CHAPTER 31: American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1. Seeing Red · Cite examples of actions taken in reaction to the perceived threat of radicals and communists during the red scare. · Use: Billy Sunday, Red Scare, A. Mitchell Palmer, Sacco and Vanzetti 2. Hooded Hoodlums of the KKK · Compare and contrast the new and old Ku Klux Klansmen. 3. Stemming the Foreign Flood · Describe the immigration laws passed in the 1920's. · Use: Emergency Quota Act, Immigration Act 4. Makers of America: The Poles · What factors led Poles to America? · Use: Prussian Poles, Russian Poles, Austrian Poles, American Warsaw 5. The Prohibition "Experiment" · How and why was the eighteenth amendment broken so frequently? · Use: Volstead Act, Wet and Dry, Speakeasies, Home Brew, Bathtub Gin, Noble Experiment 6. The Golden Age of Gangsterism · What was Gangsterism? · Use: Al Capone, St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Lindbergh Law 7. Monkey Business in Tennessee · Describe the clash of cultures that took place in schools in the 1920's. · Use: John Dewey, John T. Scopes, William Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow 8. The Mass-Consumption Economy · Give evidence to prove that America became a mass- consumption economy in the 20's. · Use: Andrew Mellon, The Man Nobody Uses, Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey 9. Putting America on Rubber Tires · What methods made it possible to mass-produce automobiles? · Use: Henry Ford, Frederick W. Taylor, Model T 10. The Advent of the Gasoline Age · What were the effects of the widespread adoption of the automobile? 11. Humans Develop Wings · What effects did the early airplane have on America? · Use: Orville and Wilbur Wright, Charles Lindbergh 12. The Radio Revolution · How did America change as the result of the radio? 13. Hollywood's Filmland Fantasies · What were some milestones in the history of motion pictures? · Use: The Great Train Robbery, The Birth of a Nation, The Jazz Singer 14. The Dynamic Decade · "Far-reaching changes in lifestyles and values paralleled the dramatic upsurge in the economy." Explain. · Use: Margaret Sanger, Flappers, Sigmund Freud, Jelly Roll Morton, Langston Hughes, Marcus Garvey 15. Cultural Liberation · How did the arts of the 1920's reflect the times?\ · Use: H. L. Mencken, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, William Faulkner, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, e.e. cummings, Eugene O'Neill, Louis Armstrong, Frank Lloyd Wright 16. Wall Street's Big Bull Market · Was government economic policy successful in the 20's? · Use: Margin, Andrew Mellon |
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POSSIBLE LONG ESSAY QUESTIONS
- Analyze the origins and outcomes of the intense cultural conflicts of the 1920s. In your response, focus on TWO of the following. Immigration Prohibition Religion
- Alienation from American society is a dominant theme of the literature of the 1920’s. Discuss this statement with reference to TWO writers (novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, etc.) citing evidence from their works
- In what ways did economic conditions and developments in the arts and entertainment help create the reputation of the 1920’s as the Roaring Twenties?
- Explain the role of new ideas and technology in creating political and social tension during the 1920s.
CHAPTER 32: The Politics of Boom and Bust
(NOTE: the questions for Chapters 31 and 32 overlap a bit)
1. The Republican "Old Guard" Returns
· What flaws did Warren Harding possess?
· Use: Ohio Gang
2. GOP Reaction at the Throttle
· What pro-business policies were taken by the government during the Harding administration.
3. The Aftermath of War
· What effects did the war have on the post-war economy?
· Use: Railway Labor Board, American Legion, Adjusted Compensation Act
4. America Seeks Benefits Without Burdens
· How did the U.S. take the lead in disarmament in the 20's?
· Use: Unofficial Observers, Charles Evans Hughes, Five-Power Naval Treaty, Four-Power Treaty, Nine-Power Treaty, Kellogg-
Briand Pact
5. Hiking the Tariff Higher
· What effects were produced by high American tariffs?
· Use: Fordney-McCumber Tariff Law
6. The Stench of Scandal
· "Such was his [Harding's] weakness that he tolerated people and conditions that subjected the Republic to its worst disgrace
since the days of President Grant." Explain.
