Presentation on the Americas during WW2 including race, participation, social effects, diplomatic effects, economic effects, etc.

1. WW2 & the AmericasWW2 & the Americas
Stephon Vierra, Period 7

2. Reaction to European ConflictReaction to European Conflict
● America
○ Neutral Stance
■ First Neutrality Act, 1935
■ Neutrality Act of 1937
■ Neutrality Act of 1939
○ Good-Neighbor Policy
■ Improve relations with Latin American countries
■ Stop Latin America from joining Axis and having easy access to attack U.S
● Canada
○ Canada produced a declaration of war for the approval of King George VI of the United
Kingdom
■ Approved immediately
○ Purchased US$20,000,000 worth of arms from the United States in preparation for war.
○ Began producing large quantities of war materials
● Argentina
○ September 1939, they took neutrality
■ Reason: wanted to steady economy and not pour money into war. Large
population of germans, who were large part of their economy.
■ German-argentenians controlling a considerable part of the nation's industrial,
chemical, pharmaceutical, and electrical goods production, and having a large
part of the military and civilian construction.
○ Argentina agreed that an attack on any American state would be considered an act of
aggression against all American states, but didn’t enter war until 1954
Conflict
● Germany building military
● Germany breaking treaty
● Rise of fascism
● Communism threat
● Japan invading china
● Japan vs U.S
○ U.S sanctions
○ U.S angry with
japanese invasion
of China
○ Japan needed U.S
resources
○ Japan plan to
invade U.S

3. Participation in WarParticipation in War
Military
● America
○ Battle of Britain, 1940
■ Only fought in air
○ Normandy, 1940
○ D-Day, 1944
○ Battle of Bulge, 1944
● Canada
○ Important Normandy role
○ Dieppe raid, August 1942
■ 5,000 went, 2000 returned
○ 1944, Attacked Italy from “toe”
■ 6,000 Canadians killed
○ 1945, Battle of Rhineland
■ 11,336 Canadian lives lost
● Argentina
○ Remained Neutral
○ Had strong Nazi espionage
■ Because of this they
declared war against axis in
1945
○ Did Not fight in battle
Economic
● America
○ Economic boom
○ Became world industrial power
○ Brought out of great depression
○ Major trade with Allies
○ Became major militant spender
● Canada
○ Prepared overload of supplies
before entering war
○ Mass import of war materials from
the world market
● Argentina
○ No true economic contribution to
any specific countries
○ Kept same trade with same
countries as before war. Both sides
of war
Diplomatic
● America
○ Started neutral
○ Helped allies
○ Started conflict to lead to
cold war
○ Made strong connections
with Allies and other
european countries
● Canada
○ Mutual aid Program
○ Helped allies with supplies
○ Much stronger ties with
eastern world powers
● Argentina
○ Neutral, trade to all countries
○ Eventually cut ties with Axis
powers
○ Stronger ties with America
and western countries

4. Social ImpactSocial Impact
America Canada Argentina
Women
● Strong war efforts
● Industrial help
● Prideful
● Women equality
● Women first organized
war acceptance
● 50k enlisted
● Trained, proud
● Women fought in
planes for the first time
ever
Blacks
● Major war contribution
● 909k fight in war
● Treated poorly in war
housing;segregation
● Major contribution
● Gained much more
equality
● Little eq. before war
● Low population of
blacks
● Very racist
Japanese
● 1941, Thousands
confined in war camps
● Loss of social freedom
● Discriminated by
Americans
● Internment camps
● 22k, leave or go in
camp
● Japanese guilt
● Forced relocation
● Social
● No internment
● Last latin country to
sever ties with Japan
Germans
● Loss of social freedom
● Put in war camps
● Gov’t examined over
11k for espionage
● Internment camps
● Enemy of state
● Anti-german sentiment
● 250k in 1930’s
● Germans assimilated
● Germans did not side
with Nazi party

5. Treatment of JapaneseTreatment of Japanese
● Japanese-Americans
○ 127,000 internment camp prisoners
○ Social Anti-Japanese paranoia
○ Forced out of owned businesses
○ Society felt as though they were terrorists
○ Social fear of Japanese-Americans revolting
● Japanese-Canadians
○ 22,000 placed in the internment camps
○ 4000 were stripped of their Canadian citizenship and deported to Japan
○ Forced relocation
○ Many lost their property and valuable items
○ Strong anti-Japanese sentiment
● Japanese in Argentina
○ No internment camps were made
○ Did not cut diplomatic ties with Japan until 1944
○ Little social racism because argentina wasn’t involved in war
○ Kept ties with Japan longer than any other axis power

6. Atomic Reason and ReactionAtomic Reason and Reaction
● Reasoning
○ America as a whole enraged from Pearl Harbor bombing
○ Japan rejected the demand for unconditional surrender which was an option
○ Didn't want to lose U.S lives
○ Keep U.S.S.R out of war
○ Make others fear them
○ Test out the first atomic bomb in an actual setting
● Reaction
○ America
■ Prideful
■ Happy to see retaliation
■ Some scientists were concerned about effects
■ Over 70% population supported decision
■ Started atomic warfare as a reality
○ Japan
■ Surrender after both bombs
■ Social devastation
■ Reluctant to surrender after first atomic
■ Lasting effects of radiation
■ Rebuilding burden in atomic radius
■ Around 200,000 died from bomb;Families torn apart

7. Economic and Diplomatic EffectsEconomic and Diplomatic Effects
● America
○ Economic
■ Pulled America from Great Depression
■ Industrial powerhouse
■ Became most powerful economy
■ Miniscule unemployment rates
■ Very high inflation rates
■ Became heavy militant spender
○ Diplomatic
■ Forced to be more globally associated
■ Became U.N member
■ Closer to nuke race U.S.S.R
■ Cold war beginning
● Canada
○ Economic
■ Depression recovery
■ Industrial expansion
■ Became major global trader
○ Diplomatic
■ Strengthen U.S affairs, weakened U.S.S.R
affairs
■ More active in the international community
■ Known as a more powerful country
● Argentina
○ Economic
■ Increasing manufactured goods production
■ Increased meat production
■ Industrial expansion
■ Lost trading with axis forces
■ More international trading with west hemisphere
○ Diplomatic
■ Remained same with Allies, cut all ties
■ Became more politically aware of espionage
■ Lost relationship ties with axis, but gained more
respect and help from western world

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