wwIIreview8




 * PERIOD 8**

How did dictators come to power in Germany, Italy, the Soviet Union, and Japan in the 1930?** the countries were in a depression. The Treat of Versailles also led to dictators because many countries were unsatisfied such as Russia and Germany who lost a lot of land. Italy also felt that they didn't have enough land.
 * ORIGINS OF THE WAR
 * __The Treaty of Versailles:__
 * Punishment to Germany was too harsh - led to resentment.
 * Soviet Union lost lots of land.
 * Italy felt that they didn't get enough land.
 * The new democracies weren't any help.
 * __The League of Nations:__
 * It failed without the US.
 * Peace was not kept in the world.
 * There's no way to force disarmament.
 * Germany and Italy dropped out.
 * __Global Depression:__
 * Large numbers of unemployment - discontentment.
 * Dictatoes could rise to power easily by promising people recovery.

When Germany took over Poland. Germany began to conquer many European nations.
 * What events led to the beginning of World War II in Europe?**

The Americans had a idea of isolationism. This meant that they wouldn't get involved in other countries affairs. They wanted to concentrate on America's problems. The depression and World War 1 made Americans resentful to join the next war. They began helping france and britan and became a target in the war. The United States passed a series of neutrality laws: First (1935): prohibited shipping American weapons to nations in war. Second (1936): forbade American loans to nations in war. Third (1937): made the two previous laws permanent part of American national policy, and no citizens could travel on ocean-going vessels of nations at war. Later, the United States began to build up their defence. In 1939, they also established the "Cash and Carry" Plan which allowed warring nations to purchace munitions if they paid cash and transported the goods on non-American ships.
 * What was America's foreign policy in the 1930s? Why did they have this policy? How did it gradually change as the war developed in Europe?**

The United States weren't happy with the Japanese because they invaded China and they allied with the Axis. Japan weren't happy with the Americans because the U.S. set an embargo on oil and they wanted to be the dominant power of the Pacific with the United States in the way. The Japanese also attacked Pearl Harbor.
 * Why were the relations between United States and Japan strained in the 1930s?**

Japan had a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. they did this because they wanted to expand and the US was the only big threat to them. It was successful. it destroyed many US ships and killed a lot of people. it got the United States into WW II. Japanese involvement in the war was inevitable since they signed a Tripartite Agreement with Italy and Germany.
 * What happened at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941? Why did it happen? Was it a success? What was the impact of the event?**


 * THE HOME FRONT**


 * What role did men, women, and children play on the home front? How were the lives of Americans effected by the war?**
 * Woman-**more jobs, more sports, ration books, allowed to wear pants, victory gardens, saved fat/grease, had to stop wearing nylons, red cross jobs. Factory jobs, government jobs. rolled bandages.


 * Men-**enlisted in army, left home towns, used wooden tires, change jobs, more production


 * Children-** boyscotts voleenter, harvested crops, donations, teens worked in factories, paper drives, go door to door asking for money for the war, no vacations, ration meat, bought war toys, dropped out of school. Sports were changed to mornings because of the blackouts during the nighttime.

The government was way more hands on. The people were helping more and having a bigger part.
 * How did the government gain more control of society during the war?**

They were put in concentration camps because there was some belief that some people still supported Japan. This made sure that they didn't and were not allowed to.Some Japanese put in the camps that obeyed laws went without problems others fought. They had to leave theyre homes and all their belongings. It's very controversial if Japanese American Internment was the right thing to do. Some people believe that it was cruel to the Japanese, while others believe that they avioded discrimination by being separated.
 * What happened to JapaTnese Americans during the war? Why? Should it have happened?**


 * TROOPS**

Women- in the beginning of the war they served as nurses.The negative for them was that they did not recieve any of the benefits for the war. Also there was the Women Auxillary Corps although there weren't many of them.Also served in the air force and the navy. The African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and Japanese Americans did not reap the benefits of serving in the military although they did fight. They were questioning whether this was even their war to fight.They questioned why they were fighting for a democracy that did them no good.
 * What was the makeup of the America fighting forces? What about women, African Americans, Japanese Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans?**


 * THE WAR**

The main priority of the Allies was the defeat of Germany. They were going to establish an United Nations and they were only going to accept and unconditional surrender of the Axis. Finally, the cross-channel invasion was postponed to a later date.
 * What were the plans of the Allies once the U.S. entered the war?**


 * You should be able to describe the major events and individuals of the war as well as describe the general flow of the war in Europe and the Pacific.**

Most people didn't actually know what was going on and how bad it really was. When they found out the severity, it became known as one of the darkest events in human history.
 * What was the American response to the Holocaust?**


 * What is the background of the atomic bomb? What are some of the pros and cons of dropping the bomb?**

Pros- Helps end war. Saves American lives and others who were involved in war because they aren't fighting. Cons- Kills many innocent civilians. Starts new era of military (atomic bomb) future competition with weapons???


 * PROS:**
 * Saved lives (US, Japanese, Japanese civilians) - no invasion
 * Ended the war
 * Potsdam Declaration - warning, still no surrender. After bomb #1 - still no surrender; they had THREE days!
 * US is a military and scientific power.
 * Japan started it (Pearl Harbor, Prisoners of War).
 * No demonstration - waste a bomb.
 * Keeps the USSR out of Japan and the Pacific.
 * Prevented futre use of atomic weapons.
 * CONS:**
 * Loss of 200,000 civilian lives.
 * Japan was close to surrendering.
 * Estimates of deaths were //way// too high.
 * Only dropped to flex US muscles to USSR.
 * Only dropped to justify its cost - $2 billion.
 * Leads to nuclear arms race - Cold War.
 * Why Nagasaki? Only 3 days!


 * THE IMPACT AND LEGACY** [[image:file:moz-screenshot.jpg]]


 * What was the impact of World War II nationally and globally? What is the legacy of the war? How is it remembered?**The impact of World War two for the U.S is that our economy booms and we were very successful out of the war. We were also looked as being a Global Superpower and a very powerful nation. Another impact of the war was that they started having trials for soldiers that had committed crimes. Another impact of the war was that big businesses and the military started to sort of lock together and form an alliance.