World War II

World War II Order Description Option I: One Long Essay. Write one essay of about 4.5 pages about how America and the world changed in Chapters 23-27. This essay should include, within it, at least five key terms or key words from handout questions from the chapter handouts. Please put key terms or key words from the questions in bold. You must have key terms or questions from at least four chapters. You essays will also need an introduction, where you give an overview of the major events or trends you wish to cover. Please put your thesis statement in bold. In your conclusion, note how events of the era shaped the world we live in today. Incorporate and analysis of one written primary source and include at least 3 pictures (at least one primary) and note how the pictures help us understand the events or concepts. Since integration is a big theme in this era, please make sure you integrate the pictures and the writing in the essay. :) 1. World War II. Explain how the U.S. got involved in World War II. What interests were considered especially important? What factors were critical in winning the war? What lessons could we learn from this experience? chapter 23:Key Terms: • Selective Training and Service Act • Lend-Lease bill • Winston Churchill • Atlantic Charter • Joseph Stalin • War Production Board • Manhattan Project • A. Philip Randolph • Bracero program • Rosie the Riveter • Operation Overlord • Battle of the Bulge • Potsdam Declaration chapter 24: Key Terms George F. Kennan Truman Doctrine Containment Marshall Plan National Security Act of July 1947 Berlin Airlift North Atlantic Treaty Organization Mao Zedong NSC-68 Korean War John Foster Dulles “Domino Theory” Sputnik Eisenhower Doctrine chapter 25: Key Terms • GI Bill • Baby boom • Full Employment Act • Taft-Hartley Act • Progressive Party • Fair deal • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Military-industrial complex • House Un-American Activities Committee • Joseph R. McCarthy • Ethel and Julius Rosenberg • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka • Martin Luther King Jr. • Sunbelt • Dr. Spock • Elvis Presley • Beat Generation chapter 26 Key Terms John F. Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Lyndon Johnson “The Great Society” Civil Rights Act of 1964 National Organization for Women (NOW) Voting Rights Act Immigration Act of 1965 War on Poverty Medicare/Medicaid “Black Power” Free Speech Movement (FSM) “Doves”/ “Hawks” Counterculture