Learning targets

Learning Targets:

1. I can explain how the Good Neighbor Policy changes our stance in Latin America.

2. I can explain how the rise of nationalist leaders threatens world peace.

3. I can explain how the US tries to stay out of the Asian and European conflicts, while still providing aid to our friends.

4. I can explain how the Atlantic Charter and Pearl Harbor break down our isolationist views.

5. I can explain the causes and effects of the Holocaust.

6. I can explain how the US mobilized for defense and its effects on its citizens.

7. I can explain how/why Americans at home sacrificed during the war.

8. I can explain how women and minorities were affected by the wartime economy.

9. I can explain American motives for Japanese-American Internment and its legacy.

10. I can explain the American Strategy of ending the War in Europe.

11. I can explain the American Strategy for ending the War in the Pacific.

12. I can explain the need for dropping the Atomic Bombs on Japan and the Global impact of that event.

13. I can explain the Yalta Conference and the impact that it had on global politics in the future.

14. I can explain the importance of the war crimes trials that followed WWII.

15. I can explain how the Allies controlled and organized Germany and Japan after the War is over.