Objectives:
Explain the similarities and differences about the nation's proper role in the world.
Explain how and why U.S. participation in World War II transformed American society.
Class Notes for the Day:
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Class Starter: How do you think Americans responded to this August 1939 poll (Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939):
"Of the people now in the U.S. who were born in foreign countries, which nationality would you say has made the best citizens? Which the worst?"
BEST:
Germans 13%
English 10%
Scandinavians 9%
WORST:
Italians 25%
Jews 6%
Japanese 2%
Recap: Explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.
Quiz Today: Early 20th Century
Things to Review
- Progressive Era
- World War I
- 1920s
- Great Depression
- New Deal
Bonus Starter: How do you think Americans responded to this November 1939 poll (Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939):
"Should the United States help England or stay out of the war?"
Only 34% said "help England"
1.How accurate were your predictions?
2.What most surprised you from the poll data?
3.What are some likely limitations of the results?
4.Why do you think the U.S. ultimately declared war on Germany?
5. What do you think the first chart would look like today?
Bonus Starter: Read the following September 1941 excerpt from Charles Lindbergh
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"We are assembled here tonight because we believe in an independent destiny for America. Such a destiny does not mean that we will build a wall around our country and isolate ourselves from contact with the rest of the world. But it does mean that the future of America will not be tied to these eternal wars in Europe. It means that American boys will not be sent across the ocean to die so that England or Germany or France or Spain may dominate the other nations.
An independent American destiny means, on the one hand, that our soldiers will not have to fight everybody in the world who prefers some other system of life to ours. On the other hand, it means that we will fight anybody and everybody who attempts to interfere with our hemisphere." |
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1.Who the heck is Charles Lindbergh and why do people care what he has to say?
2.What exactly is he calling for?
3.Nazi Germany had already conquered France and bombed London when Lindbergh gave this speech. Why is he saying this?
4.To what extent are Lindbergh's sentiments demonstrating continuity and/or change in U.S. views on foreign intervention?
Ch. 33 Outline
Complex Sentences
- Good Neighbor Policy
- Neutrality Acts
- “Quarantine Speech”
- Atlantic Charter
- Lend-Lease Act
- Briefly explain how questions about America’s role in the world in the 1930s generated considerable debate and prompted a wide variety of views between interventionists and isolationists.
- Briefly explain how the involvement of the United States in World War II was opposed by most Americans prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Foreign Policy Timeline
- Get together with a group at one of the large tables
- Arrange your items in chronological order to the best of your ability (try to organize them by era--imperialism, WWI, etc.)
- It is a good idea to consult your notes, as well as those from today's class (7.11 especially)
- We'll go through them after a bit and I'll clarify anything
- Select 6 items and establish a pattern of causation (use the entire time period)
Lecture: World War II: Mobilization
Work on your project!
Closer: Explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation's proper role in the world.
On Deck
Next Topic: Fighting World War II
Ch. 34 Outline due next class
Review project due in 2 class periods
Ch. 34 Outline due next class
Review project due in 2 class periods