WORLD WAR 2

United States Studies: 1865 to the Present

5th Grade
Chase Cupp

Objectives

Students will examine key events

that led to US involvement in World
War II.
Students will recognize major
events that occurred throughout
World War 2.
Students will identify different
political leaders from World War 2.
Students will explain how
developments in technology in
World War two effected the United
States economy.

South
Carolina State
Standards
5-4.4
5-4.5
5-4.6

Joseph Stalin- Soviet Union

1878-1953

Communist leader (Russia went Communist after WWI).

Controlled every aspect of peoples lives.
Eliminated all competition to him in order to stay in power.
Hes legally to blame for the deaths of nearly 20 million citizens.
He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice.

I trust no one, not even myself.

-Joseph Stalin

Benito Mussolini- Italy

1883- 1945

Benito Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the

National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922
to 1943
Fascism includes intense patriotism & nationalism. This is very much
linked to racism and cultural superiority.
Mussolini didnt like Hitler initially. But Hitlers constant support
convinced him for an alliance with the Nazi Germany.

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a

fallacy. You in America will see that some day.
- Benito Mussolini

Franklin D. Roosevelt
1882-1945

Stricken with polio in 1921. He became the 32nd U.S. president in

1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only U.S. president to be elected four
times. He led the United States through the Great Depression and
World War II.
FDR was the first president to appear on television.

The only thing we have to fear is

fear itself.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

Winston Churchill
1874 1965

Was a War hero from his acts in the battlefield.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again
from 1951 to 1955.
Was close allies with US president Franklin D. Roosevelt.

You have enemies? Good. That

means you've stood up for
something, sometime in your life.
-Winston Churchill

Adolf Hitler
April 1889 30 April 1945

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is known for being one

of the most evil people in all of history.
Responsible for starting World War II and the
Holocaust
Hitler was a charismatic leader that
successfully convinced the German people to
follow his beliefs.
Hitler endured and survived four years of
World War I. During this time, he was awarded
two Iron Crosses for bravery.
Ordered the deaths of 11 million in the death
camps, and 6 million Jews included in that
total.
Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's
eye than a great man be 'discovered' by an
election.
-Adolf Hitler

Key Political Leaders During World

War II
Adolf
Hitler

Where are they from?

Franklin D.
Roosevelt

Winston
Churchill

Joseph Stalin

Benito
Mussolini