Assignment:

• Throughout this powerpoint you will be asked to complete several tasks.

• All tasks that you must complete will be in red font.

• The tasks should be done on microsoft word and saved to your hdrive, not the computer you are on.

• Include both partners names on the document.

Before Pearl Harbor

• Most of Europe and Asia were already at war.

• September 1940 The USA placed an embargo on Japan prohibiting the exports of steel and aviation fuel.

• April 1941 Japan signs a neutrality agreement with Soviet Union.

• June 1941 USA stops Japan’s ability to buy oil.

Define red terms in your own words.

The Attack

• December 7th, 1941. A quiet Sunday morning.• Just before 8:00 am the first wave of Japanese

planes begins attacking.• After two hours over 3,500 Americans were

killed or wounded.• All 8 battleships of the Pacific Fleet were

damaged or sunk• At least 1,177 people died when the USS

Arizona exploded and sank.• December 8th, 1941- The USA enters the war!

The USS Arizona sinking

Leaders during the war

• Germany- Adolf Hitler

Italy- Benito Mussolini

More leaders…

Franklin Roosevelt signed the declaration of war for the United States after Pearl Harbor

After FDR’s death Truman became president and

ordered the atomic bomb to be dropped.

Why did Hitler hate the Jews?

• Some say because he blamed them for Germany losing WW1

• Some say because a Jewish doctor treated his mother and she died of cancer

• No one really knows.

What is genocide?

Concentration Camps

• Is this a German concentration camp?

NO- It is an Internment Camp for Japanese Americans!

After Pearl Harbor the government created hundreds of these camps and forced Japanese Americans to live in them.

Many were only allowed to take a few belongings and were only given 48 hours to evacuate their homes.

Concentration Camps cont.

• Selection site at Auschwitz camp where Nazis chose who would die immediately and who would be saved for medical experiments.

• Over 1.5 million people died at this camp alone.

The Atomic Bomb

• The Cloud of smoke over Nagasaki after the second atomic bomb was dropped.

The Atomic Bomb

• Fast Facts:– First one dropped August 6th, 1945 on the Japanese

city of Hiroshima. – Second one dropped August 9th, 1945 on the

Japanese city of Nagasaki.– Nicknames for bombs “Little Boy” and “Fat Man”– Ended with Japan’s unconditional surrender to the

United States– Pakistan was the last country to create a nuclear

bomb in 1998.

Effects of the Bombs

Should Truman have dropped the bomb?

• Reasons For1. Pay Japan back for Pearl Harbor2. End the war quickly3. Make it okay to have spent so much money on creating it4. As an experiment to see if it would work

• Reasons Against1. Too many innocent people killed/ injured.2. Unknown what the long term effects would be.3. Cost too much to create4. Cost too much to repair damage