Chapter 16: World War Looms
In the summer of 1939, President Roosevelt addresses an anxious nation in response to atrocities in Europe committed by Hitler's Nazi Germany. Roosevelt declares in his radio broadcast the the U.S. "will remain a neutral nation." He acknowledges, however, that he "cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought."
High School Social Studies Content Expectations
Michigan Department of Education
7.2 World War II
Examine the causes and course of World War II, and the effects of the war on United States society and culture, including the consequences for United States involvement in world affairs.
7.2.1 Causes of WWII – Analyze the factors contributing to World War II in Europe and in the Pacific region,
and America’s entry into war including
• the political and economic disputes over territory (e.g., failure of Versailles Treaty, League of
Nations, Munich Agreement)
• the differences in the civic and political values of the United States and those of Nazi Germany
and Imperial Japan
• United States neutrality
• the bombing of Pearl Harbor
7.2.4 Responses to Genocide – Investigate development and enactment of Hitler’s “final solution” policy,
and the responses to genocide by the Allies, the U.S. government, international organizations, and
individuals (e.g., liberation of concentration camps, Nuremberg war crimes tribunals, establishment of
state of Israel).
Michigan Department of Education
7.2 World War II
Examine the causes and course of World War II, and the effects of the war on United States society and culture, including the consequences for United States involvement in world affairs.
7.2.1 Causes of WWII – Analyze the factors contributing to World War II in Europe and in the Pacific region,
and America’s entry into war including
• the political and economic disputes over territory (e.g., failure of Versailles Treaty, League of
Nations, Munich Agreement)
• the differences in the civic and political values of the United States and those of Nazi Germany
and Imperial Japan
• United States neutrality
• the bombing of Pearl Harbor
7.2.4 Responses to Genocide – Investigate development and enactment of Hitler’s “final solution” policy,
and the responses to genocide by the Allies, the U.S. government, international organizations, and
individuals (e.g., liberation of concentration camps, Nuremberg war crimes tribunals, establishment of
state of Israel).
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Chapter 16: World War Looms
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