Chapter+35+Reading+Objecives

1. Indicate how America reacted to Pearl Harbor and prepared to wage war against both Germany and Japan. 2.Describe the mobilization of the American economy for war and the mobilization of manpower and womanpower for both the military and wartime production. 3.Describe the war’s effects on the American society, including regional migration, race relations, and women’s roles. 4. Explain the early Japanese successes in East Asia and the Pacific, and the American strategy for countering them. 5.Describe the early Allied invasion of North Africa and Italy, the strategic tensions with the Soviet Union over the Second Front, and the invasion of Normandy in 1944. 6.Discuss FDR’s successful 1944 campaign against Thomas Dewey for a fourth term and his controversial choice of a new vice president. 7. Explain the final military efforts that brought Allied victory in Europe and Asia and the significance of the atomic bomb.
 * After reading this chapter, you should be able to:**

In the instructor's opinion, Objectives #1, 2, 3, and 6 are the most important. Objective #7 is of some importance, particularly in terms of the impact of the atomic bomb.

You should **__read__** the following pages: Pg. 875-886 (stop at "The Rising Sun in the Pacific") Pg. 893-894 (stop at "The Last Days of Hitler") Pg. 897-904 (you can skip over the "Thinking Globally" section on pg 902-903 if you would like)

You should **__skim__** the following pages: Pg. 886-893 (stop at "FDR: The Fourth-Termite of 1944") Pg. 894-897 (stop at "Japan Dies Hard")

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