and enter international trade– From 1870-1910, Japan industrialized with the help of many western powers, including the US– In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, the US encouraged Japanese imperialism– In the 1930’s, Japan invaded Manchuria and Southeast Asia, as well as a number of island sin the Pacific– The Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia threatened US and British territories
– The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December, 7, 1941• Hoped to damage
the US navy enough that they would be able to establish control over the Western Pacific before the US could rebuild