WWII – US History pg 433-507 – chapters 14 and 15.
Comprehension
1. Read pg. 451 about the Four Freedom Speech. What are the FOUR FREEDOMS? What is the main theme of the Speech? What was FDR’s main political objective in making the speech?
2. Describe the Lend-Lease Act. When and Why did Congress pass the Lend-Lease Act?
3. Why did FDR cut off trade with Japan on products with a military use? What was the US response to this attack? Describe the Japanese response?
4. What was the name of the project that built the Atomic Bomb? Why did Truman decide to use the atomic bomb against Japan? What two cities were the first atomic bombs dropped? What was the result of the bombs?
5. What kind of work did Women and African Americans do during the war? How were they treated on the job? What obstacles did they face? What long term effects did Women and African Americans experiences in WWII had on their lives after the war? Include A. Philip Randolph and Rosie the Riveter.
6. USE the Website Oyez.org to fill out the Supreme Court Case Study sheet.
Write a summary of the case
. Include the following: Facts of the case, Constitutional Question, Conclusion .
Use your case analysis in your textbook. Pg 476-479
Answer these questions on the back ****Do you think that government’s policy of evacuating Japanese
Americans to camps was justified on the basis of ‘military necessity’? Explain your answer.
What did Congress do in 1988 to apologize?
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WWII – US History pg 433-507 – chapters 14 and 15.
Comprehension
1. Read pg. 451 about the Four Freedom Speech. What are the FOUR FREEDOMS? What is the main theme of the Speech? What was FDR’s main political objective in making the speech?
2. Describe the Lend-Lease Act. When and Why did Congress pass the Lend-Lease Act?
3. Why did FDR cut off trade with Japan on products with a military use? What was the US response to this attack? Describe the Japanese response?
4. What was the name of the project that built the Atomic Bomb? Why did Truman decide to use the atomic bomb against Japan? What two cities were the first atomic bombs dropped? What was the result of the bombs?
5. What kind of work did Women and African Americans do during the war? How were they treated on the job? What obstacles did they face? What long term effects did Women and African Americans experiences in WWII had on their lives after the war? Include A. Philip Randolph and Rosie the Riveter.
6. USE the Website Oyez.org to fill out the Supreme Court Case Study sheet.
Write a summary of the case
. Include the following: Facts of the case, Constitutional Question, Conclusion .
Use your case analysis in your textbook. Pg 476-479
Answer these questions on the back ****Do you think that government’s policy of evacuating Japanese
Americans to camps was justified on the basis of ‘military necessity’? Explain your answer.
What did Congress do in 1988 to apologize?
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