Standard HS-USHG7.2.1

Standard Type
Michigan Social Studies Standards

Causes of World War II – analyze the factors contributing to World War II in Europe and in the Pacific region, and America’s entry into war, including:

  • political and economic disputes over territory.
  • the differences in the civic and political values of the United States and those of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
  • U.S. neutrality.
  • the bombing of Pearl Harbor.