1. Unit 8— WAR Hot and Cold
Stuff to Know

2. Unit Lessons 1-Europe: A TOTALitarian Mess (Ch 24)
2-The Great Arsenal of Democracy(Ch 24-25)
3-D, E, & VJ Days (Ch 25)
4-At Home (Ch 25)
5-The Cold War (Ch 26)

3. Possible Written Response Qs
How did the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression set the stage for WWII?
Fascism—Explain its origin and describe its characteristics.
Describe what the Cold War was all about and discuss several ways it was manifest.
Discuss the impact of WWII on America (women, minorities, economy, government, ideology).

4. Ch 24—World War Looms Neutrality Acts
Docs: The Great Arsenal of Democracy
Rise of Fascism and fascist leaders
Weimar Republic
Stalin’s plans (collectives, five-year plans, purges)
Totalitarianism
Nazism (Mein Kampf, Reich, lebensraum, pure race, etc.)
Hitler’s violations of Versaille T
Appeasement
Axis
America’s pre-WWII policies (isolationism, neutrality)
Neutrality Acts
German-Soviet Non-aggression Pact
Blitzkrieg of Poland (WWII begins)
Takeover of France (French govt in exile)
Battle of Britain
Holocaust (Nuremburg laws, Kristallnacht, Final Solution)
The Great Arsenal of Democracy
Cash & Carry, Lend-Lease
Atlantic Charter
Pearl Harbor (FDR, J. Rankin)
Japanese Empire (Manchuria, SE Asia, Malaysia, etc.)

5. Ch 25—The US in WWII Docs: Eos 8802 and 9066 WAAC (WAC)
Impact of WWII on Women and minorities
War Production Board
Liberty Ships
Roosevelt and A. Philip Randolph (result = EO8802)
Einstein's request to FDR
Manhattan Project
Oppenheimer
Guns v. Butter
Rationing
Nuremberg Trials (end of war)
War Bonds
Hitler First approach
Hitler’s big mistake
Impact of Eastern Front
Operation Torch (N. Africa)
D-Day—planning, deception, purpose, execution
Battle of the Bulge
Yalta Conference
Island hopping (Midway, Marshall Islands
Truman’s dilemma: Invade Japan or drop bomb
Einstein’s regret (quote)

6. Ch 26—Cold War Conflicts Eisenhower Doctrine The Cold War
Stalin and Truman… views on Germany and E. Europe
Soviet Satellite states
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Crisis/ Berlin Airlift
NATO & Warsaw Pact
Arms Race
Brinkmanship
MAD
Space Race (Sputnik, JFK’s end of decade… Apollo)
Eisenhower Doctrine
China—Nationalists v. Communists (Chiang Kai Shek) and Mao Tse Tung)
China in 1949!
Vietnam
Domino Effect
Cuba (Batista, Castro, Bay of Pigs, Missile Crisis)
Loyalty Review Board and HUAC
Hiss and Rosenbergs
McCarthyism
US Budget during Cold War