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INTENSIVE REVIEW GUIDE

End of Course (EOC) Exam


United States History and the Constitution

STANDARD 7
World War II

Analyze the decision of the United States to enter World War II, including the nations movement from a policy of isolationism to international involvement and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

TOTALITARIANISM In totalitarian states, the government holds full power and does not recognize individual rights. These regimes were led by the following dictators:

Soviet Union
MILITARISM

Italy

Germany

Japan

Germany and Japan both launched aggressive wars against their neighbors. Britain and France tried to appease Hitler by allowing him to invade neighboring countries

________________________:

WWII began when Hitler invaded _________________________ in 1939. The German armys blitzkrieg (lightning war) strategy was effective against French and British forces and France fell in just over a month. Britain was left to fight against Hitler alone. Germany attacked Britain by air in a three month battle known as the Battle of Britain. Most Americans favored a policy of _______________________ that would keep the United States out of the European War. (Buyers Remorse from WWI) _____________________ Acts: Banned the sale of arms to belligerent nations Although Americans wanted to stay out of the war, President Roosevelt (FDR) believed that the British were in need of our help. He wished for America to become the

Arsenal of _____________________
1. ________________ and _______________ (1939)
Pay cash and take it with you.

2. _________________ for ______________ (1940)


U.S. gives Britain ships in return for naval bases
Photo by mr.smashy

3. ________________ - _________________ (1941)


Britain can borrow our weapons since were not using them!

Selective Service Act (1940): The first _____________________ draft in US history

The U.S. Enters the War


The United States placed an oil _____________________ on Japan for launching aggressive warfare in Manchuria, China, and the Pacific. Japan, seeing the embargo as a threat to its ability to maintain a navy, attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at _________________ Harbor on _____________ ____, 1941. The United States declared war on Japan the next day.

_____ PACT

After the U.S. declared war on Japan, Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. in keeping with the Axis Pact an alliance between the three nations. The United States responding by declaring war against Germany and Italy.

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