Chpater 24 Essays

Question 1

Define Genocide

Answer 1

• Mass killings of an entire religious
  
  • Concentration/Death Camps
  • Done to create pure/Aryan Race

Question 2

Atomic Bomb: Use appropriate

Answer 2

• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  
  • How the war ended
  • Was it appropriate?
    
    • Yes
  • Why was it used?
    
    • End the war (worked)
    • Save allied and Japanese lives (save lives from dying in battle/invasion of Japan)
    • Justify cost & expenditure of making the bomb

Question 3

How did the war change America at home?

Answer 3

• Rationing
  - Butter
  - Oil
  - Rubber
  - Gasoline
  - Tires
  - Coupons for these things
  • Greater Opportunity for Minorities
    
    • African American Rights
      
      • Executive Order 8802
      • Needs people to work
    • Bracero Program
      
      • Mexicans can cross the boarder to work
    • Females
      
      • Receive jobs & have more freedom
      • Do the same jobs men do
  -Internment of Japanese Americans

Question 4

How did the allies defeat the axis powers?

Answer 4

• Germans (Europe)
  - Saturation and Strategic Bombing
  - We wanted control of the Atlantic Ocean
  - Germans have UBoats, which they would use to sink supplies going from USA to Europe
  - Russia attack from East, USA & England attack from West
  - Germany dealt w/ first (biggest threat)
  • Japanese(Pacific)
    
    • Island Hopping
    • Use of Atomic Bomb to end the war