· Use: Charles R. Forbes, Albert B. Fall, Teapot Dome, Harry M. Daugherty
7. “Silent Cal” Coolidge
· Do the nicknames, "Silent Cal" and "Cautious Cal" accurately describe the Coolidge presidency?
8. Frustrated Farmers
· What had changed for the farmer since 1890? What had remained the same?
· Use: McNary-Haugen Bill
9. A Three-Way Race for the White House in 1924
· Why did Calvin Coolidge easily win the 1924 election?
· Use: Robert La Follette
10. Foreign-Policy Flounderings
· What are the arguments for America canceling the WWI debt of European countries?
11. Unraveling the Debt Knot
· What were the world-wide repercussions of America’s insistence on debt repayment?
· Use: Dawes Plan
12. The Triumph of Herbert Hoover, 1928
· Why was Herbert Hoover so much more popular with voters than Al Smith?
· Use: "Rum, Romanism, and Ruin"
13. President Hoover's First Moves
· Did Hoover’s attempts to help farmers produce positive results? Explain.
· Use: Farm Board, Hawley-Smoot Tariff
14. The Great Crash Ends the Golden Twenties
· What were the immediate effects of the stock market crash?
· Use: Black Tuesday, "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?"
15. Hooked on the Horn of Plenty
· What causes contributed to the Great Depression?
· Use: Hoover Blankets, Hoovervilles
16. Rugged Times for Rugged Individualists
· How did President Hoover’s beliefs affect the way he handled the Depression?
· Use: Rugged Individualism, The Great Humanitarian
17. Hoover Battles the Great Depression
· Is Hoover’s reputation as ultra-conservative well deserved? Explain.
· Use: Muscle Shoals Bill, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Pump-Priming, Yellow Dog Contracts
18. Routing the Bonus Army in Washington
· What happened to the Bonus Army? Why?
· Use: Douglas MacArthur
19. Japanese Militarists Attack China
· How did the Japanese attack on Manchuria demonstrate the weakness of the League of Nations?
· Use: Stimson Doctrine
20. Hoover Pioneers the Good Neighbor Policy
· What was President Hoover’s policy toward Latin America?
(NOTE: the questions for Chapters 31 and 32 overlap a bit)
1. The Republican "Old Guard" Returns
· What flaws did Warren Harding possess?
· Use: Ohio Gang
2. GOP Reaction at the Throttle
· What pro-business policies were taken by the government during the Harding administration.
3. The Aftermath of War
· What effects did the war have on the post-war economy?
· Use: Railway Labor Board, American Legion, Adjusted Compensation Act
4. America Seeks Benefits Without Burdens
· How did the U.S. take the lead in disarmament in the 20's?
· Use: Unofficial Observers, Charles Evans Hughes, Five-Power Naval Treaty, Four-Power Treaty, Nine-Power Treaty, Kellogg-
Briand Pact
5. Hiking the Tariff Higher
· What effects were produced by high American tariffs?
· Use: Fordney-McCumber Tariff Law
6. The Stench of Scandal
· "Such was his [Harding's] weakness that he tolerated people and conditions that subjected the Republic to its worst disgrace
since the days of President Grant." Explain.
· Use: Charles R. Forbes, Albert B. Fall, Teapot Dome, Harry M. Daugherty
7. “Silent Cal” Coolidge
· Do the nicknames, "Silent Cal" and "Cautious Cal" accurately describe the Coolidge presidency?
8. Frustrated Farmers
· What had changed for the farmer since 1890? What had remained the same?
· Use: McNary-Haugen Bill
9. A Three-Way Race for the White House in 1924
· Why did Calvin Coolidge easily win the 1924 election?
· Use: Robert La Follette
10. Foreign-Policy Flounderings
· What are the arguments for America canceling the WWI debt of European countries?
11. Unraveling the Debt Knot
· What were the world-wide repercussions of America’s insistence on debt repayment?
· Use: Dawes Plan
12. The Triumph of Herbert Hoover, 1928
· Why was Herbert Hoover so much more popular with voters than Al Smith?
