War for Europe and North Africa - Part II

6. D-Day was the day when we invaded Normany, France, on June 6th, 1944.

7. At the Battle of the Bulge, Germany tried to split allied forces, but they was unsuccessful.

8. Allied troops found concentration camps in Germany.

9. Hitler and his wife committed suicide, FDR died of a heart attack, and Truman became the new US president.

War for Europe & North Africa

1. Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that they would concentrate on Germany and the rest of Europe's Axis powers before worrying about Japan, because the European Axis forces, especially Germany, were a much larger threat to America.

2. Winning the Battle of the Atlantic was crucial for America because it would give them a much better position to supply Britain.

3. The Battle of Stalingrad was important because it was when Germany turned to defensive tactics. This was considered the turning point in the war.

4. The Ally powers won the war in North Africa, which gave them a better position to invade Europe.

5. Once the Allies invaded Italy, Mussolini was thrown in jail by the king of Italy.

Japan and U.S. Relations in 1941

Japan and U.S. Relations in 1941

Document A
-By conquering the south, Japan would have a good position to attack at America's source of strategic materials

-Japan and America are at war
Document B

-Japan is in the act of encirclement to isolate and surround America
-Japan is surrounding America by the Pacific Ocean
Document C
-Japan and the US are trying to negotiate

Document D
-Japan needs to keep great responsibilities to win the war
Document E

-Japan attacks America at pearl harbor

-America was at peace with Japan before this event----betrayal

-Because the attack was obviously planned weeks ahead, Japan has shown to be giving the US false statements of negotiation for continued peace

-US declares war on Japan

America Moves Toward War

1. The 1939 Neutrality Act allowed countries at war to buy supplies from the US if they paid fully for them, to stay out of debt.

2. The Axis Powers were Germany, Japan, and Italy.

4. The Atlantic Charter allowed Britain to borrow weapons, ammunition, and other equipment from the United States.

5. The Ally Powers were the United States, the UK, France, and the Soviet Union.

6. The Pearl Harbor attack almost totally destroyed the U.S. pacific fleet, destroying 21 ships.

7. Germany and Italy, two axis powers, declared war on the United States in order to gain more international power and had promised to help each other in any form of trouble.

"Isolationism" and FDR (1935 - 1941)

1. Isolationists wanted to make it so that America wouldn't have to move out of its borders to keep itself safe. Isolationism is a misleading term because the policy is stricly militarily, and isolationists were still open to free trade with all other countries.

2. Some isolationists felt that there was no need to feel threatened by developments in Europe and Asia because they felt America was too powerful in many aspects to feel threatened by other countries so far away, and those countries were not powerful enough to be a threat to America.

3. The purpose of the Nye Committee hearing were to find the reasons why America got involved in World War I to help prevent intervention in World War II.

4. Two impressions that the Nye Committee hearings created were that big businesses were a major cause of the US getting involved in World War I and that Roosevelt was trying to get involved in World War II.

5. The purpose of the Neutrality Acts were to prevent the United States from getting involved in World War II.

6. Some Americans considered Roosevelt's leadership radical and dangerous because he was trying to get America involved in World War II as well as trying to get elected as president for the third time.

7. "Cash and carry" was a system to supply the allies without causing problems internationally. The allies would pay America for supplies so that they would not be in debt.

8. Roosevelt froze Japanese assets in the United States because of the threat Japan caused for China and other countries due to their increase in aggression.

9. The purpose of the America First Committee was to support isolationists' ideas. This, as planned, would make America's feelings and ideas come before the ideas of foreign countries.

World Events Set Stage for Isolationism

1. The Japanese were unhappy with the Treaty of Versailles because they didn't receive any respect, which led to an anti-western nationalist sentiment in Japan.

2. In order to become a stronger power, Japan took the tactics of all other top countries and combined them. The U.S. threatened Japan due to the fact they were expanding westward into the pacific.

3. Japan's rising power was becoming recognized by the western powers, and they signed a pact to keep their navy under a premeditated number.

4. The Senate's willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact reelected two strong and widely held sentiments, which were that the U.S. enjoyed the freedom to defend themselves and others.

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6. Chinese dissidents were said to have blown up one of their train tracks, and they wanted to expand their empire's self reliance.

7. Both the Reichstag fire and the explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria gave justification for unjustifiable things.

8. The United States stayed alone in order to prevent a new war from breaking out.

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New Deal Essay Outline

Thesis Statement- The United States Government created the New Deal in order to solve problems caused by the Great Depression of 1929. The New Deal was successful in improving the economy in terms of creating jobs for many of the unemployed and by helping farmers increase income, but it was for the most part unsuccessful as it failed to tackle and improve the much more large scale issues such as Economy troubles and widespread poverty.

New Deal- Roosevelt (elected in 1932)

I. Successful Programs

A. Emergency Banking Act

-Passed to inspect banks for their health

-successful (people gained faith in the US banks)

B. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

-put millions of people to work

-taught the men and women how to live independently (increasing self esteem)

C. Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

-provided some relief and farm prices rised.

BADNESS of AAA- Millions of hogs and other products went to waste. 10 million acres of cotton crop plowed under at the cost of $200 million. Modernization put some farmers out of work.

II. Unsuccessful Programs

A. Securities Exchange Commission

-wasn't pleasing for businesses

B. Federal Emergency Relief Administration

-While it put many to work, it was very costly....$1 billion spent in 5 months

In the end, the New Deal was for the most part unsuccessful, as it failed to fix the big issues, but it did show signs of improvement in some areas