wwIIreview1


 * PERIOD 1**

How did dictators come to power in Germany, Italy, the Soviet Union, and Japan in the 1930?**
 * ORIGINS OF THE WAR


 * What events led to the beginning of World War II in Europe?**


 * What was America's foreign policy in the 1930s? Why did they have this policy? How did it gradually change as the war developed in Europe?**


 * Why were the relations between United States and Japan strained in the 1930s?**


 * What happened at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941? Why did it happen? Was it a success? What was the impact of the event?**


 * THE HOME FRONT**


 * What role did men, women, and children play on the home front? How were the lives of Americans effected by the war?**


 * How did the government gain more control of society during the war?**


 * What happened to Japanese Americans during the war? Why? Should it have happened?**


 * THE US TROOPS**


 * What was the makeup of the America fighting forces? What about women, African Americans, Japanese Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans?**


 * THE WAR**


 * What were the plans of the Allies once the U.S. entered the war?**


 * You should be able to describe the major events and individuals of the war as well as describe the general flow of the war in Europe and the Pacific.**


 * What was the American response to the Holocaust?**


 * What is the background of the atomic bomb? What are some of the pros and cons of dropping the bomb?**


 * THE IMPACT AND LEGACY**


 * What was the impact of World War II nationally and globally? What is the legacy of the war? How is it remembered?**