· Use: "Rum, Romanism, and Ruin"
13. President Hoover's First Moves
· Did Hoover’s attempts to help farmers produce positive results? Explain.
· Use: Farm Board, Hawley-Smoot Tariff
14. The Great Crash Ends the Golden Twenties
· What were the immediate effects of the stock market crash?
· Use: Black Tuesday, "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?"
15. Hooked on the Horn of Plenty
· What causes contributed to the Great Depression?
· Use: Hoover Blankets, Hoovervilles
16. Rugged Times for Rugged Individualists
· How did President Hoover’s beliefs affect the way he handled the Depression?
· Use: Rugged Individualism, The Great Humanitarian
17. Hoover Battles the Great Depression
· Is Hoover’s reputation as ultra-conservative well deserved? Explain.
· Use: Muscle Shoals Bill, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Pump-Priming, Yellow Dog Contracts
18. Routing the Bonus Army in Washington
· What happened to the Bonus Army? Why?
· Use: Douglas MacArthur
19. Japanese Militarists Attack China
· How did the Japanese attack on Manchuria demonstrate the weakness of the League of Nations?
· Use: Stimson Doctrine
20. Hoover Pioneers the Good Neighbor Policy
· What was President Hoover’s policy toward Latin America?
Chapter 32 Videos and Resources
Possible FRQs
Explain the long-term significance of the New Deal for three of the following groups. Industrial Workers, Retired Workers, Women, Farmers and Farm Workers
Explain the long-term significance of the New Deal for three of the following groups. Industrial Workers, Retired Workers, Women, Farmers and Farm Workers
CHAPTER 33: The Great Depression & the New Deal
1. FDR: A Politician in a Wheelchair
· What kind of man was FDR?
2. Presidential Hopefuls of 1932
· What was Roosevelt's campaign message in the 1932 election?
3. The Humiliation of Hoover in 1932
· What were the immediate results of Roosevelt's victory?
4. FDR and the Three R's: Relief, Recovery, Reform
· Describe the New Deal.
· Use: Banking Holiday, Hundred Days, Three R's,
5. Roosevelt Manages the Money
· What were the key aspects of FDR's monetary policy?
· Use: Fireside Chats, Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Managed Currency
6. Creating Jobs for the Jobless
· Explain the difference between New Deal agencies and what radical critics wanted the government to do.
· Use: Pump Priming, CCC, FERA, Harry Hopkins, AAA, HOLC, CWA
7. A Day for Every Demagogue
· List other historical demagogues and briefly describe their significance.
· Use: Father Charles Coughlin, Huey Long, Dr. Francis E. Townsend, WPA
8. New Visibility for Women
· Explain the factors that made it possible for these women to gain fame.
· Use: Frances Perkins, Mary McLeod Bethune, Ruth Benedict, Margaret Mead, Pearl Buck
9. Helping Industry and Labor
· How did the NRA attempt to restore industry?
· Use: Sick Chicken Decision, PWA, Harold Ickes
10. Paying Farmers Not to Farm
· How did the federal government attempt to help farmers?
11. Dust Bowls and Black Blizzards
· How did nature cause problems for some farmers on the plains?
· Use: Dust Bowl, Okies and Arkies, The Grapes of Wrath, Indian Reorganization Act
12. Makers of America: The Dust Bowl Migrants
· In what ways were things better in California? In what ways were they the same?
· Use: San Joaquin Valley, Farm Security Administration, Okievilles
13. Battling Bankers and Big Business
· "Reformist New Dealers were determined from the outset to curb the `money changers....'" Explain.
· Use: Federal Securities Act, SEC
14. The TVA Harnesses the Tennessee River
· What arguments were used for and against the TVA project?
· Use: Creeping Socialism
15. Housing Reform and Social Security
· How did the FHA and Social Security attempt to help some of society's least fortunate?
16. A New Deal for Labor
· How did labor respond to the improvement of conditions brought about by the New Deal?
