World War IIBreaking it down…

Be thinking: Why do we study this?

Review: Mobilization

U.S. Mobilization for World War II was more drastic than World War I and had more permanent consequences as it brought us out of the Depression.

Explain the truth in this fact

How and why did this happen so soon after World War I?

For your question…

Brainstorm a response

Identify keywords

Review relevant sections of the text

Examine multiple sources (each person reads at least 2 sources)

Document research (bibliography)

Formulate a response with references

Create a 5-8 minute presentation in response to your question.

Develop a useful handout with facts and analysis

How did dictators simultaneously rise in Europe

and Japan in the 1920s?

Terms: Mussolini, Hitler, Hirohito, Fascism, Militarism, Treaty of Versailles,

1922-1933

Why were Americans

against getting involved in

Europe?Charles Lindbergh, isolationism, Neutrality Acts

1932-1939

How and why did Hitler and

Hirohito become so dangerous?

Manchuria, Korean peninsula, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Aryan supremacy

1932-1939

How did President Roosevelt both

prepare for war and heed Congress’s

caution?

Terms: Johnson Act, Isolationism, Neutrality Acts,

1934-1941

How and why did women benefit

from war mobilization?

Terms: Rosie the Riveter, defense industry, munitions, WAC, WAVES, WASPs

1937-1945

How did the war serve to end the

Depression?Terms: mobilization, defense spending, Revenue Act

of 1942, War Production Board, Henry J. Kaiser

What were the opportunities

African Americans gained as a

result of the war?Terms: A. Philip Randolph, Executive Order 8802,

FEPC, NAACP, CORE,

Deliverables:

Bibliography

Copy of handout for class

Handout posted in Common Folder

Presentation