Unit II
Unit II
Unit II
entering WWI and WWII? 2. What impact did the U.S. entry have on the War in 1917-1918? 3. What impact did the U.S. entry and involvement have on WWII? 4. What new technologies surfaced during WWI and WWII, and what was their impact? 5. Who were the three presidents and what impact did they have on the wars' outcomes? 6. What impact did women and minorities have on the wars? 7. What was Dwight Eisenhower's role in WWII? 8. Identify significant leaders of allies and enemies of the U.S.? Level 2 1. How were the mobilization efforts of the U.S. at home similar or different during the two wars? 2. How did the economic policies of the United States help draw us into the two world wars? 3. How does the United States' involvement in these wars impact our economy? 4. How did the battles of Pearl Harbor, D-Day, and Iwo Jima prove to be significant to the war? 5. Why did the U.S. not ratify the Treaty of Versailles? 6. How did the decision to develop and use atomic weapons change the course of human history? 7. Why was the U.S. reluctant to be involved in what became WWI and WWII? 8. How did the wars affect the lives of Americans at home? (cyclical items - propaganda, civil rights violations, role of women, citizens asked to sacrifice, discrimination against immigrantAmericans from declared enemy country)