The initial American strategies for fighting the European and Pacific fronts, and the military engagements that characterized the first half of the war
The profound effect of World War II
on the American economy, and the attempts by the Roosevelt administration to stabilize the wartime economic boom
The impact of the war experience on organized labor and minorities at home
The development of advanced technologies during the war and their impact on the course of the conflict
The events leading to Allied victory in Germany and Japan, culminating in the fall of Berlin and President Truman's decision to use the Atomic Bomb
A thorough study of Chapter Twenty-six should enable the student to understand the following:
The efforts of the federal government to mobilize the nation's economy for war production
The critical importance of the vast productive capacity of the United States in defeating of the Axis
The effects of American participation in the war on the Depression and on New Deal reform
The changes that the wartime involvement brought for women, labor, and racial and ethnic minorities
The contributions of the United States military to victory in North Africa and Europe
The contributions of the United States military to victory in the Pacific
The historical disagreement over President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb
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