chapter 16: world war ii. isolationism international conflicts in mid 1930s most americans do not...
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CHAPTER 16: WORLD WAR II
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ISOLATIONISM • International conflicts in mid 1930s
• Most Americans do not want to be involved
• 1928 – U.S. had signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact -> signed by 62 nations -> war will not be used -> no plan to enforce it
• Thomas Jefferson had warned of “entangling alliances” or being involved in the affairs of other countries
• Many Americans were fearful of all foreign elements
• Jews
• Catholics
• immigrants
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AMERICANS WERE UPSET ABOUT WWI• Books are published stating the U.S. had been dragged into war by greedy bankers and
weapons manufacturers
• Congressional committee led by Senator Gerald Nye -> shows large profits made during WWI
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QUESTION• What factors contributed to Americans’ growing isolationism?
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ANSWER• Large profits had been made by banks and weapon industry during WWI
• Bitter about being in that war
• Hatred of the military
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FDR’S FOREIGN POLICY • 1933 – FDR is a friendly president
• Recognizes the Soviet Union in 1933 and exchanges ambassadors
• Good Neighbor Policy – no intervention in Latin America
• Withdrew armed forces in L. America
• 1934 – reduces tariffs
• 1935 – Congress passes the NEUTRALITY ACTS
• U.S. could not sell weapons or give loans to nations in war
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JOURNAL • When do you think it is right for the U.S. to enter a war? Why?
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JOURNAL
• Do you think the U.S. would have entered World War II if Pearl Harbor had not been attacked? Why or why not?
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CHAPTER 17
• The United States in WWII
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SECTION 1: MOBILIZING FOR DEFENSE
• Japan Times says America is “trembling in her shoes”
• 5 million volunteer for military service
• Selective Service Act provides 10 million soldiers
• Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) – women volunteers serve in non-combat positions
• Pilots, ambulance drivers, electricians
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WHAT ABOUT DISCRIMINATION?
• “Here lies a black man killed fighting a yellow man for the protection of a white man”
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DISCRIMINATION IN MILITARY
• 300,000 Mexican-Americans join the military
• 1 million African Americans in segregated units -> no combat until 1943
• 33,000 Japanese Americans
• 25,000 Native Americans
• Chinese cannot become naturalized citizens
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A PRODUCTION MIRACLE
• Factories are converted for war production
• Car plants now make tanks, planes, boats
• Henry Kaiser’s shipyards made a ship each day by 1945
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CONTRIBUTION OF THE WORKERS
• Men are fighting
• 6 million women enter the workforce
• No problem operating welding torches
or riveting guns
• Paid 60% of what men earn
• Minorities are also not hired at first
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A. PHILIP RANDOLPH
• Most respected African American labor leader organizes a march on Washington D.C. 1941
• Demands: “The right to work and fight for our country.”
• March is cancelled after FDR issues executive order making discrimination in defense industries illegal
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HOW DID WWII END THE GREAT DEPRESSION?
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MOBILIZATION OF SCIENTISTS
• 1941 – FDR creates the Office of Scientific Research
and Development (OSRD) -> leads to better radar + sonar, pesticides, penicillin
• Secret development of the atomic bomb – German scientists (Albert Einstein) split uranium atoms -> release enormous amounts of energy
• FDR starts intensive program to build an atomic bomb in 1942 = Manhattan Project
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• Office of Price Administration (OPA) – freezes prices so that the price of goods does not increase drastically
• Higher taxes + war bonds keep inflation in check
• War Production Board (WPB) – decides companies that will convert to war production
• Rationing – families are only allowed to purchase small quantities of scarce goods (meat, sugar, coffee, gasoline)
THE FEDERAL GOVT. TAKES CONTROL
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QUESTIONS SECTION 1 • How did each of the following contribute to the war effort?
• 1. Selective Service Act
• 2. Woman
• 3. Minorities
• 4. Manufacturers
• 5. A. Philip Randolph
• 6. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)
• 7. Office of Price Administration (OPA)
• 8. War Production Board (WPB)
• 9. Rationing