Objectives:19.1
1. America is in a lot of debt and the economy has slowed which makes the people put their needs before others.
2. Japan needed raw materials (natural resources which the lacked) and land because their country was over populated.
Overproduction:19.2
1. The countries that Germany was aggressive toward were: Czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, Denmark, then Belgium, etc. (low countries).
2. Roosevelt wanted to say neutral and not get involved but the are willing to sell arms, provided destroyers, and lent goods to britain known as Lend-Lease.
Objectives:19.3
1. Germany had inicial success in Europe but was eventually defeated by the Russians on the eastern front and the British and Americans on the Western Front on the Normandy Landings.
2. The Atlantic Charter was an agreement between Churchill and Roosevelt by each other’s nations to give military and economic support. The Yalta conference stripped Japan of its empire and Korea was granted independence.
Objective sec 19.4:
1. Efforts to mobilize the economy for ware production included: consumer goods were limited in production so that factories could be used to make war goods, in addition most civilians and soldiers had such goods as coffee and gas rationed, also to raise money for the war gov sold bonds and placed taxes on lower and middle class people.
2. Women assumed many of the roles that were left unoccupied and also paid more than the had been in the past. African Americans were also given more opportunity in the work force but were still discriminated against. Japanese Americans were considered possible threats the US and were detained in camps until the war ended. Despite this oppresion, Americans remained loyal to the war effort.
Chapter 19 Assessment
Vocab
-Over 6 million Jews lost their lives in the Holocaust.
Reviewing Facts
Reasons for isolationist policies in the US and appeasement in Europe :
