AP US History
Spring Break Assignment
Due: March 31
21 points
Directions:
Read Chapter 38 (America in World War II) pages 847-880. After you have completed the reading answer the
following questions (on a separate sheet(s)) and vocabulary. The questions will be the basis for class discussion
the week of March 31.
1. How did America’s domestic response to World War II differ from its reaction to World War I?
2. What was the wisest strategic decision in World War II, and what was most questionable?
3. In what ways were the European and Pacific battle theatres similar, and how were they different?
4. What was the significance of the dropping of the atomic bomb, then and now?
Vocabulary
Ideas / Terms
Korematsu v. U.S.
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act
Braceros
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Unconditional surrender
D-Day
Holocaust
V-E Day
V-J Day
Manhattan Project
Potsdam Conference
Teheran Conference
People
Chiang Kai-shek
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman