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Exam Review USH B

1. How did Americans and the U.S. government promote the common good during

WWII?

Americans ought a tota! o" 1#$ i!!ion do!!ars o" war onds% &e!erities 'actors% singers% etc.(made propaganda songs% movies% and more to swa)ing Americans into he!ping on the home

"ront. Americans grew victor) gardens% and he!d sa!vage drives to co!!ect scrap meta!s% "ats%

and more things the cou!d he!p produce the mass materia!s needed "or the war.

*he government set up Rationing o" "oods 'on!) + pounds o" meat(% gas 'an A,E s)stem( were

set up.*he -A set price regu!ations on "oods% goods% and prett) much ever)thing so!d to

prevent high prices and in"!ation "rom happening. *he government supported "armers to

produce more "ood "or troops ) guaranteeing high prices during the war and two )ears a"ter%

and /0R put executive order ##+ and 22$ to prevent discrimination o" a!! !ac3s in war

re!ated "actories% and sent 4apanese Americans into internment camps.

+. How did WWII a""ect women% A"rican Americans% and Asian Americans?

Women serviced mi!itar) aircra"ts at asses% as we!! as "!ew them "rom "actories to air asses.

Women wor3ed in industria! "actories with hard 5os% in which produced man) o" the war goods.

*he) were needed when over 1 mi!!ion men went overseas to "ight in the war% and !e"t hard

5os in "actories empt).

*he 4apanese Americans were removed "rom their homes a"ter the oming at ear! Haror%

ecause a !ot o" anti,4apanese saotage and riots were tr)ing to target them. *his was a!! due

to their suspicions that the 4apanese were going to attac3 the U.S. again "rom inside% and a!!

4apanese,Americans were invo!ved.

A"rican Americans in the United States and on the war "ront were !oo3ed at as minorities andheavi!) were discriminated when the) moved into northern and western cities a"ter the great

migration. However% the) cou!d not receive 5os in the !and o" the "ree "actories producing goods

"or the mi!itar). So% A"rican Americans !oo3ed at usinesses and the government as h)pocrites%

ecause the U.S. troops were "ighting "or "reedom in countries over in Europe.

6. What were the ma5or turning points o" WWII and wh) were the) important?

*he U.S. used Is!and hopping7 strateg) o" 5umping "rom is!and to is!and with the goa! o" eing

a!e to stri3e against 4apan itse!".

&ora! Sea7 stopped the 4apanese "rom continuing south towards austra!ia% and dominating the

southern aci"ic. A!so% the) e""ective!) stopped the expansion o" the 4apanese empire and3noc3ed enough ships out o" commission so that the next att!e wou!d e even more o" a "air

"ight.

8idwa) 7 the 4apanese wanted 8idwa)% so that the) cou!d !aunch another attac3 on ear!

Haror and rendered it use!ess to the U.S. aci"ic "!eet. A!so% *his att!e e""ective!) stopped the

4apanese "rom ever attacking Pearl Harbor again and crippling the U.S. Pacifc eet.

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The U.S. is now oensive and more equal destro!ed " aircra#t carriers and $%%

trained pilots&.

9. How did U.S "oreign po!ic) change a"ter WWII?

*he goa! o" containment is to 3eep the Soviet Union 'Sta!in( under contro!: ) preventing him toin"!uencing more o" Western and Eastern Europe.

;. What were the causes o" the &ivi! rights movement?

A 14 year old boy named Emmett Till from Chicago who went to Money. Mississippi to visit

relatives and was flirting with a cashier at a convenience store, then he was tortured and illed.Emmett Till!s death provided an important catalyst for the American Civil "ights Movement.

$. How did opinions di""er on how to achieve civi! rights? What methods were most

e""ective?

#C$C %#outhern Christian $eadership Conference& mainly believed in passive resistance'practice of achieving goals through protest or non(cooperation. )oes not involve breaing the

law. E*' March on +ashington, reedom riders, etc. +hile #-CC believed in civil disobedience'

active refusal to obey certain laws without violence. ou now you are breaing the law and are

going to get arrested for it, but do it anyway. E/' #it ins, "osa 0ars, etc. #C$Cs methods werea lot more effective.

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*he "ears created a period o" period o" paranoia and po!itica! h)steria. *he co!d war rought the"ear that communism was spreading and wou!d eventua!!) reach America or the "act there cou!de a devastating nuc!ear war. Americans were "a!se!) and random!) convicted o" crimes o"espionage "or eing a suspected communist. A!so% man) peop!e in Ho!!)wood were threatenedo" eing put on a !ac3!ist i" the) did not give a name o" a communist% and man) !ost their 5osand were prevented "rom getting one.

1+. How did "oreign po!ic) goa!s change a"ter the &o!d War?When the U.S.S.R co!!apsed% the United States &ontainment po!ic) switched "rom aiming

against &ommunism to *errorism.

16. What was the impact o" protests against >ietnam War?

*he >ietnam War protest rea!!) 3i!!ed a!! American mora!e% ecause da) a"ter da) peop!e were

eing !ied to ecause o" the credii!it) gap and had distrust in the government. A!so% the

government was ignoring man) domestic issues% and man) protesters were co!!ege students%

)oung adu!ts and minorities whom were eing dra"ted "or a war the) did not 3now what was

worth "ighting "or.

19. How was the re!iance on oi! "rom other nations in"!uenced ) "oreign po!ic)?

-E& Imposed an emargo 'an( on oi! to the US% ecause the U.S. supported Israe! in the

om @ippur War% there"ore U.S. had an oi! crisis% in which prices gas prices rose and so did

ever)thing. As the U.S. re!ied on man) 8idd!e east countries "or -i!% the) a!so supported Israe!

as a "oreign po!ic)% a!though -E& nations did not approve o" Israe!. So% there had to e a

a!ance.