14:3 - America Enters the War

Chapter 14 Section 3: America Enters the War

• Checkpoint (p.454): What did the Japanese military leaders hope to achieve by attacking Pearl
  
  Harbor?  Were they successful in this goal?
• Thinking Critically (p.455): How did Pearl Harbor change American opinion about the war?
• Checkpoint (p.457): What were the first actions taken by the United States once war was declared?
• Map Skills (p.458): #2 & 3
• Checkpoint (p.459): What military advantages did the United States have over Japan?
• Section 3 Assessment (p.459): #3, 4, 5, 6
• To support the United States war effort, peacetime industries had to be converted to war industries. The War Production Board directed this conversion, and many other government agencies helped coordinate subsequent production efforts. Productivity increased dramatically after the United States declared war. Bar charts can provide an effective way of summarizing changes in this productivity. ◆ Read the text in Section 3 under the subheading “Mobilizing Industry.” Then, examine the bar chart below and answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper.