World War II
1939-1945


"We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle our
  flag will be recognized throughout the world as a symbol of freedom on
 the one hand, of overwhelming power on the other."
     

  LECTURE CONTENT


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  COVID-19 LEARNING

  Print Lecture Guide: World War II for reference.

  Complete Garraty: World War II worksheet.

  Complete What's My Line items (below) in usual fashion.



  COVID-19 DRIVE-THRU

  Listen to "The Causes of World War II" (episode 144) by Dr. Scott Rank
             (Univ. of Kansas) podcast available on "History Unplugged" (15 min).

  Listen to "Panic on the Pacific" by author/historian Bill Yenne podcast
             available on "History Unplugged" (77 min).

  Read "Dealing With A Beast" article by Tubbs and complete questions.

  Watch The Great Escape movie.



  WHAT'S MY LINE?

  • Third Reich
  • Axis Powers
  • Blitzkrieg
  • "phony war"
  • destroyers-for-bases deal
  • Lend-Lease Act
  • "Four Freedoms"
  • Atlantic Charter
  • Winston Churchill
  • ABCD line
  • Pearl Harbor
  • USS Arizona
  • Cordell Hull
  • 1942 Rose Bowl
  • Executive Order 9066
  • Korematsu v. United States
  • Rosie the Riveter
  • Vichy government
  • Charles de Gaulle
  • Europe's "soft underbelly"
  • D-Day invasion
  • Normandy
  • Battle of the Bulge
  • Elbe River
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • George S. Patton
  • Chester Nimitz
  • Midway
  • kamikaze pilots
  • island hopping
  • USS South Dakota
  • Manhattan Project
  • Albert Einstein &
    J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki
  • Enola Gay
  • USS Indianapolis
  • USS Missouri

WORTHWHILE SUPPLEMENTAL READING
The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis by Doug Stanton

  EXTENDED RESPONSE

1.  Discuss the shift in American public opinion away from the concept of isolationism
     toward the theory of internationalism from 1920 to 1941, in light of the various factors
     that influenced the change.

2.  Explain the failure of the Neutrality Acts to keep the United States out of World War II.

3.  Trace the deterioration of relations between Japan and the United States that
     resulted in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

4.  "The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a diplomatic
     measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-World War II era rather
     than a strictly military measure designed to force Japan's unconditional surrender."
     Assess the validity of this statement.

5.  Apart from the actual military engagement of World War II, positives and negatives
     alike came of the war. Discuss these developments, citing specific examples.

6.  "Brutality begets brutality." Apply this adage to a particular event in World War II.


  CHEAT SHEET

  1. In 1938, Great Britain and France tried to appease Germany by
    1. refusing to sign a treaty with the Soviet Union.
    2. signing the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis agreement.
    3. declining to take sides in the Spanish Civil War.
    4. allowing German forces to occupy the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia.

  2. The Lend-Lease program
    1. subsidized American farmers and manufacturers during the war.
    2. provided food and clothing for any nation at war.
    3. supplied military equipment to any country in need.
    4. delivered needed war materials to the Allies.

  3. Great Britain and France declared war against Germany after the
    1. seizure of Czechoslovakia.
    2. invasion of Poland.
    3. nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union.
    4. bombing of Pearl Harbor.

  4. American women did all of the following during World War II except
    1. worked in factories.
    2. reaffirmed traditional patterns for women's lives.
    3. defined a new role in society.
    4. established themselves as a vital part of the economy.

  5. In 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first President in history to
    1. leave the country during his term in office.
    2. address Congress in person.
    3. be elected to a third term.
    4. enter into a binding agreement with a European nation.


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