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The start of Japanese aggression in China and Indochina. Japan wanted to gain economic dominance in order to solve problems through expansion.
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The policy of appeasement. Appeasement in this pact meant to grant the aggressor land in order to maintain peace. Britain and France granted Hitler more land in agreement that Hitler will not seek any more. In less than 6 months Hitler broke the pact.
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This tragic event was known as the “night of broken glass." Nazis in Germany burnt, stole, destroyed Jew property, and killed up to 100 Jews.
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An isolationist policy keeping the US out of the war. Prohibited the US from selling weapons or lending money to countries fighting a war.
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Germany invaded Poland in 1939. Hitler broke the Munich Pact by invading attempting to take more land. This led Britain and France to declare war on Germany.
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Congress allowed FDR to lend money, sell, and transfer weapons to countries at war. They finally allowed the US to transfer from an isolationist policy to an international policy.
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This order prohibited racial discrimination in the New Deal's work industry. This was made because African Americans grew tired of being denied a job and Philip Randolph was going to organize a march demanding a change.
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An alliance strengthening between Britain and the United States. This charter was the determination the US and Britain had to take down German and Japanese aggression.
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Surprise bomb attack from the Japanese to the US territory of Pearl Harbor. This bomb killed 2,400 Americans, 1,300 wounded and damaged and sunk ships. In response, the US placed embargoes on Japan and FDR asked Congress to declare war on Japan.
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This order authorized Japanese residents and decent to report camps. This was made because Americans now feared Japanese Americans. The fear came from the Pearl Harbor attack so the Japanese community in the US was now faced with prejudices.
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This battle victory for the US stopped the Japanese from advancing. The US wanted to get the Soviet Union to join them in invading Japan because they knew it would be costly.
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The invasion of North Africa to protect oil interest. The operation was launched to free the Mediterranean Sea from German control.
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The invasion of Normandy on the western front. Germany occupied 3 fronts now and had resources.
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The last German offensive was the start of the Nazis' fall. Soviets marched from the east while American, French, and British soldiers came from the west. They met in Berlin to finish off the Nazis and to find Hitler had committed suicide.
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Fred Korematsu a Japanese American decided to refuse to leave his home to report to a camp. He took his case to the Supreme Court and argued that his rights were being violated. In the end, he still lost the case.
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This conference was between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin. It was the final plan to defeat war in Europe and what would happen postwar. When the war ended in Europe Stalin then agreed to the plan to help the US defeat Japan.
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This was President Truman deciding to drop atomic bombs on Japan's home islands. The president did not want any more American lives lost in landing and fighting. As result, Japan surrendered and the US helped repair its nation into a democracy.
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The United Nations was created in October 1945. It was an intergovernmental organization that's goal was to maintain international cooperation and order. The US played a big role in starting the organization.
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This was a trial for Nazis official and civilians on the crimes they committed. Hitler escaped prosecution through suicide and Nazi officials and civilians faced charges against humanity. The trials set a precedent that individuals are responsible and will take their punishment for their actions.
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This doctrine was to contain communism in Europe. The first try of the Truman Doctrine was the US helping Greece and Turkey resist the communist rebel forces. The US gave Greece and Turkey military supplies and financial aid.
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In the plan, the US would provide financial aid to European countries. This financial aid would go to preventing communism and help rebuild the country.
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Israel was a state created for the Jewish community. The United States supported and gave recognition to Israel. It demonstrates the impact of German war crimes.
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In this event, the United States supplied Berlin resources through airdrops. That was the US' response to the Soviet Union forming a blockade around Berlin. The US won this confrontation.
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NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its purpose was a military alliance aimed at the Soviet Union. In response, the Soviet Union years later organizes the Warsaw Pact which was a military alliance aimed toward NATO.
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Another factor of the increasing Cold War fears. The Cold War was an arms race between the US and the Soviet Union. So because the Soviet Union tested the atomic bomb the US then increases its developments of their bombs which started the nuclear arms war.
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North Korea the communist part of Korea invades South Korea. Truman believed the Soviet Union was behind this and wanted the United Nations to get involved. The United Nations did step in and help South Korea defend.
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The Soviet Union started the Space Race between them and the United States. This was the first satellite in space.
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Passed by the US Congress to increase science and math in school systems. The fear of competition's weapons had US building bomb shelters.
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After World War II Germany was split and in the middle was the city of Berlin which was practically split in half. It was cut into East Germany (Soviet Union) and West Germany (Allied zones). Because of this split of the city, there was a wall built symbolizing the Cold War.
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The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan in 1979 in an attempt to spread communism. Secretly the United States helps their resistance because of their containment policy. 10 years later the Soviets withdraw from the country.
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The Soviet Union begins to fall and so does the spread of communism in Europe. As a result, the Berlin wall was broke down.
