Augustana College

HIST 315

Concepts addressed: The Second World War and the Post War Period 1939-1963

Timeline: The Road to World War II 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria 1933 Hitler took power in Germany 1934-37 Nye Committee 1935 Italy's invasion of Ethiopia 1937 Japan's invasion of China 9/1/1939 German invasion of Poland 1940 Fall of France 1940 Roosevelt's election to a third term 1941 Lend-Lease program began 1941 Germany's invasion of Russia 1941 Japanese extend protectorate over Indochina 12/7/1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor

Period Goals & Key Concepts: Road to War • Understand the US role in the broader policy of appeasement. • Trace US neutrality and the gradual evidence of wartime aid and involvement. • Explain the election of 1940 in the context of neutrality. • Detail the attack on Peal Harbor and the subsequent US reactions.

Timeline: WWII 1941 War Powers Act passed 1942 War Production Board established 1942 Revenue Act of 1942 May 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea June 1942 Battle of Midway Nov. 1942 U.S. North Africa campaign launched 1/1943 Casablanca Conference July 1943 U.S. troops land in Sicily 11-12/1943 Teheran Conference 6/6/1944 D-Day Invasion 2/1945 Yalta Conference 4/12/1945 FDR died and Truman inaugurated 5/8/1945 V-E Day July 1945 Potsdam Conference 8/6/1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima 9/2/1945 Japan surrendered [V-J Day]

Period Goals & Key Concepts: The War • Describe and understand the differing strategies of Axis and Allies.

Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant. • Explain the problems and strategies for wartime mobilization • Understand the relationship between WWII and economic growth. • Assess the war's impact on women, African Americans, and Japanese Americans. • Characterize the justification for and significance of the atomic bomb(s) and its use.

Timeline: The Postwar World at Home & Abroad 1944 Servicemen's Readjustment Act 1944 Servicemen's Readjustment Act April 1945 FDR died 1946 Benjamin Spock, The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care 1947 The first Levittown constructed 1947 Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball 1947 Truman Doctrine announced 1947 National Security Act 1948 Marshall Plan started 1948 Creation of Israel 1948-49 Berlin Airlift July 1948 Truman desegregates the armed forces 1949 Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman April1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed 1949 Communists took control of China 1949 Soviet Union exploded atomic bomb 1948-1950 Alger Hiss case 1950 Joseph McCarthy begins 2nd Red Scare June 1950 Korean War Begins April 1951 MacArthur dismissed 1952 Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man July 1953 Korean War Ends 1954 "One nation under God" added to the Pledge of Allegiance 1955 "In God We Trust" placed on money 1956 Allen Ginsburg, Howl 1957 Peak of the baby boom 1957 Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Period Goals & Key Concepts: Postwar America • Detail the rise and pervasiveness of a consumer culture. • Understand the baby boom, suburbs, and youth culture of the 1950s. • Understand the post-war shifts inherent to de-mobilization. • Trace the post-war challenges (housing, inflation) that faced Truman. • Describe the appeal and character of McCarthyism. • Explain the development of US involvement in Korea.

Timeline: The late 50s and early 60s 1952 Eisenhower elected president 1953 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed 1954 McCarthy hearings 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant. 1954 Geneva Accords 1954 Southeast Asia Treaty Organization formed 1954 Senate censures Joseph McCarthy 1956-57 Montgomery bus boycott 1956 John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage 1956 Suez Crisis 1956 Eisenhower re-elected 1957 Sputnik launched 1959 Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba 1960 Barry Goldwater's The Conscience of a Conservative 1960 Sit-in movement began 1960 John F. Kennedy elected president 1960 U-2 incident 1961 First American manned space flight 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion 1961 Freedom rides 1961 Berlin Wall erected 1962 James H. Meredith desegregated the University of Mississippi 1962 Cuban missile crisis 1963 March on Washington 11/22/1963 John F. Kennedy assassinated

Period Goals & Key Concepts: The Consensus Era • Describe the appeal and style of Eisenhower. • Characterize the 1950s as a time of "consensus," • Understand criticisms and dissent, as they related to cultural conformity. • Detail the policy of containment abroad, particularly the connections to SE Asia and the M. East. • Explain the beginnings of the Civil Rights activism, as exhibited in the 1950s.

Essay I Review Questions: 1939-1963

I. The Cold War dominated the post-WWII US, both domestically and abroad. First, define the Cold War. Now, trace the roots/causes of the Cold War from WWI to 1945.

Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant.