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C25-26 Global Crisis and WW2

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Chapters 25-26. The Global Crisis and WW2

 

World War 1 was supposed to be the War to End All Wars, but the terms of the Treaty of Versailles simply set Europe up for another conflict.  The rise of fascism and militarism pulled the world into war.  As much as the United States wanted to stay out of the conflict, Pearl Harbor sped up our inevitable declaration of war.  The brutal fighting in two theaters of war was finally ended with the atomic bombing of two Japanese cities.  World War 2 shifted the balance of power in the world and the United States and the Soviet Union end up as superpowers.

 

The specific focus of this unit will be on:

A. The rise of fascism and militarism in Japan, Italy, and Germany 

B. Prelude to war: policy of neutrality

C. The attack on Pearl Harbor and United States declaration of war

D. Fighting a multi-front war

E. Diplomacy, war aims, and wartime conferences

F. Wartime mobilization of the economy 

G. Urban migration, women, work, and family during the war

H. Civil liberties and civil rights during wartime

I. War and regional development

J. Expansion of government power 

 

Reading Assignments:

Unfinished Nation Chapters 25-26                  Pgs. 605-613, 616-629, 633-640

Textbook Chapters:

Ch. 25 Brinkley 14.pdf

Ch. 26 Brinkley 14.pdf

 

Class Notes:

C25 Global Crisis Notes.pdf

C26 WW2 Class Notes.pdf  

 

 

 

Homework Assignments: 

Printable copy of homework:

C25-26 Homework.pdf

 

Part 1 - Ideas/themes to know and include in your notes: 

Chapter 25   

1. Neutrality Acts

2. America First Committee

3. Lend-Lease Act

4. Atlantic Charter

5. Pearl Harbor

Chapter 26

6. Midway

7. Stalingrad

8. America and the Holocaust

9. Labor union gains during the war

10. Office of Price Administration [OPA] 

11. Wartime technology & production

12. FEPC

13. Navajo "code-talkers”

14. Braceros 

15. "Zoot Suit" Riots 

16. Internment Camps

17. Korematsu v. US (1944)  

18. Rosie the Riveter

19. D-Day

20. Okinawa

21. J. Robert Oppenheimer

22. Hiroshima and Nagasaki 

 

Part 2 – Short Answer Question: Answer all parts of the question in 3/4ths page response.

Many historians argue that the outbreak of WWII could have been avoided by the European leaders. It was the bad politics of Europe that plunged the world into war. Apply that idea to the United States. What events drew the United States into abandoning neutrality and entering the war? Could the United States have stayed out of the war, or lessened its involvement? 

 

Part 3 - Vocabulary: These words are from the chapter, class readings, or discussion and will be used in context or need to be defined on the weekly chapter quiz.  https://www.merriam-webster.com/   

appeasement

barrage

bolster (verb)

bombard

culminate

digress

duplicitous

erstwhile

latent

moratorium

querulous

spurious 

unambiguous     

unscathed

wholly

 

Definitions: Fill in the correct word that matches the definition listed.  

1.___________________(adj.) marked by deception words or action

2.___________________(v.) to reach the highest or a climactic or decisive point 

3.___________________(adj.) of a deceitful nature or quality: false

4.___________________(v.) to turn away from the main point: to go on a tangent

5.___________________(n.) a policy of satisfying a potential aggressor by making concessions or giving in

6.___________________(v.) to attack especially with artillery or bombers

7.___________________(n.) a waiting period or delay set by an authority

8.___________________(v.) to give a boost to

9.___________________(n.) a vigorous or rapid outpouring or projection of many things at once 

10.__________________(adj.) present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, or active

11.__________________(adj.) wholly unharmed: not injured

12.__________________(adv.) to the full or entire extent: completely

13.__________________(adj.) habitually complaining or irritated

14.__________________(adj.) clear and precise, not obscure 

15.__________________(adv.) in the past: formerly 

 

 

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