Diplomatic Decisions
This treaty ended World War I but imposed harsh penalties on Germany, contributing to tensions that led to WWII.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This attack on December 7, 1941, led to the U.S. entering WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
These 1930s laws aimed to keep the U.S. out of foreign conflicts by restricting trade with warring nations.
What are the Neutrality Laws?
This government agency regulated prices and rationed goods during WWII.
What is the Office of Price Administration?
This executive order led to the forced relocation and internment of Japanese Americans.
What is Executive Order 9066?
This 1938 agreement allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland in an attempt to avoid war.
What is the Munich Agreement?
These two Japanese cities were targeted by U.S. atomic bombs in August 1945.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This speech outlined four fundamental human rights and helped justify U.S. involvement in WWII.
What are FDR’s Four Freedoms?
This initiative encouraged Americans to grow their own food to support the war effort.
What are Victory Gardens?
This group of Native American soldiers used their language as an unbreakable code during WWII.
Who are the Code Talkers?
This U.S. policy provided military aid to Allied nations before officially entering the war.
What is the Lend-Lease Program?
This 1939 event marked the official beginning of WWII in Europe.
What is the Invasion of Poland?
Explain whether the U.S. was justified in its approach to neutrality policies in the 1930s.
(Identify arguments for and against US neutrality policies)
What were the arguments for and against U.S. neutrality before WWII?
This program helped oversee the production of war materials and weapons in the U.S.
What is the War Production Board?
Why was Executive Order 9066 issued, and what were its immediate and long-term impacts on Japanese Americans during WWII?
What were the fear of espionage and wartime racism, leading to forced relocation and lasting economic and social consequences?
To what extent did the results of WWI lead to WWII?
What were the economic hardships, political instability, and territorial grievances caused by the Treaty of Versailles?
What was the Manhattan Project, and what were its outcomes?
What was the secret U.S. project to develop the atomic bomb, which led to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Explain which side had a stronger argument regarding the U.S.’s role in world affairs in the 1930s: isolationists or interventionists?
(Name key points of both sides)
What were the key points of both perspectives and their impact on U.S. foreign policy?
Describe how the Homefront during WWII impacted the United States. What was the most impactful change?
What were the economic and social shifts, including women entering the workforce and increased government control over the economy?
This all-Black fighter pilot group proved their skill in combat and helped pave the way for military desegregation.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
This policy, implemented to avoid immediate conflict during the 1930s, provided short-term peace but contributed to the long-term escalation of aggression, leading to World War II.
What is the policy of appeasement?
These were the short-term and long-term impacts of the atomic bombings on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
What are immediate destruction, mass casualties, and radiation sickness (short-term impacts), and increased cancer rates, genetic mutations, and social discrimination against survivors (long-term impacts)?
What are FDR’s Four Freedoms, and how did they influence American and Allied war aims?
What are freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear?
This type of financial investment allowed U.S. citizens to lend money to the government to fund the war.
What are War Bonds?
These were the names of the two atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
What are "Little Boy" and "Fat Man"?