Unit 5 Guided Reading: America Moves Toward War

Enriched American History Unit 5

American Moves Toward War

Mr. Koch

February 2015

Name: ________________________________ “Who was England at war with?

...and don’t say France!”

By 1930, war in Europe was underway following the invasion of Poland by Germany. As the Axis Powers pushed to spread fascism across Europe, President Roosevelt made the tough decision to indirectly get involved in the conflict, understanding there could be no peace with dictatorships. Information for your outline may be found online or in your textbook on pages 518 - 523. This completed handout will be collected when we take the test over World War II.

United States Prepares

A. Axis Threat (p 518 - 520)

B. Building U.S. Defense (528 - 530)

C. Roosevelt’s Third Term (Election of 1940 p 520 - 522)

“Arsenal of Democracy”

A. Lend-Lease (521)

B. Soviet Union (522)

C. German Submarine Warfare (p 521 - 522)

War Plans Escalate

A. Atlantic Charter (p 522)

B. Shoot on Sight (521)

Japan Attacks

A. Ambitions in the Pacific (518)

B. Violation of Washington Conference pledges (p 517)

C. Pearl Harbor Attack (p 523)

D. Reaction to Pearl Harbor (p 523)

Making Connections

In a EDUCATED, THOUGHTFUL paragraph, discuss why the United States should/shouldn’t practice isolationism (then or now). Your response should identify at least three reasons for or against isolationism.

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