· Use: Wagner Act, National Labor Relations Board, CIO, John L. Lewis, Sit-down Strike
17. Landon Challenges "the Champ”
· What was the significance of the 1936 election?
· Use: Alfred Landon, American Liberty League
18. Nine Old Men on the Supreme Bench
· Why did Roosevelt ask Congress for a bill that would allow him to add justices to the Supreme Court?
19. The Court Changes Course
· What were the consequences of FDR's attempt to pack the Court?
· Use: Hugo Black
20. The Twilight of the New Deal
· Assess the successfulness of FDR in his second term.
· Use: Roosevelt Recession, John Maynard Keynes, Hatch Act
21. New Deal or Raw Deal?
· What criticism of the New Deal seems most fair to you? Least fair?
22. FDR's Balance Sheet
· What is the textbook author's opinion of Roosevelt? Do you agree?
23. Varying Viewpoints: How Radical Was the New Deal
· What did William Leuechtenburg mean when he called the New Deal a "half-way revolution?" (Your answer should focus more
on the the information before this term than on the information after it.)
· Use: Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Carl Degler, Constraints School of Historians, New Deal Coalition
1. FDR: A Politician in a Wheelchair
· What kind of man was FDR?
2. Presidential Hopefuls of 1932
· What was Roosevelt's campaign message in the 1932 election?
3. The Humiliation of Hoover in 1932
· What were the immediate results of Roosevelt's victory?
4. FDR and the Three R's: Relief, Recovery, Reform
· Describe the New Deal.
· Use: Banking Holiday, Hundred Days, Three R's,
5. Roosevelt Manages the Money
· What were the key aspects of FDR's monetary policy?
· Use: Fireside Chats, Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Managed Currency
6. Creating Jobs for the Jobless
· Explain the difference between New Deal agencies and what radical critics wanted the government to do.
· Use: Pump Priming, CCC, FERA, Harry Hopkins, AAA, HOLC, CWA
7. A Day for Every Demagogue
· List other historical demagogues and briefly describe their significance.
· Use: Father Charles Coughlin, Huey Long, Dr. Francis E. Townsend, WPA
8. New Visibility for Women
· Explain the factors that made it possible for these women to gain fame.
· Use: Frances Perkins, Mary McLeod Bethune, Ruth Benedict, Margaret Mead, Pearl Buck
9. Helping Industry and Labor
· How did the NRA attempt to restore industry?
· Use: Sick Chicken Decision, PWA, Harold Ickes
10. Paying Farmers Not to Farm
· How did the federal government attempt to help farmers?
11. Dust Bowls and Black Blizzards
· How did nature cause problems for some farmers on the plains?
· Use: Dust Bowl, Okies and Arkies, The Grapes of Wrath, Indian Reorganization Act
12. Makers of America: The Dust Bowl Migrants
· In what ways were things better in California? In what ways were they the same?
· Use: San Joaquin Valley, Farm Security Administration, Okievilles
13. Battling Bankers and Big Business
· "Reformist New Dealers were determined from the outset to curb the `money changers....'" Explain.
· Use: Federal Securities Act, SEC
14. The TVA Harnesses the Tennessee River
· What arguments were used for and against the TVA project?
· Use: Creeping Socialism
15. Housing Reform and Social Security
· How did the FHA and Social Security attempt to help some of society's least fortunate?
16. A New Deal for Labor
· How did labor respond to the improvement of conditions brought about by the New Deal?
· Use: Wagner Act, National Labor Relations Board, CIO, John L. Lewis, Sit-down Strike
17. Landon Challenges "the Champ”
· What was the significance of the 1936 election?
· Use: Alfred Landon, American Liberty League
18. Nine Old Men on the Supreme Bench
· Why did Roosevelt ask Congress for a bill that would allow him to add justices to the Supreme Court?
19. The Court Changes Course
· What were the consequences of FDR's attempt to pack the Court?
· Use: Hugo Black
20. The Twilight of the New Deal
· Assess the successfulness of FDR in his second term.
· Use: Roosevelt Recession, John Maynard Keynes, Hatch Act
21. New Deal or Raw Deal?
· What criticism of the New Deal seems most fair to you? Least fair?
