“1941-1945 Home front”
“1941-1945 Home front”
Answer the following questions as you view the video!
1. What were Americans doing on the first Sunday in December, 1941?
2. How did FDR describe the attack?
According to Roosevelt, what would winning this war take?
3. Why wasn’t the survival of democracy assured in 1941?
4. How did military training camps become new “melting pots” for America?
5. How were we doing in the early years of the war?
6. How did work and production change as a result of the war?
7. Who filled in for the shrinking work force?
How did their work experience compare?
8. How did Hollywood help the war effort?
9. Describe the experiences under rationing:
How did Americans tend to respond to the call to sacrifice?
10. Describe the purposes of the newsreels:
11. What was the consequence of the anti-Japanese propaganda?
Why was this response considered one of the worst violations of civil rights in American history?
12. Why were there so many war movies during this time?
13. Why didn’t families hear the truth about the war from letters home?
14. What did the stars in the windows represent?
15. What was the turning point for America in Europe?
How long until Paris was liberated?
16. How did Roosevelt’s death impact Americans?
17. Why was defeating Japan expected to be more difficult than defeating Germany?
18. How did the Enola Gay end the war?
19. Describe the celebratory scenes after Japan’s surrender:
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