1. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute April 30, 2013 A Course U.S. History Mr. Green

2. Objectives: Indicate how America reacted to Pearl Harbor and prepared to wage war against both Germany and Japan. Describe the mobilization of the American economy for war and the mobilization of manpower and womanpower for both the military and wartime production. Describe the war’s effects on American society, including regional migration, race relations, and women’s roles. Explain the early Japanese successes in East Asia and the Pacific, and the American strategy for countering them. AP Focus Early in the war, Germany, Japan, and Italy have considerable military success. The Allies, except for France, which had surrendered in 1940, are fortunate not to be overwhelmed completely. Fearing that they will be disloyal, President Roosevelt orders the detention of Japanese Americans, a serious violation of basic American civil rights.

3. CHAPTER THEMES Unified by Pearl Harbor, America effectively carried out a war mobilization effort that produced vast social and economic changes within American society. Following its “get Hitler first” strategy, the United States and its Allies invaded and liberated conquered Europe from Fascist rule. The slower strategy of island-hopping against Japan also proceeded successfully until the atomic bomb brought a sudden end to World War II.

4. Define Neo-Conservatism Define Liberalism

5. Neoconservatives emerged in the early 1980s as the excesses of the Liberal agenda failed to achieve equality believed in meritocracy, liberal free-market economy

6. Liberalism government intervention to alleviate the poor and create a an equal society

7. Read both selections and answer the following 1. Define neo-conservatism in your own language. 2. What are the leading features of neo- conservatism? 3. How does neo-conservatism compare to and contrast with the liberal outlook? 4. What does Peter Steinfels find most objectionable in neo-conservative thought? 5. What does Peter Steinfels find most valuable in neo-conservative thought?

8. Where do you fall in the liberal/neo- conservative spectrum. Be sure to give examples of your thought process.

9. Read Chapter 40 Prepare for 5 question reading check on Wednesday