22. FDR's Balance Sheet
· What is the textbook author's opinion of Roosevelt? Do you agree?
23. Varying Viewpoints: How Radical Was the New Deal
· What did William Leuechtenburg mean when he called the New Deal a "half-way revolution?" (Your answer should focus more
on the the information before this term than on the information after it.)
· Use: Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Carl Degler, Constraints School of Historians, New Deal Coalition
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CHAPTER 34: Franklin D. Roosevelt & the Shadow of War
1. The London Conference
· What were the results of Roosevelt's decision not to help stabilize currencies?
· Use: London Economic Conference
2. Freedom for (from?) the Filipinos and Recognition for the Russians
· What was the reason for America's decision to free the Philippines?
· Use: Tydings-McDuffie Act
3. Becoming a Good Neighbor
· Was the United States serious about the Good Neighbor policy? Explain.
4. Secretary Hull's Reciprocal Trade Agreements
· Were reciprocal trade agreements a good idea? Explain.
· Use: Cordell Hull, Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
5. Storm-Cellar Isolationism
· What were the reasons for American isolationism?
· Use: Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Fascism
6. Congress Legislates Neutrality
· How did the Neutrality Acts attempt to keep the U.S. out of war?
· Use: Gerald Nye
7. America Dooms Loyalist Spain
· How did the Spanish Civil War contribute to WWII?
· Use: Francisco Franco
8. Appeasing Japan and Germany
· What actions were taken by fascist governments that showed that they were a threat?
· Use: Quarantine Speech, Panay, Rhineland, Sudentenland, Munich Conference, Appeasement
9. Hitler's Belligerency and U.S. Neutrality
· How did the United States respond to the start of WWII in Europe?
· Use: Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, Cash and Carry
10. The Fall of France
· What further steps did the United States take after the fall of France?
· Use: Phony War, Blitzkrieg, Winston Churchill
11. Makers of America: Refugees from the Holocaust
· Why did America not make more room for European Jews in the 1930's?
· Use: Anti-Semitism, Albert Einstein, American Jewish Committee, Father Coughlin, American Jewish Congress
12. Bolstering Britain with the Destroyer Deal (1940)
· Describe the conflict between interventionists and isolationists in America in 1940.
· Use: Battle of Britain, Royal Air Force, Fortress America, America First, Charles Lindbergh, Destroyer Deal
13. FDR Shatters the Two-Term Tradition (1940)
· Interpret the results of the 1940 election.
· Use: Wendell Wilke
14. Congress Passes the Landmark Lend-Lease Law
· What was so controversial about Lend-Lease?
15. Hitler's Assault on the Soviet Union Spawns the Atlantic Charter
· What was the reaction in America to the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union?
· Use: Atlantic Charter
16. U.S. Destroyers and Hitler's U-Boats Clash
· How did America's implementation of the Lend-Lease policy bring us closer to war?
17. Surprise Assault at Pearl Harbor
· How did American actions contribute to Japan's decision to attack Pearl Harbor?
· Use: Dutch East Indies, December 7 1941 (I can’t believe my daughter was born on Pearl Harbor Day…poor girl)
18. America's Transformation from Bystander to Belligerent
· Was United States entry into WWII sudden or gradual? Explain.
1. The London Conference
· What were the results of Roosevelt's decision not to help stabilize currencies?
· Use: London Economic Conference
2. Freedom for (from?) the Filipinos and Recognition for the Russians
· What was the reason for America's decision to free the Philippines?
· Use: Tydings-McDuffie Act
3. Becoming a Good Neighbor
· Was the United States serious about the Good Neighbor policy? Explain.
4. Secretary Hull's Reciprocal Trade Agreements
· Were reciprocal trade agreements a good idea? Explain.
· Use: Cordell Hull, Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
5. Storm-Cellar Isolationism
· What were the reasons for American isolationism?
· Use: Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Fascism
6. Congress Legislates Neutrality
· How did the Neutrality Acts attempt to keep the U.S. out of war?
· Use: Gerald Nye
7. America Dooms Loyalist Spain
· How did the Spanish Civil War contribute to WWII?
