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World War II

World War II. American entry into WWII: US support of the allies and Pearl Harbor Debate over the 2 nd Front: Tension between US, Britain, and USSR Radar; D-Day and V-E Day. Home Front. Mr. New Deal was replaced by Dr. Win-the-War Women: Rosie the Riveter

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World War II

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  1. World War II • American entry into WWII: US support of the allies and Pearl Harbor • Debate over the 2nd Front: Tension between US, Britain, and USSR • Radar; D-Day and V-E Day

  2. Home Front • Mr. New Deal was replaced by Dr. Win-the-War • Women: Rosie the Riveter • African Americans: Segregated units but fought for Double-V • Mexican Americans crucial to economy in the West • Native American coders

  3. Japanese American Internment • Contrast between Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans: Repeal of Chinese Exclusion Law but Internment of Japanese Americans • Was it wrong to intern Japanese Americans? Why and why not?

  4. Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Manhattan Project to make the bomb before Hitler • Four alternatives to end the war against Japan: Invasion; Soviet entry; Keep Emperor; Atomic Bombs • Enola Gay debate

  5. Impact of WWII • The beginning of the “American Century” • Bitter US-Soviet tension foreshadowed the Cold War • Expansion of federal government in all walks of American life, including science and technology • Rise of the American West: war industries

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