Thursday and Friday

Thursday - Students should spend 15 minutes finishing up their Great Depression projects.  Then begin reading chapter 34 on World War II.

Friday - Students should continue to read chapter 34 and answer the study questions below.


CHAPTER 34: AMERICA IN WORLD WAR TWO                    
1.  What military strategy did FDR favor? Winning Asia or Europe?
2.  What was America's first major challenge when the war began?
3.  What was the reaction of most ethnic groups in America to WWII?
4.  Why were Japanese-Americans placed in concentration camps in WWII?
5.  Which was the most prominent union to go on strike during WWII?
6.  Why did most women leave the workforce after WWII?
7.  What was the impact of WWII on African-American culture in America?
8.  Why did the northward migration of African-Americans occur during WWII?
9.  What was FDR's policies towards native Americans during WWII?
10.  What happened to the national debt during WWII?
11.  What battle turned the tide of Japanese advancement in the Pacific?
12.  What was the US strategy for the war in the Pacific?
13.  The conquest of which island made air raids over the Japanese mainland possible?
14.  What battle in Europe was the end of Nazi advancement?
15.  Why did the Allies postpone opening a second front until 1944?
16.  What was a criticism of the unconditional surrender policy?
17.  What was the importance of the Postdam? Casablanca? Teheran?
18.  Who headed the D-Day invasion?
19.  What was the main reason why FDR won election in 1944?
20.  What was the focus of the 1944 democratic convention?
21.  What was the primary reason the United States used the atomic bombs in Japan?