What is the Selective Training and Service Act and what did it say
Video #1 – America and WWII:
1. What is the Selective Training and Service Act and what did it say? Why did FDR issue it?
Video #2 – FDR Speech video Questions:
1. Explain the tone of FDR’s speech. What is his motivation of the speech?
Video #3 – The Century: America and the Home-front in WWII Questions:
1. Explain several various responses of individual Americans to WWII as discussed in the opening section of the video. (For example, the airman’s wife, etc.)
Explain the effects of Pres. Roosevelt’s speeches during WWII on the American people. How did the people respond to him?
What role did women play on the home-front in WWII?
Video #4 – The Century: Civilians in WWII Questions:
1. Explain the definition of “total war” in the military definition.
Explain the difference between the “ubermenschen” and “untermenschen” as discussed in the video.
What happened at Leningrad in the Soviet Union? How did civilians fare?
What was the Japanese view of themselves and others?
How did Japan treat the Chinese civilians? Explain some of the actions of the Japanese.
Why did the Japanese fight “to the last dying man?” Why did some commit suicide?
How did the kamikaze fit into the Japanese worldview at this time?
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America and WWII:
FDR’s Day of Infamy Speech:
The Century: America and the Home-front in WWII:
The Century: Civilians and WWII:
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