World War II

Wednesday; Read Chapter 35

1.  How and why did the United States go from isolationism and neutrality to involvement in the war?

2.      What were the turning points of the war?

3.      How did the war affect African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, Japanese Americans, and Jews?

4.      How did the war change the lives and roles of women?

5.      How did the war change the labor movement?

6.      How did the war effect the economy, society, and government?

7.      How did WWII create the Cold War?

 

Know the significance of the following:

PreWar

Nye Commission; Good neighbor policy; Neutrality acts; Spanish Civil War; Manchuria; Munich Pact; Sudatenland; Nazi-Soviet Pact; Czechslovokia; Kristallnacht

Mobilization

War Production Board; National War Labor Board; Office of Price Administration; Manhattan Project; Office of War Information

Race

Congress of Racial Equality; Fair Employment Practices Commission; A.    Philip Randolph; Double V Campaign; Holocaust; Japanese Internment; Zoot Suit Riots

The War

Axis; Invasion of Poland; Invasion of France; Battle of Britain; blitzkrieg; Lend-Lease Act; Pearl Harbor; Stalingrad; D-Day; Battle of the Bulge; Midway; island hopping; Battle of the Coral Sea; Iwo Jima; Okinawa; Hiroshima; Nagasaki; Emperor Hirohito; General Tojo; General Dwight Eisenhower; General Douglas McArthur

Diplomacy

Atlantic Charter; Yalta; Potsdam