APUSH Chapter 34, Part 2 - America in WWII (1941-1945) - Haiyen Truong | Library

Welcome to part 2 of your Chapter 34 reading! As you read, you should consider the following essential questions:
What were the effects of World War II on the United States?
As always, "Focus Questions" should guide your reading and notes, but you do not necessarily have to explicitly answer them.

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It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that African American soldiers

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As used in line 5, "checked" most nearly means

Important Context from World History: Under Emperor Hirohito, the Japanese army invaded numerous Asian countries, including China and the Phillippines. The Japanese military committed horrible war crimes that resulted in the deaths of millions of people. Historians estimate the death count to range from 3-14 million people who died from massacre, human experimentation, starvation, and forced labor that was either directly perpetrated or condoned by the Japanese military and government.

So when you hear about the "War in the Pacific," it is specifically about American efforts to fight against  Japanese imperialism and its military invasion of mainland Asia at this time period.

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Map 4.2 provides most direct support for which idea in the passage?

British attempts to crack the German code led Alan Turing to design the electromechanical machine that contributed to the development of the first computer. Check it out!

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Within two months of the D-Day invasion,

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The passage indicates that U.S. action against Adolf Hitler's campaign of genocide against the Jews

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Under a Mushroom Cloud: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Atomic Bomb

Japanese American National Museum
(Los Angeles, California)

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The passage suggests that the enormous spending on the Manhattan Project was spurred by the belief that

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Antibiotics for the win! 

The joy over the end of World War II was famously captured in this iconic image of a sailor and a nurse’s impromptu kiss in Manhattan’s Times Square, a moment memorialized in the Kiss statue on San Diego’s waterfront.

(AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Victor Jorgensen)

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The main effect of the phrase "Assembly lines proved as important as battle lines" (line 6) is to

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In your expert opinion, was the United States justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Japan? Explain why or why not based on the argument that you found to be most persuasive from this article.

Your response should be in complete sentences in order to earn full credit for this assignment.

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Excellent reading! Close out this Chapter by reviewing the "Chapter Summary" and using the "rectangle" tool to box the 5 most important key terms in the space provided.

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APUSH Chapter 34, Part 2 - America in WWII (1941-1945)

It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that African American soldiers

As used in line 5, "checked" most nearly means

Map 4.2 provides most direct support for which idea in the passage?

Within two months of the D-Day invasion,

The passage indicates that U.S. action against Adolf Hitler's campaign of genocide against the Jews

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

The passage suggests that the enormous spending on the Manhattan Project was spurred by the belief that

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

The main effect of the phrase "Assembly lines proved as important as battle lines" (line 6) is to

In your expert opinion, was the United States justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Japan? Explain why or why not based on the argument that you found to be most persuasive from this article.Your response should be in complete sentences in order to earn full credit for this assignment.

Excellent reading! Close out this Chapter by reviewing the "Chapter Summary" and using the "rectangle" tool to box the 5 most important key terms in the space provided.

Do you have any feedback or questions about the Formative reading or comprehension questions that you want to go over in class?

In your expert opinion, was the United States justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Japan? Explain why or why not based on the argument that you found to be most persuasive from this article.

Your response should be in complete sentences in order to earn full credit for this assignment.