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What policy did the United States follow during WW1 and WW2?
Isolationism from European military conflicts.
What were two ways wartime mobilization impacted lives?
Victory Gardens and War Bonds
What were two actions that kept the United States out of war?
Isolationism and Lend-Lease Act
During World War II, 8-year-old Bruno (Asa Butterfield) and his family leave Berlin to take up residence near the concentration camp where his father (David Thewlis) has just become commandant. Unhappy and lonely, he wanders out behind his house one day and finds Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a Jewish boy of his age. Though the barbed-wire fence of the camp separates them, the boys begin a forbidden friendship, oblivious to the real nature of their surroundings.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Victor (Johnny Depp) and Victoria's (Emily Watson) families have arranged their marriage. Though they like each other, Victor is nervous about the ceremony. While he's in a forest practicing his lines for the wedding, a tree branch becomes a hand that drags him to the land of the dead. It belongs to Emily, who was murdered after eloping with her love and wants to marry Victor. Victor must get back aboveground before Victoria marries the villainous Barkis Bittern (Richard E. Grant).
Corpse Bride
What two actions were taken by the United States to maintain isolationism?
The Monroe Doctrine and Neutrality Acts
What happened to all the goods during WW2?
They were rationed.
What demonstrated the act of trying to keep the United States out of war?
Refusing to join the League of Nations.
In 1942, young Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara) lands her dream job -- secretary to Adolf Hitler (Bruno Ganz) at the peak of his power. Three years later, Hitler's empire is now his underground bunker. The real-life Traudl narrates Hitler's final days as he rages against imagined betrayers and barks orders to phantom armies, while his mistress, Eva Braun (Juliane Köhler), clucks over his emotional distance, and other infamous Nazis prepare for the end.
Downfall
Who is the main character in The Corpse Bride?
Victor Vandort
The rejection of the United States to become part of the League of Nations was a reflection of what?
To return to the policy of isolationism.
What happened to many women during WW2
They became part of the work-force to support the war.
What did the "Good Neighbor Policy" represent?
Improve relations with Latin American nations.
In 1942, Private Witt (Jim Caviezel) is a U.S. Army absconder living peacefully with the locals of a small South Pacific island. Discovered by his commanding officer, Sgt. Welsh (Sean Penn), Witt is forced to resume his active duty training for the Battle of Guadalcanal. As Witt and his unit land on the island, and the American troops mount an assault on entrenched Japanese positions, the story explores their various fates and attitudes towards life-or-death situations.
The Thin Red Line
What is the very first song in The Corpse Bride called?
According to Plan
What was the major goal for the U.S foreign policy?
Provide defensive weapons to Europe.
What were the Victory Gardens used for?
Raise more food for home consumption.
How did the U.S respond to the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy?
The U.S begins to pass many neutrality acts.
The true story of Pfc. Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield), who won the Congressional Medal of Honor despite refusing to bear arms during WWII on religious grounds. Doss was drafted and ostracized by fellow soldiers for his pacifist stance but went on to earn respect and adoration for his bravery, selflessness and compassion after he risked his life -- without firing a shot -- to save 75 men in the Battle of Okinawa.
Hacksaw Ridge
What is the dogs name in The Corpse Bride?
Scraps
What were the reasons for isolationism?
Americans were disenchanted with the problems in the world and Americans were cut off by two oceans from Europe and Asia.
What order was placed that made all of the Japanese Americans move to intern camps?
Executive Order 9066
When Roosevelt found out that Japanese residents in California were giving aid to the enemy, how did the president respond to these actions?
He restricted civil liberties of Japanese Americans.
Long-buried missives from the island reveal the stories of the Japanese troops who fought and died there during World War II. Among them are Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya), a baker; Baron Nishi (Tsuyoshi Ihara), an Olympic champion; and Shimizu (Ryô Kase), an idealistic soldier. Though Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) knows he and his men have virtually no chance of survival, he uses his extraordinary military skills to hold off American troops as long as possible.
Letters from Iwo Jima
How do they go upstairs? (Land of the Living)
An egg with a spell cast on it.