1 How did Americans' response to the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor
differ from Japanese expectations?
2 How did the U. S. military reflect the diversity of American society
during World War II?
3 Why did minority Americans join the armed services during World
War II?
4 How did the nation's industries and workers mobilize for the war
effort?
5 Who was A. Philip Randolph and why did he lead a March on
Washington in July, 1941?
6 Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt create the OSRD? What
was its purpose?
7 What was the difference between the Issei and the Nisei? Why did
President Franklin D. Roosevelt order the internment of
Japanese-Americans in early 1942?
8 Identify some of the economic regulations imposed on the
American people by the U. S. government during World War
II. What was their overall aim?
9 What basic problems were the OPA and the WPB created to
solve?
*…You must look up and listen to the song entitled The Boogie Woogie Bugle
Boy
Write a response to what you think about the lyrics of the song.
Try to find at least 3 different Ernie Pyle cartoons based on WWII.
Explain what is happening in each cartoon.
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Why was the defeat of Germany the Allies' top priority? Why
were some historians critical of this decision?
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Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a great turning point of the
war in Europe?
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What was the cost of victory for the Soviets at Stalingrad?
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What was the outcome of the North Africa campaign? the
Italian campaign?
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Why did the Germans launch the Battle of the Bulge? Why was
it initially successful?
15 Why were the Allies finally able to win the war in Europe?
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What strategy did the U. S. use in fighting the Japanese in the
Pacific?
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In what way was the American victory at Midway and the
Japanese triumph at Pearl Harbor alike?
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Why was Okinawa a significant island in the war in the Pacific?
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When the first atomic test bomb was exploded on July 16, 1945
near Almagordo, NM, Dr. Robert J. Oppenheimer remarked: I
have become Death--the Destroyer of Worlds. What did he
mean by this comment?
What were the pros and cons concerning the dropping of
bombs on Japanese cities in August, 1945?
What decisions did Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin make at the
Yalta Conference?
How was the United Nations organized?
Why did the Allies hold war crimes trials after World War
II? What were the actual charges made against the defendants
at Nuremberg?
What were the crimes committed by the Japanese special "Unit
731"? What happened to the members of this unit after the
war?
What were the most significant results of the U. S. occupation
of Japan?
Explain the significance of each of the following:
* General Douglas MacArthur
* Battle of Corregidor
* Bataan Death March
* Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
* Admiral Chester Nimitz
* Battle of the Coral Sea
* Navajo Code "talkers"
* "island hopping"
* Battle of Midway
* Admiral Yamamoto
* Battle of Guadalcanal
* kamikaze
* Battle of Okinawa
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Dr. J. Robert Oppenheim
Dr. Leo Szilard
Enola Gay
"Fat Man" & "Little Boy
Hiroshima [8-6-45]
Nagasaki [8-9-45]
V-J Day [9-2-45]
Yalta Conference
United Nations
Nuremberg War Crimes
Unite 731
"MacArthur's" Constitu