Concept guide 9

Role of Women During WWII
Women only worked on the battlefield because they were either nurses or helping the injured and hurt.
Never fought in war.
They did the jobs of men who went to Europe and the Pacific to fight the war.
Once the soldiers came back the women went back to being housewives and taking care of their kids.
Some jobs they did were factory Jobs (aviation plants, weaponry production etc.)


Cause and Effect of Use of the Atomic Bomb
It killed more than 250,000 people.
United States called for a surrender of Japan on July 26, 1945.
Japan was relentless and refused to surrender.
On August 6, 1945 the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
Japanese still did not give up
Ended WWII in the Pacific theater in August 15, Japan surrendered.

US Foreign Policy Before, During, and After the War-
US helped aid the war for allied forces and gave them weapons and battleships.
US were islonatists they did not want to join the war.
The US began to show concern in 1935. Were Isolationist.
Roosevelt disagreed with his advisors about sending resources to Europe.
The US stayed neutral until 1941.
German U-boats sunk 500 merchant ships in the 1st months of the war.
US was active in assisting Allies during the war.


Effects of the War on Europe
Most European cities were destroyed.
Many people died.
Formation of Communist Soviet Union
Strong men were lost because many were killed in the war.
Many Jews had been killed so the religion had decreased in population.
Europe was split up, borders changed


Effect of Pearl Harbor Attack
It was the first surprise attack.
Happened on 12/07/41, at 7:02 AM
America entered the war the day after.
Pacific fleet was stationed at Pearl Harbor so it was badly hit and many ships were lost.
Japanese bombers bombed the Military Base in Hawaii, Pearl Harbor.
About 2,000 people died.

Japanese Internment
Japanese Americans were sent to camps by American Government because of military tactics and they thought they could be spying on US.
Exclusion area was California, Oregon, and Washington had concentration camps for them.
Supreme court case USA vs Kormazu : he wanted to sue the federal government for violating his rights.
Later Government said sorry for this and paid money to the people who were in the camps it was about $20,000.


Neutrality Acts
Acts to stay out of the war.
US battleships could not be armed which made it pointless to have the battleships. Americans could not travel on ships in the Atlantic ocean because they were under attack from German U-boats.
embargo on arms sales (no selling of weapons)
US neutrallity laws.

Purpose of Propaganda
Get US involed on the war.
Germans also wanted other countries to attack US
It helped Germans so they did not have to fight the US.

Rationing
People starved to death as their was a shortage of food during the war.
Russia starved a lot of countires and many people began to eat their own family members to live.
It made it a very hard situation to live in.
Russia wanted to destroy these people mentally and pyshically.
Many countries tried to save everything, in order to conserve resources for the war efforts.


Results of World War II
European cities were destroyed.
US economy is helped by war there was an economic boom.
It gave more money for US people whcih was good for people in US could live better. NATO was formed as a result of the red scare. 1949
Cold war.