HUSH 33-34

HONORS U.S. HISTORY – CHAPTERS 33 & 34

TUES 1/3 - MUSIC EXTRA CREDIT QUIZ 1920's - 1950's

WED 1/4 – Explain the rise of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the Soviet Union – Analyze the reasons for and against isolationism before WWII. - To what extent did U.S. diplomacy and economic policies provoke war with Japan? Do you think the argument that “one should not change horses in the middle of the stream” is sufficient to justify FDR breaking the two-term tradition in 1940? Do you think the U.S. should abolish the 22^nd Amendment that stops a president from serving more than two terms? Why or why not? WWII – the battles, home front etc. - Present both two pros and two cons for dropping the A-bombs on Japan. Did Truman make the correct decision? (see p815-816) DUE THURS 1/5

THURS 1/5 – WWII – the battles, home front etc.

FRI 1/6 – Finish WWII - In what ways did the U.S. emerge from the war fundamentally different from how it entered the conflict? Consider our national power, economic health, women rights, and minority rights. DUE MON 1/9

MON 1/9 - Video – concentration camps

STUDY GUIDE

Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Francisco Franco, Winston Churchill, Charles Lindbergh, A. Philip Randolph, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, Harry Truman, Albert Einstein, Good Neighbor Policy, Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act, Nazi Party, Neutrality Acts, Spanish Civil War, Munich Conference, “Quarantine Speech”, Hitler-Stalin non-aggression pact, Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, America First Committee, lend-lease, Atlantic Charter, War Production Board, Office of Price Administration, War Labor Board, Casablanca Conference, Tehran Conference, D-Day, Battle of Midway, Battle of Stalingrad, V-E Day, Potsdam Conference, Yalta Conference, V-J Day, Final Solution, Kristallnacht, Executive Order No. 9066