world War II

Treaty of versailles

• Harsh punishments from WWI
• Italy, Germany, Japan angered 

Treaty of versailles

• Economic problems from damage

Economic Problems

•  WWI
• Dictators for economy situation
• Trade decline

dictators

• Wanted perfect country
• (Stalin) Soviet Union
• (Mussolini)  Italy

dictators

• (Hitler) Germany
• (Hirohito) Japan

Nationalism

• Countries wanted to become more powerful
• Countries wanted bigger military

Aggression

• Countries wanted  land
• Japan annexed Korea 
• Countries wanted bigger armies 

Holocaust

• Hitler hated different people
• Jewish internment camps
• 6 million killed

Pearl Harbor (american cause)

• U.S. care packages to China
• Japan angered
• Surprise attacked Hawaii

Japanese Internment

• America locked up Japanese- Americans 
• Thought they were a threat

Women during the war

• Women worked in factories
• Made war materials
• Helped win war

Propaganda

• Bring patriotic Americans to war

The battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle to take Japanese islands for attack on main land

Battle of Iwo jima

• 22,000 Japanese fighting
• 19,000 killed, 216 captured, 3,000 surrendered
• American WIN

The Atomic bomb (Pros)

• Ended war with Japan/ WW2
• Japan afraid of America

Atomic BOMB (CONS)

• Introduced nuclear weapons 
• Killed 165,000 Japanese civilians (total)

Result of allied victories

• More money more jobs
• America was a superhero to countries

American Life After war

• 50,000,000 babies
• Oil fields were found
• 20,000,000 jobs
• America = superpower