Unit 8: WWII & Early Cold War
Pacing Updates
Ch 35 reading & notes due 2/25. Ch 36 due 3/4. Ch 37 due 3/11.
Essential Questions
*Discuss the strategy undertaken by American forces in the Pacific theater, and explain how that strategy carried America to victory over Japan in WWII.
*Explain the contributions made by women in the war work force, and describe the response of the public to their efforts.
*Discuss the impact of WWII on the American economy.
*Discuss the nature and purpose of the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. How did the Supreme Court respond to the policy?
*Discuss the sources of international tension in the aftermath of WWII, and explain how the goals and policies of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. clashed and led to the Cold War.
*Explain the containment policy and its implementation by President Truman.
*Discuss the objectives of the U.S. in launching the Marshal Plan.
*Explain the contributions made by women in the war work force, and describe the response of the public to their efforts.
*Discuss the impact of WWII on the American economy.
*Discuss the nature and purpose of the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. How did the Supreme Court respond to the policy?
*Discuss the sources of international tension in the aftermath of WWII, and explain how the goals and policies of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. clashed and led to the Cold War.
*Explain the containment policy and its implementation by President Truman.
*Discuss the objectives of the U.S. in launching the Marshal Plan.
Key Topics
Totalitarian Threats, Mobilizing for War, Pearl Harbor, Civil Rights in War, Japanese Internment, European Theater of War, Pacific Theater of War, Atomic Bomb, Containment, Marshal Plan