· Use: Francisco Franco
8. Appeasing Japan and Germany
· What actions were taken by fascist governments that showed that they were a threat?
· Use: Quarantine Speech, Panay, Rhineland, Sudentenland, Munich Conference, Appeasement
9. Hitler's Belligerency and U.S. Neutrality
· How did the United States respond to the start of WWII in Europe?
· Use: Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, Cash and Carry
10. The Fall of France
· What further steps did the United States take after the fall of France?
· Use: Phony War, Blitzkrieg, Winston Churchill
11. Makers of America: Refugees from the Holocaust
· Why did America not make more room for European Jews in the 1930's?
· Use: Anti-Semitism, Albert Einstein, American Jewish Committee, Father Coughlin, American Jewish Congress
12. Bolstering Britain with the Destroyer Deal (1940)
· Describe the conflict between interventionists and isolationists in America in 1940.
· Use: Battle of Britain, Royal Air Force, Fortress America, America First, Charles Lindbergh, Destroyer Deal
13. FDR Shatters the Two-Term Tradition (1940)
· Interpret the results of the 1940 election.
· Use: Wendell Wilke
14. Congress Passes the Landmark Lend-Lease Law
· What was so controversial about Lend-Lease?
15. Hitler's Assault on the Soviet Union Spawns the Atlantic Charter
· What was the reaction in America to the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union?
· Use: Atlantic Charter
16. U.S. Destroyers and Hitler's U-Boats Clash
· How did America's implementation of the Lend-Lease policy bring us closer to war?
17. Surprise Assault at Pearl Harbor
· How did American actions contribute to Japan's decision to attack Pearl Harbor?
· Use: Dutch East Indies, December 7 1941 (I can’t believe my daughter was born on Pearl Harbor Day…poor girl)
18. America's Transformation from Bystander to Belligerent
· Was United States entry into WWII sudden or gradual? Explain.
CHAPTER 35: America in World War II
1. The Allies Trade Space for Time
· "America's task was far more complex and back-breaking [in World War II] than in World War I." Explain.
· Use: Germany First
2. The Shock of War
· How did the war affect liberal ideals and goals at home?
· Use: Axis Powers, Internment Camps, Korematsu v. U.S.
3. Building the War Machine
· What effects did the war have on manufacturing, agriculture and labor?
· Use: War Production Board, War Labor Board
4. Makers of America: The Japanese
· In what way can it be said that the reasons for Japanese immigrants' success also caused them trouble?
· Use: Matthew Perry, Meiji Government, Picture Brides, Gentleman's Agreement, Issei, Nissei
5. Manpower and Womanpower
· What opportunities were opened to women as a result of the war?
· Use: WAACS, WAVES, SPARS, GI, Braceros, Rosie the Riveter
6. Wartime Migrations
· What effect did the war have on the nation's minorities?
· Use: A. Philip Randolph, Fair Employment Practices Commission, Double V, CORE, Code Talkers, Zoot Suit Riots
7. Holding the Homefront
· What economic effects resulted from American participation in the war?
8. The Rising Sun in the Pacific
· Describe Japanese victories in the Pacific in the months following Pearl Harbor.
· Use: Douglas MacArthur, Bataan Death March
9. Japan's High Tide at Midway
· Why was Midway an important battle?
· Use: Battle of the Coral Sea, Chester Nimitz
10. American Leapfrogging Toward Tokyo
· What strategy did the United States use to defeat the Japanese?
· Use: Guadalcanal, Island Hopping, Guam
11. The Allied Halting of Hitler
· "The war against Hitler looked much better at the end of 1942 than it had in the beginning." Explain.
· Use: Wolf Packs, Enigma, Erwin Rommel, Bernard Montgomery, El Alamein, Battle of Stalingrad
12. A Second Front from North Africa to Rome
· Describe the purpose and outcome of the Invasion of North Africa.
· Use: Soft Underbelly of Europe, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Sicily
13. D-Day: June 6, 1944
· Why could June 6, 1944 be considered THE turning point of the war?
