Formative Assessment
Topic.09 Study Concepts
* Role of Women during WWII
-Women were responsible for taking over the jobs that men left behind while they were fighting in the war.
-Women also served as nurses to care for the soldiers during the war.
* Use of the Atomic Bomb
-Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor bringing the U.S. into the war. U.S. retaliated by dropping two atomic bombs on Japan.
-U.S. used the atomic bomb as a threat to other countries.
* U.S. Foreign Policy: Before, During, and After the War
-The U.S. attempted to stay neutral again by passing the neutrality laws.
-After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Supreme Court declared it “okay” to violate Constitutional Rights of Japanese-American people, which led to internment camps.
* Effects of the War on Europe
-Loss of many lives.
-Economic/Financial turmoil.
* Effect of Pearl Harbor Attack
-Brought the United States into World War II.
-Dropped two atomic bombs on Japan.
-Violated Constitutional Rights of Japanese-American people à Internment Camps.
* Neutrality Acts
-Embargo on arms sales.
-U.S. battleships could not be armed.
-Americans could not travel on ships of countries at war.
* Purpose of Propaganda
-Propaganda –noun: information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
-Encouraged rationing of sources, food, oil, etc.
-Encouraged sacrifices,
* Results of World War II
-Shaped the way that modern Europe is divided.
-United Nations established (keep the peace in the world)
-World Poverty
-Marshall Plan established (European countries had to come up with a plan for economic recovery. U.S. would help by providing financial aid)
-Baby Boom
-Atomic fallout
-Nuremberg Trials
-Cold War
