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Ration Stamps WWII, p. 717
Randolph,Why Should We
March,p. 719
Rosie the Riveter, p. 722
World War II in Europe, p. 723
World War II in the Pacific, p. 728
Einstein,Letter to President
Roosevelt,p. 731
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The desegregation of the
military and blacks in combat, p. 719
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Nazi Murder Mills;
WARNING: This clip is very graphic,p. 725
The Big Three Conference at
Yalta, p. 734
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Review Questions
1.What did the U.S. government do to mobilize
for war? How did the war affect women and
minority groups?
2.Why did FDR order that American citizens of
Japanese ancestry be placed in internment camps?
What was the Supreme Court’s response to the
constitutionality of this decision?
3.Why, since Japan attacked first, did FDR decide to
commit most American resources to defeating the
Germans in Europe? What were the key phases of
the war in Europe? Of the war in the Pacific?
4.What role did science and technology play in
the war?
5.Should Truman have used atomic bombs against
Japan? Why had American relations with the
Soviet Union deteriorated by 1945?