A Young People’s History Chapter 16, “WW2 and the Cold War”

Chapter 16 Vocabulary (Quizlet)

• America at War

Videos: Crash Course # 220, 35, 36,

1. Who were the Axis and who did they invade?
2. Who were the Allies?
3. Why and when did the US join the War?
4. What were the goals of Roosevelt and Churchill after the War?
5. How did the US end the War with Japan and could they have ended it sooner?

Extra: Genocide, Movie on the Holocaust, Nuclear Weapons

• The War at Home (“The Red Scare”)

Video: McCarthyism (TedEd)

1. Why were there more strikes during WW2, than any other time?
2. How is war “good” for those in power?
3. What did G.E. corporation suggest?

• New Wars

Videos: Crash Course # 37, 39, #37B, 38

1. How did Truman frame the Soviet comeback?
2. What’s the difference between conservatives and liberals?
3. How did the Korean war start? Did anything change, explain?
4. How did the US gov’t make capitalism more secure?
5. What world events built support for this anti-Communist crusade?
6. Ultimately, the Cold War was successful how?

Essays Questions:(You may have to research on the internet.)

1. How was WW2 framed by the US government and what things did they do to prove that wrong?

2. How did women's work change at home during the war? What about after the war ended?

3. What impact did the war years have on the rights of African-Americans? What were they allowed or not allowed to do?

4. Choose any subject related to this chapter and write your own essay.