Post WWII America

Reading: http://goo.gl/DNtTQ Essential Questions:

1. Why were Americans afraid of the Soviet Union?
- Americans were afraid of the Soviet Union because it would threaten the way of American life due to there different ambitions.
2. What did the Russians want in Europe?
- The Russians wanted to enforce communisim.
3. What did the Americans want in Europe?
- The Americans wanted to create a new world order in which all nations had the right to self-determinations.

Japanese Internment & Justice

Reading: http://goo.gl/bpQFI Essential Questions:

 

1. What does the word "internment" mean?

- The word internment means to incarcerate someone during war.

2. Why were Japanese Americans interned in Manzanar?

- Being that the Japanese-Americans bombed Pearl Harbor, this led to them becoming the enemy to the U.S. About 100,000 people were told they had to leave their home because they were Japanese-American then evacuated to the Manzanar Internment Camp.

3. Why were Japanese internment policies wrong?
- The Japanese internment policies were injust because it was more then taking away their freedom, they took away they job, their businesses, along with their houses.

The End of WWII.

Reading: http://goo.gl/dH94v Essential Questions:

1. Was gen. McArthur a successful general? Explain w/ evidence.
- General McArthur was infact a successful genereal because he won battles consisting of: Bataan, Leyte and Iwo Jima.

2. Explain how successful the G.I.Bill was to returning soldiers.

- The G.I. Bill of rights was a program that gave returning soldiers the opportunity to recived a free college education. Half of the men that returned took advantaged of it. 7.8 million veterans to be exact.

3. Why were Mexicans in L.A. unfairly treated in 1943?

- They were unfairly treated in 1943 because these 11 sailors claimed they got beat up by zoot-suit-wearing Mexicans Americans. - rebellion youths. This lead to many anti-Mexican Americans coming out from hiding.

WWII in the Pacific

 Reading: http://goo.gl/jU7pX Essential Questions:

1. Who promised to "return" to liberate the Philippines?
- General Douglas Mac Arthur was the one who promised to 'return' to liberate the Philippines; however 2 years later, he did.

2. What reasons did the POTUS use for using atomic bombs?
- The POTUS wanted to save lives and avoid insavasion. So therefore he wanted to use the Atomic bombs, although it did save a bunch of lives, it also took 200,000+ as well.
3. *In 1942, why were the Alies under-strength to fight Japan?
- In 1942, the Alies were wunder-strength to fight Japan due to handicaped weather and terain.
4. *Were American submarines effective in the Pacific? Explain.
- The American submarines were indeed effective however they were kept secret for surpise attacks, along with their achievements.

WWII Across the Atlantic Ocean

Reading: http://goo.gl/YcdAe Essential Questions:

1. Who was the Supreme Commander in Europe and was he successful?
- Dwight D Eisenhower was the Supreme Commander. He was successful by winning, and making the Nazis unconditional surrender.
2. What was the significance of "D-Day?"
- D Day was significant because it liberated Europe from Hitler. In order to do this, they had to use force. This happen to occur on June 6th 1944.
3. Was Gen. Patton an effective leader?
- General Patton was indeed an effective leader. Being that he accomplished his goal which was to liberate Paris, by kicking the Nazis out.
4. Why was the Battle of the Bulge significant?
- The Battle of the Bulge is significant because that is when Germany attacked the Allied forces. This was Hitlers last attempt to win the war. However he lost anyways.

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Copying With The War At Home

Reading: http://goo.gl/CxDSv Essential Question's:

1. What was the OPA, and what was their job?

- The OPA stood for Office of Price Administration. Their job was to fight inflation - were the prices go up and you're getting poorer. They did this by freezing prices on most goods.

2. What was the purpose of the OSRD

- The Office of Science and Research and Development. The puropse of them was to think of new ways and weapons to kill the enemy.

3. In what ways did Americans sacrifice during the WWII?
- During the WWII Americans sacrificed by rationing. Meaning the couldn't buy what they wanted at the quantity they wanted it. However they knew that the sacrifice the were doing was for something that would help them in the long run.

4. How similar or different were your sacrifices during the Iraq & Afghanistan wars?
- The difference was that during WWII people knew what they were fighting for. And during the A&I war, the only people that sacrificed were those that were in the military, which came from our community.

U.S. Gets Ready For The Fight

Reading: http://goo.gl/HJ0w0 Essential Question's

1. Who was Phillip Randolph and why did he and President Roosevelt meet?

- Phillip Randolph was an African American Labor Leader. Him and President Roosevelt met because Randolph called on a march to protest for African American rights. The march was eventually called off in return to apply for unmenial jobs.

2. Who were the WAAC's and why were they important to war effort?

- The WAAC's stood for Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. These women were important to war effort because they took over the jobs of men so that way they could go fight in war. They took on noncombat postions such as: nurses, abulance drivers, radio operators, electricians and pilots.

3. How well did African Americans do during WWII?

- At first they were not able to fight in the war. They took on noncombat roles for instance: ganitors. However after the agreement between the President and Randolph they got the opportunity to apply for equal participation in defense industries.