World War II and the Cold War

  

World War II and the Cold War

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Digital History textbook:

World War II, http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=15&smtid=2 (Links to an external site.)

Postwar Era, http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=16&smtid=2 (Links to an external site.)

In preparation for the final exam, be able to describe (what is it and when was it?) and analyze (what is its wider significance to the history of the United States?): 

Pearl Harbor; "Rosie the Riveter"; A. Philip Randolph; Bracero Program; relocation camps; containment; the Marshall Plan; NATO; Joseph McCarthy; Emmitt Till

Select significant passages from at least three of the following primary sources for your Primary Source Annotation:

Monica Sone, "Life in Camp Harmony" from Nisei Daughter (orig. pub. 1953), http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/collections/exhibits/harmony/exhibit/documents/uwpress/nd

Frank Capra, dir., Why We Fight:  Prelude to War (1943), Why We Fight: Prelude to War (Links to an external site.)

Department of Defense, dir., Chinese Reds Enter the Korean War (ca. 1951),Chinese Reds Enter the Korean War (Links to an external site.)
Carlos Bulosan, ed., 1952 Yearbook, Local 37:  International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union, p. 1 (additional pages recommended), http://depts.washington.edu/civilr3/pdf/local37yearbook-op.pdf

Post Primary Source Annotation and Comments on at least five other students' annotations