Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Concept Guide for Chapter 9

Role of Women during WWII:
-Women took their jobs
-Pilots, nurses, volunteers, soldiers
-Gained a new role and respect in society

- Factory Jobs

Cause and Effect of Use of the Atomic Bomb:
-US Dropped an atomic bomb on Japan
-Killed millions of people, homes, buildings, and towns.
-Pearl Harbor

US Foreign Policy Before, During, and After the War:
Before-
Neutrality Acts, stayed out of war
During - After Pearl Harbor the US declares war and support allies, trading battle ships to support allies
After- get involved in other countries

Effects of the War on Europe:
- Europe was split up, borders changed
- Tension
- Less Jewish people
- Formation of Communist Soviet Union

Effect of Pearl Harbor Attack:
-US declared war on Japan
-Germany declared war on US
-2,402 men were killed

Japanese Internment:
-Japanese Americans were sent to prison camps in the US
-US made sure none of them were spying for Japan
-Stripped of all property

Neutrality Acts:
- keep citizens out of war
- US battleships could not be armed.
- Americans could not travel on ships of countries at war.

Purpose of Propaganda:
- To encourage people into doing something

Rationing
-Saving food; proportion
-Example: ( getting a ration of bread )

Results of World War II:
-Began Cold War
-Marshall Plan
-Millions died

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