Do Now

1) What do you think would have to happen for the US to join World

War II?2) How do you think the US might

respond if they were attacked?

Reminders

• News Article Analysis due FRIDAY!

9.4- Pearl Harbor

Interactions with Japan

• July 1940- Congress passed a law giving Roosevelt power to restrict sale of materials important to fighting a war to other countries.

• Roosevelt blocked the sale of airplane fuel and scrap iron to Japan.

• Japan signed an alliance with Germany and Italy.

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

• December 7, 1941- Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

• They sunk or damaged 21 ships of the US Pacific fleet.

• They killed 2,403 Americans injuring hundreds more.

• The next day President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan.

• December 11, 1941- Japan’s allies- Germany and Italy- declared war on the US

American Industry

• After the attack on Pearl Harbor almost all major American industries and 200,000 companies converted to war production.

• Automobile factories turned to the production of trucks, jeeps, and tanks.

• Henry Ford created an assembly line for making B- 24 Bomber planes.

Building an Army

• Americans put into effect a draft to build up its armed forces.

• At the beginning of the war the military was completely segregated.

• African Americans were organized under their own military units with white officers.

• Tuskegee Airmen- African American fighter pilot unit.

Women in the Military

• Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was formed in May 1942.

• Women became a part of regular war operations.

• The army, Coast Guard, the Navy, and the Marines all set up their own women’s organizations.

Graphic Organizer

• Effects of the attack on Pearl Harbor

Propaganda Posters

• Analyze the propaganda posters and answer the questions that follow.

Homework

• News Article Analysis due FRIDAY!

Exit Ticket

• 1) What was one effect of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

• 2) How was propaganda used during World War II?