World War II American entry into WWII: US support of the allies and Pearl Harbor Debate over the 2 nd Front: Tension between US, Britain, and USSR Radar; D-Day and V- E Day
Home Front Mr. New Deal was replaced by Dr. Win-the- War Women: Rosie the Riveter African Americans: Segregated units but fought for Double-V Mexican Americans crucial to economy in the West Native American coders
Japanese American Internment Contrast between Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans: Repeal of Chinese Exclusion Law but Internment of Japanese Americans Was it wrong to intern Japanese Americans? Why and why not?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Manhattan Project to make the bomb before Hitler Four alternatives to end the war against Japan: Invasion; Soviet entry; Keep Emperor; Atomic Bombs Enola Gay debate
Impact of WWII The beginning of the “American Century” Bitter US-Soviet tension foreshadowed the Cold War Expansion of federal government in all walks of American life, including science and technology Rise of the American West: war industries