Download APUSH 11 Chapter 24 of America`s History: The World at War, 1937

APUSH 11
Chapter 24 of America’s History: The World at War, 1937 - 1945
Key Concept 7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in internal and
international migration patterns.
II. Economic pressures, global events, and political developments caused sharp variations in the numbers, sources, and experiences of both international and
internal migrants.
B) The increased demand for war production and labor during World War I and World War II and the economic difficulties of the 1930s led many Americans to
migrate to urban centers in search of economic opportunities.
Key Concept 7.3: Participation in a series of global conflicts propelled the United States into a position of international power while renewing domestic debates
over the nation’s proper role in the world.
II. World War I and its aftermath intensified ongoing debates about the nation’s role in the world and how best to achieve national security and pursue American
interests.
D) In the years following World War I, the United States pursued a unilateral foreign policy that used international investment, peace treaties, and select military
intervention to promote a vision of international order, even while maintaining U.S. isolationism.
E) In the 1930s, while many Americans were concerned about the rise of fascism and totalitarianism, most opposed taking military action against the aggression of
Nazi Germany and Japan until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor drew the United States into World War II.
III. U.S. participation in World War II transformed American society, while the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis powers vaulted the U.S. into
a position of global, political, and military leadership.
A) Americans viewed the war as a fight for the survival of freedom and democracy against fascist and militarist ideologies. This perspective was later reinforced by
revelations about Japanese wartime atrocities, Nazi concentration camps, and the Holocaust.
B) The mass mobilization of American society helped end the Great Depression, and the country’s strong industrial base played a pivotal role in winning the war by
equipping and provisioning allies and millions of U.S. troops.
C) Mobilization and military service provided opportunities for women and minorities to improve their socioeconomic positions for the war’s duration, while also
leading to debates over racial segregation. Wartime experiences also generated challenges to civil liberties, such as the internment of Japanese Americans.
D) The United States and its allies achieved military victory through Allied cooperation, technological and scientific advances, the contributions of servicemen and
women, and campaigns such as Pacific “island-hopping” and the D-Day invasion. The use of atomic bombs hastened the end of the war and sparked debates about
the morality of using atomic weapons.
E) The war-ravaged condition of Asia and Europe, and the dominant U.S. role in the Allied victory and postwar peace settlements, allowed the United States to
emerge from the war as the most powerful nation on earth.
General Vocabulary: Anti-Semite, lebensraum, pacifist, mobilize, kamikaze
Historical Vocabulary Don’t just define the word. Know how it relates to historical events. In addition to the words at
the end of the chapter, know the following vocabulary: Mein Kompf, Reichstag, Charles Lindberg, Nazi-Soviet Pact, cash
and carry, Rosie the Riveter, General George S. Patton, General Erwin Rommel, General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz, Bataan Death March, J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Define fascism and list the fascist dictators and their country.
Explain why Japan invaded China and Mussolini invaded Ethiopia.
Describe the rise of Hitler and the world’s reaction to his invasion of the Rhineland.
Describe the isolationist actions taken by Congress in 1934 and 1935.
Explain why some Americans were uneasy about the activities of the Popular Front.
Describe the actions taken by Hitler prior to his invasion of Poland in September of 1939 and Europe’s reaction
to those actions.
7. Describe the actions Hitler took leading to the fall of France in June 1940.
8. Describe the conflict between the interventionists and the isolationists in America.
9. Describe the actions Roosevelt took to get around the Neutrality Acts. Answer the question posed in the Place
Events in Context Box and relate the Four Freedoms to the Atlantic charter (see page 772).
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Describe what happened to the city of Nanjing and describe Japanese expansion in the Pacific.
Fully explain why the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States reaction to the bombing.
Describe how the government financed the war and the types of military equipment purchased.
Describe the relationship between the military-industrial complex (the large corporations) and the War Powers
Board.
Describe how America mobilized its armed forces. Explain the role of African-Americans, Native-Americans, and
women in the armed forces.
Explain how Rosie the Riveter symbolized women on the home front?
Explain why FDR passed Executive Order 8802 and its impact on the civil rights movement.
Describe the Bracero program.
Describe the role of the National War Labor Board and why Congress passed the Smith-Connally Labor Act.
Describe the veterans’ benefits included in the “GI Bill”.
Explain why Harry Truman was the vice-presidential candidate in 1944.
Describe the sacrifices made by American civilians during the war to include Victory Gardens and rationing.
Describe the racial conflict that took place in American cities during the war.
Describe the treatment of Japanese Americans during the war and the ruling in Korematsu v. U.S.
Explain the relationship between the Big Three and what was decided at the Tehran Conference.
Describe the course of the war in Europe to include: Stalingrad, North Africa, the Italian Campaign, D-Day, Allied
bombing, and the Battle of the Bulge.
Describe the American reaction to the Holocaust and why America was reluctant to act in relation to the
Holocaust.
Describe the two crucial American Naval Victories that changed the course of the war in the Pacific.
Describe island hopping to include the Battle of the Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.
Describe how Harry Truman became president.
Describe the Manhattan Project and why President Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs.
Describe the effect of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their effect on Japan.
Describe the human, economic, and political toll of WWII.