· Use: Teheran, D-Day, Normandy, George Patton
14. FDR: The Fourth-Termite of 1944
· Why was the choice of a vice-presidential candidate important and difficult for the democrats in 1944?
· Use: Thomas Dewey, Henry Wallace, Harry S Truman
15. Roosevelt Defeats Dewey
· What factors led to Roosevelt's victory over Dewey?
16. The Last Days of Hitler
· Describe the last six months of war in Europe.
· Use: Battle of the Bulge, "Nuts," Elbe River, Holocaust, V-E Day
17. Japan Dies Hard
· Explain the meaning of the title of this section.
· Use: Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Kamikazes
18. The Atomic Bombs
· What was the military impact of the atomic bomb?
· Use: Potsdam, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Hirohito
19. The Allies Triumphant
· "This complex conflict was the best fought war in America's history." Explain
· Use: George Marshall
20. Varying Viewpoints: The Atomic Bombs: Were They Justified?
· What questions concerning WWII have historians attempted to answer?
1. The Allies Trade Space for Time
· "America's task was far more complex and back-breaking [in World War II] than in World War I." Explain.
· Use: Germany First
2. The Shock of War
· How did the war affect liberal ideals and goals at home?
· Use: Axis Powers, Internment Camps, Korematsu v. U.S.
3. Building the War Machine
· What effects did the war have on manufacturing, agriculture and labor?
· Use: War Production Board, War Labor Board
4. Makers of America: The Japanese
· In what way can it be said that the reasons for Japanese immigrants' success also caused them trouble?
· Use: Matthew Perry, Meiji Government, Picture Brides, Gentleman's Agreement, Issei, Nissei
5. Manpower and Womanpower
· What opportunities were opened to women as a result of the war?
· Use: WAACS, WAVES, SPARS, GI, Braceros, Rosie the Riveter
6. Wartime Migrations
· What effect did the war have on the nation's minorities?
· Use: A. Philip Randolph, Fair Employment Practices Commission, Double V, CORE, Code Talkers, Zoot Suit Riots
7. Holding the Homefront
· What economic effects resulted from American participation in the war?
8. The Rising Sun in the Pacific
· Describe Japanese victories in the Pacific in the months following Pearl Harbor.
· Use: Douglas MacArthur, Bataan Death March
9. Japan's High Tide at Midway
· Why was Midway an important battle?
· Use: Battle of the Coral Sea, Chester Nimitz
10. American Leapfrogging Toward Tokyo
· What strategy did the United States use to defeat the Japanese?
· Use: Guadalcanal, Island Hopping, Guam
11. The Allied Halting of Hitler
· "The war against Hitler looked much better at the end of 1942 than it had in the beginning." Explain.
· Use: Wolf Packs, Enigma, Erwin Rommel, Bernard Montgomery, El Alamein, Battle of Stalingrad
12. A Second Front from North Africa to Rome
· Describe the purpose and outcome of the Invasion of North Africa.
· Use: Soft Underbelly of Europe, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Sicily
13. D-Day: June 6, 1944
· Why could June 6, 1944 be considered THE turning point of the war?
· Use: Teheran, D-Day, Normandy, George Patton
14. FDR: The Fourth-Termite of 1944
· Why was the choice of a vice-presidential candidate important and difficult for the democrats in 1944?
· Use: Thomas Dewey, Henry Wallace, Harry S Truman
15. Roosevelt Defeats Dewey
· What factors led to Roosevelt's victory over Dewey?
16. The Last Days of Hitler
· Describe the last six months of war in Europe.
· Use: Battle of the Bulge, "Nuts," Elbe River, Holocaust, V-E Day
17. Japan Dies Hard
· Explain the meaning of the title of this section.
· Use: Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Kamikazes
18. The Atomic Bombs
· What was the military impact of the atomic bomb?
· Use: Potsdam, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Hirohito
19. The Allies Triumphant
· "This complex conflict was the best fought war in America's history." Explain
· Use: George Marshall
20. Varying Viewpoints: The Atomic Bombs: Were They Justified?
· What questions concerning WWII have historians attempted to answer?
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