Unit 6: Chapter 11 – WWII Dialectic Notes Assignments
(#1) US History: Unit 6 – WWII (Chapter 11 pg. 272-274) Answer the following questions in Dialectic Notes Format
1. Explain how the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere reflected Japanese ambitions in Asia
2. Briefly explain Adolf Hitler’s agenda on the European continent. List his early success in realizing an expansionist foreign
policy in Europe.
(#2) US History: Unit 6 – Neutrality (Chapter 11 pg. 274-278) Answer the following questions in Dialectic Notes Format
1. List the major factors that defined American neutrality between 1939 and 1941.
2. List the issues that motivated the initial steps toward American intervention in the war.
3. Identify and explain the historical significance of the Lend-Lease program. Briefly comment on the national debate regarding
Lend-Lease.
4. Outline the provisions of the Atlantic Charter and explain its relevance to future American decisions regarding involvement in
the war.
5. Briefly describe political, economic, and military relations between Japan and the United States in 1941. Explain the historical
significance of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
(#3) US History: Unit 6 – Holding the Line (Chapter 11 pg. 278-280) Answer the following questions in Dialectic Notes Format
1. Explain the importance of the Eastern Front to Allied military strategy in 1942.
2. Identify how the Battle of the Atlantic & El Alamein changed the course of the war.
3. Explain the historical significance of the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway
(#4) US History: Unit 6 – Mobilizing for Victory (Chap 11 pg. 281-285) Answer the following questions in Dialectic Notes
Format
1. Identify the reorganization of the economy by the government during the war.
2. Explain the purpose and the accomplishments of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. Identify the specific task
of the Manhattan Project.
3. Explain how the role of American Indians, African Americans, & Women in military service was different than white male
soldiers.
4. Identify the ways in which American lives changed on the home front during the war.
5. Identify the new opportunities created for women, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans by the
wartime economy.
(#5) US History: Unit 6 – Culture Clash & Turning the Tide of War (Chap 11 pg. 285-291) Answer in Dialectic Notes Format
1. Identify the ethnic and cultural clashes caused by mobilization for war in America.
2. Explain the justification for and the circumstances surrounding the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
3. Identify the candidates and indicate the outcome of the presidential election of 1944.
4. Explain how the allied forces turned the tide of the war in North Africa & Italy in 1943.
5. Identify and explain the historical significance of D-Day.
(#6) US History: Unit 6 – Victory In Europe & the Pacific (Chap 11 pg. 291-295) Answer in Dialectic Notes Format
1. Identify and explain the historical significance of the Holocaust.
2. Define the term island hopping and explain its significance to Allied military tactics in the Pacific in 1944.
3. Outline the major provisions of the decisions made by Allies at the Yalta Conference
4. Explain the historical significance of the Potsdam declaration.
5. Outline the factors which influenced the American decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan.