PROMPTS:
- Where was WWII fought? Why?
- Compare and contrast portrayals of the Germans and Japanese in American propaganda?
- How were different groups of Americans affected by WWII? What hardships and opportunities did they face?
- In what ways was WWII a total war? Provide examples.
- What was the Truman Doctrine? How did it justify US intervention in foreign countries?
- In what ways did US foreign policy represent a contradiction to the theory behind the Truman Doctrine?
- What was the Cold War? What are proxy wars? How are the Cold War and proxy wars related?
- What was McCarthyism? How does it illustrate the competing balance between civil liberties and national security?
- In what ways were communists and alleged communists identified and targeted during the Cold War? What happened to them?
- Who were the Rosenbergs? How do they relate to the Cold War?
KEY TERMS:
- Fascism, Totalitarianism, and Imperialism (Expansionism)
- Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki
- Manhattan Project
- American social groups during WWII
- Iron Curtain
- Berlin Blockade
- Berlin Wall
- Nuclear Arms Race
- M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction)
- Cold War
- Proxy War
- Total War
- Truman Doctrine
- Containment and Domino Theory
- National Security Act - CIA
- Joseph McCarthy
- HUAC
- Executive Order 9835
- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
