Social Sciences and History / Unit 2 SSH 0127 short lesson, about 20 seconds
From Appeasement to Pearl Harbor
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The idea
Fascism and Nazism rose as the Depression reached Europe. The United States stayed focused on its own troubles, then aided Britain and China short of war. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor pulled the country in.
In practice
Appeasement, judged by the anchor shortsighted and tragic.
Where people slip
Unit six carries the war's global course; here, the American path in and the home front.
Your place on the trail
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