1. EVENTS LEADING TO WWII The Road to War!! 2. War Debts & Reparations Also weakened efforts to maintain peace Allied countries owed the US $10 billion German reparations…

Slide 1Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg Historisches Seminar…

Slide 1Women and Minorities in WWII Following the United States' entry into World War II in 1941, millions of American women answered the government's call to enter…

Slide 1So what is the U.S. doing during THE WAR? Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 How could FDR get elected to 2 nd term? US passed the Neutrality Acts : Slide 5 Prohibited sale of…

Slide 1World War II Slide 2 Neutrality Breaks Down 1935 Neutrality Acts try to keep U.S. out of future wars –outlaws arms sales, loans to nations at war 1937 Japan launches…

Slide 1Diplomacy and World War II, 1929-1945 During World War II, American foreign policy changed from disengagement to neutrality and finally to total involvement. Slide…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Pittsburg The history of Pittsburgh began with centuries of Native American civilization in the modern Pittsburgh region. Eventually French and British explorers…

Slide 1War Production After the fall of France, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked America to become the arsenal of democracy. American industry provided almost two-thirds…

Slide 1World War II Slide 2 LEADERS OF THE AXIS POWERS ITALY- MUSSOLINI JAPAN-HIROHITO GERMANY-HITLER Slide 3 Events leading to WWII Italy Benito Mussolini seized power,…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 War In Europe German expansion –H–Hitler annexed (took over) Austria –C–Claimed the Sudetenland Part of Czechoslovakia –H–Hitler planned…