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							America in World
    War II
  Life on the Home Front
Why did America enter WWII?

                 WWII began in
                  1939.
                 America entered
                  the war after
                  Japan attacked
                  Pearl Harbor in
                  1941.
President Roosevelt’s Speech
               Listen to FDR’s
                speech from
                December 8, 1941.
               How does it make
                you feel?
               How do you think
                the listeners felt
                that day?
Why did Japan attack America?
 Japan wanted oil in
  the Pacific Ocean.
 Wanted islands in
  the Pacific.
 Japan had to get
  rid of America’s
  ships in the Pacific
  to get oil & islands.
America after Pearl Harbor
                  Japan=US enemy
                  Japanese people
                   in America were
                   feared to be spies.
                  Americans sent
                   many Japanese
                   Americans to
                   relocation camps .
The sides of World War II
 Axis Powers =
  Japan, Germany,
  Italy
 Allied Powers =
  America, England,
  France
 WWII was fought
  in Europe and the
  Pacific.
Hitler and Nazi Germany
                 Hitler hated Jews.
                 Sent people to
                  concentration
                  camps to die.
                 Hitler wanted
                  Germany to take
                  over the world.
Life on the Homefront

 At home, civilians did all they could to help
  the war effort: saved oil, rationed food,
  collected goods, and made planes and
  tanks. Patriotic songs were popular.
 Propaganda helped to promote patriotism,
  but also hatred of the Germans,
  Japanese.
The End of World War II
      Back on the Home front
 First Germany and
  Italy surrendered.
 Japan
  surrendered after
  atomic bombs
  were dropped.
 Americans
  celebrated V-E and
  V-J Day.
Some questions to think about…
 Why did the United States wait until after
  Pearl Harbor to enter World War II?
 Do you think the U.S. should have gone to
  war against Hitler first?
 Should the United States have dropped
  the atomic bomb?
 Could the Japanese have been stopped
  any other way?
       SC Social Studies Standards
   5.5.1 Investigate the ways people can work together to
    promote the principles and ideals of American democracy
   5.5.3 Identify historical figures who shaped values and
    principles of American democracy
   5.2.10        Analyze the causes of World War II and explain
    why the United States intervened
   5.2.11 Explain the impact at home and abroad of the United
    States involvement in World War II
   5.12.4        Explain why and how people compete for control
    of Earth’s surface
                  Works Cited
   “Atomic Bombs in World War II Japan.”
    http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/DOF/japan/captioned
    /notgod.htm#top
   Boehm, Richard G. (2000). United States in
    Modern Times. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace
    & Company.
   “V-J Day.” http://www.strandlab.com/vjday/
    Black, Wallace. (1991). Pearl Harbor! New
    York: Crestwood House Inc.