APUSH AMSCO 7.12-7.14 Mind Map Guides

WORLD WAR II

AMSCO 7.12-7.14

7.12

MOBILIZING FOR WORLD WAR II

Explain how & why U.S. participation in World War II transformed American society.

explain the significance of the following

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the wpb

the ord

War Production Board

Office of Research & Development

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the opa

the owi

Office of Price Administration

Office of War Information

Wartime production

compare u.s. industrial output during world war ii to that of its axis opponents.

what did the war do to the balance between big and small businesses? what did the smith-connally anti-strike act allow the government to do?

paying for the war

as government spending rose 1,000% during the war, how did the government finance it?

explain the war-time experiences of the following groups, including how the government treated them

japanese-americans

african-americans

mexican-americans

native-americans

Explain the war-time experiences of women

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Watch this video as a recap before moving on to the next topic about World War II

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military strategy in world war ii

Explain the causes & effects of the victory of the United States and its Allies over the Axis powers.

What was the turning point of the war against Nazi Germany? How did the Allies overcome the Germans in the Battle of the Atlantic? How did strategic bombing blur the lines between soldiers and civilians in Europe and Japan?

fighting in europe

what was d-day?

what did allied soldiers discover when they finally reached germany?

What was the turning point of the war against Japan? What was Island Hopping? How did the war end in the Pacific (meaning what caused the Japanese to finally surrender)?

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Watch this video as a recap before moving on to the next topic about World War II

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postwar diplomacy

Explain the consequences of U.S. involvement in World War II.

explain what happened at each of these war-time conferences among the "big three." who actually was the "big three?"

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casablanca conference

yalta conference

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tehran conference

potsdam conference

Why was the Yalta Conference considered the most important of the war-time meetings among the Allies? How did the Potsdam Conference reveal divisions among the Allies?

What were the reasons that the U.S. emerged from the war as the most powerful country on earth? Explain how U.S. participation in international peacekeeping was different after World War II than it was after World War I. Explain the new conflict that emerged after World War II.