Role of Women during WWII - To take over the jobs of men who left to fight war and to take care of things and family.
Cause/Effect of Atomic Bomb Use - Cause: Pearl Harbor Attack
Effect: 90k killed in Hiroshima; 70k killed in Nagasaki
U.S. Foreign Policy -
Effects of War on Europe - Germany was divided into 4 zones by victorious powers. U.S. aided England economic recovery; was extensively bombed by Germany
Effect of Pearl Harbor Attack - U.S. enters war with Japan & dropped atomic bombs
Japanese Internment - Citizens with Japanese ancestry who lived in the Exclusion Area, west of the Exclusion Area boundary line, and are either voluntarily or forced by the military to move into internment camps.
Neutrality Acts - Embargo on arms' sales, U.S. Battleships could not be armed, & Americans could not travel on ships of countries at war.
Purpose of Propaganda - To encourage or discourage the citizens to be supporters of the war. Posters are either pro war or against war. Some will try to encourage men to join the war, some will ask for people to send in money, food, or anything to help the soldiers. Others will be against war and list all negatives about it.
Rationing - Saving of materials such as tires, food, supplies such as clothing or other material that could be beneficial to help out soldiers in war.
Results of WWII - Japan surrenders on Sep 2, 1945. 61M people died, 25M Soviets, & 11M Chinese civilians suffered the most fatalities. As a result of the war, the United States emerged as the world's leading military and economic power, and geopolitical boundaries changed radically, with the Soviet Union controlling most of Eastern Europe. The strained relations between these two nations would set the stage for the Cold War, which would define global politics for decades to come.
