We might also begin chapter 34 of your textbooks.
Important dates:
September 19, 1931 - Japan invades Manchuria
October 3rd, 1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia
July 7, 1937 - Japan invades China
September 1st, 1939 - Germany invades Poland
July 26 1941 - U.S. freezes Japanese assets
December 7th 1941 - Pearl Harbor
GO Here for the DAY OF INFAMY speech
Two documents - Day of Infamy or the Decision to Drop the Bomb.
Executive Order 9066
WAC, WAVES, SPARS
Congress of Racial Equality
Code Talkers
Battle of Midway
D-Day
Potsdam Conference
Manhattan Project
Douglas MacArthur
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower
CHAPTER 34: AMERICA IN WORLD WAR TWO
1. What military strategy did FDR favor? Winning Asia or Europe?
2. What was America's first major challenge when the war began?
3. What was the reaction of most ethnic groups in America to WWII?
4. Why were Japanese-Americans placed in concentration camps in WWII?
5. Which was the most prominent union to go on strike during WWII?
6. Why did most women leave the workforce after WWII?
7. What was the impact of WWII on African-American culture in America?
8. Why did the northward migration of African-Americans occur during WWII?
9. What was FDR's policies towards native Americans during WWII?
10. What happened to the national debt during WWII?
11. What battle turned the tide of Japanese advancement in the Pacific?
12. What was the US strategy for the war in the Pacific?
13. The conquest of which island made air raids over the Japanese mainland possible?
14. What battle in Europe was the end of Nazi advancement?
15. Why did the Allies postpone opening a second front until 1944?
16. What was a criticism of the unconditional surrender policy?
17. What was the importance of the Postdam? Casablanca? Teheran?
18. Who headed the D-Day invasion?
19. What was the main reason why FDR won election in 1944?
20. What was the focus of the 1944 democratic convention?
21. What was the primary reason the United States used the atomic bombs in Japan?
HOMEWORK: Six degrees of Separation - Spanish America War to Hiroshima.
2) Discuss island-hopping as a strategy
3) What was the Manhattan Project. Who headed it up.
4) Discuss D-Day. What was it?
5) Why did the U.S. use atomic weapons on Japan? What cities were bombed?
6) Who were the Axis Powers? Who were the Allied Powers?
7) List and explain three causes of the Depression
8) Discuss the 1st New Deal and outline three programs that came out of it
9) Discuss the 2nd New Deal and outline two programs that came out of it
10) Who were FDR's critics and what did they criticize.
11) What were the Fireside Chats?
12) Discuss three reasons the U.S. entered into World War I
13) Discuss three points of Wilson's 14 points.
14) What were some positive outcomes of World War I
15) What were some negative outcomes of World War I
16) Why did the U.S. enter the Spanish-American War (besides the sinking of the Maine)?
17) How did the War make the U.S. an imperial power?
18) Discuss Theodore Roosevelt's importance as President. What did he do?
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