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Why Did United States Join WWII? Guided Notes

Use the information from the Prezi presentation to fill in the information needed
to answer the question or fill in the blanks.

Did the Americans want war?

World War II started in September 1939, when Germany

attacked Poland.
Americans were considered to be _______________
Additional Notes:

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 What was the Lend Lease Act?

What did the Lend Lease Act exactly do?

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 The Lend Lease Act allowed the U.S. to ________ the war
without __________ ________ _______.

Do you think that the attack on Pearl Harbor was a good

reason to join WWII? Why or why not?

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Pearl Harbor Casualties

Did you expect the most casualties of Pearl Harbor to be of

the navy people or civilians?

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 The United States declared war on..

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 The United States was attacked by Japan because..

FDR declares war with Japan. The following day from the attack,
United States had made a decision.

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 Japan unfortunately joined the wrong side and for that many
outcomes were made in history.
Pearl Harbor and the bombings took place because of Japans
actions.
But because of Japans action United States joined the war and
created a huge turning point in the war.
Do you think that the United States had arguable reasons to
join the war?

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 Why Did United States

Lend Lease Act

Join WWII?

Japan looses Oil

and Trade from U.S.

Pearl Harbor