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AUHSD Alternative Education Assignment Guide
Benchmark 7
2640
U. S. History
SEM 2
Name ___________________________________________________ Period # ____
11.7.5
11.8.5
Date ___________
Discuss the constitutional issues and impact of events on the U.S. home front, including the internment of Japanese Americans (e.g.,
Fred Korematsu v. United States of America) and the restrictions on German and Italian resident aliens; the response of the
administration to Hitler's atrocities against Jews and other groups; the roles of women in military production; and the roles and growing
political demands of African Americans.
Describe the increased powers of the presidency in response to the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War.
Directions: Use the textbook to answer the questions below. Many of these questions are directly correlated with the
benchmark test that you must pass to receive your credits.
Page 488: Chapter 15 section 1 Title: _____________________________________________________
Main Idea: __________________________________________________________________________
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Why it Matters Now: __________________________________________________________________
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Page 493: How does the cartoon portray Franklin Roosevelt’s view of his power as president? ________
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Page 542: Chapter 16 section 3 Title: ______________________________________
Main Idea: _________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________. Why it Matters Now: _____________
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Page 543: Analyzing Issues: What problem did German Jews face in Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1938?
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Page 544: How did the United States respond to the Jewish refugees? _____________________________
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Page 544: What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis? ________________________________________
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Page 542-545: Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust? _______________.
Page 547: What was the goal of the Nazi’s Final Solution, and how was that goal nearly achieved? ______
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Chapter 16 section 3 Guided Reading worksheet “The Holocaust” see Teacher
Chapter 16 Section 3 American Lives: Elie Wiesel - see Teacher
Page 562: Chapter 17 Section 1 Title: ____________________________________________________
Main Idea: __________________________________________________________________________
________________________________. Why it Matters Now: ________________________________
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Page 563: During the war, women in the WAACs served as: ____________________________________
_______________________. Page 565: Forming Generalizations: What difficulties did women face in the
wartime workforce? ___________________________________________________________________ .
Page 565 (Labor’s Contribution): World War II affected people across the United States by creating more
jobs than there were ____________________, leading to a labor shortage.
Chapter 17 section 1 Guided Reading worksheet “Mobilization on the Home Front” - see Teacher
Chapter 17 Section 1 Primary Sources: “Farewell to Manzanar” - see Teacher
Page 589, 567 & 623: World War II sparked many technological developments. After the war, the world
was changed the most by: _________________________________________________.
Page 578: Chapter 17 Section 3 Title: _________________________________________________
Main Idea: _________________________________________________________________________
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Why It Matters Now: _______________________________________________________________
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Page 583: The U.S. military was hesitant to invade Japan in the summer of 1945 ___________________
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Page 584: Students need notes from teacher on “The Firebombing of Tokyo” from the margin of the
Teacher’s Edition: What happened on the mainland of Japan before the atomic bomb was dropped? ____
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____________________________________________________.
Page 585 (Point-Counterpoint): What were President Truman’s two main objectives in deciding to drop the
atomic bomb: _________________________________________________________________________.
People who argued against using the atomic bomb maintained that _______________________________
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Page 584: The results of dropping atomic bombs on Japan were that _____________________________
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Page 586, 604-(Potsdam Conference): Stalin did not keep the promises he had made to Roosevelt and
Churchill before the end of World War II. One of these promises was to: _________________________
_____________________________________________.
Page 586: What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials? _____________________________________
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Page 590: Chapter 17 Section 4 Title: ______________________________________
Main Idea: ___________________________________________________________________________
______________________________. Why It Matters Now: __________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________.
Page 594-95: Nisei who lived on the West Coast were subjected to ___________________ during the war.
Page 595: The Supreme Court decision in Korematsu v. United States (1944) led to _________________
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________________________________________.
Page 602: Chapter 18 Section 1 Title: ________________________________________________
Main Idea: ________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________.
Why It Matters Now: __________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
Page 606-607: After World War II, the Marshall Plan _________________________________________
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Page 606: Following World War II, the United States took over from Great Britain the job of giving
financial aid to Turkey and Greece because: _________________________________________________
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Page 606: Skillbuilder/Interpreting Graphs: Which two countries received the most aid? _____________
________________________________. Why do you think these two countries received the most aid? __
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Chapter 18 section 1 Guided Reading worksheet “Origins of the The Cold War” - see Teacher
Chapter 18 Section 1 Skillbuilder Practice: “U.S. and Soviet War Experiences” - see Teacher
Page 634: Chapter 19 Section 1 Title: _______________________________________
Main Idea: __________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
Why It Matters Now: _________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________.
Page 636: How did the Marshall Plan help the United States’ economy? __________________________
______________________________________________________________.
Page 637: Summarizing: What action did President Truman take that displayed an expansion of presidential
power in dealing with labor strikes? _______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
Chapter 19 section 1 Guided Reading worksheet “Postwar America” - see Teacher
Chapter 19, Section 1 Primary Sources: Cartoon - see Teacher
Page 641: Chapter 19 Section 2 Title: _________________________________________________
Main Idea: _______________________________________________________________________
____________________________________. Why It Matters Now: ___________________________
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Page 644: Advancements in medicine led to the elimination of what two diseases during the 1950’s? ______
______________________________.
Page 646: Analyzing Causes: What are the two main reasons why auto sales surged in the 1950’s? _____
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Page 646: List three things that resulted from the construction of the nationwide highway? ___________
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Page 648: In the 1950’s as the middle class doubled in size, more people spent money on material goods
than ever before thus leading to _____________________________ as an American way of life.
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Chapter 19 section 2 Guided Reading worksheet “The American Dream in the Fifties” - see Teacher
Page 652: Chapter 19 Section 3 Title: _______________________________________
Main Idea: ___________________________________________________________________________
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Why It Matters Now: ___________________________________________________________________
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Page 653: Analyzing Effects: How did the emergence of television affect American culture in the 1950’s?
______________________________________________________________________________________.
Page 654: Evaluating: Do you think the rise of television had a positive or negative effect on Americans?
Explain. _______________________________________________________________________________.
Page 655: Analyzing Causes: Why do you think many young Americans were attracted to the beat
movement? ____________________________________________________________________________
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Page 656: Making Inferences: Based on Elvis Presley’s song titles, what do you think were teenagers’
concerns in the 1950’s? _________________________________________________________________.
Chapter 19 section 3 Guided Reading worksheet “Popular Culture” - see Teacher
Page 662: In 1942, to try and solve an agricultural labor shortage the U.S. government introduced: ______
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Page 880: One hoped-for benefit of genetic engineering is the ability to ___________________________
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