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Vacation Assignment: April 10-25
Due Date: April 27, 2010 (may be
NEATLY hand written if most convenient)
1. Go to:
http://www.hippocampus.org/
2. Click on US History, Select US
History II for AP*
3. Under Topics:
Browse Topics Sequential
4. Scroll Down to World War II
5. View the Video Presentations for each
of these topics:
o
Women and Minorities
o
Wartime Propaganda
o
Japanese Internment
Women and Minorities
Briefly discuss the role of each group
during WW II:
1. Women in the Armed Services and Work
Forces
2. Native Americans in the Armed Services
and Work Forces
3. African-Americans in the Armed Services
and Work Forces
4. Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the
Armed Services and Work Forces
Wartime Propaganda:
Watch the Video Presentation:
What were the various purposes of American
Wartime Propaganda?
Cite Four Types of Propaganda mentioned in
the Presentation and circle the one you found most surprising.
Go to the Propaganda Gallery (right upper
corner) and Select:
American Propaganda –Select Two
Specific Posters (from the top #1 through #6) you believe are most
Effective/Persuasive—what is the message of each and why did you
select each.
German Propaganda –Select Two
Specific Posters (from the top #1 through #6) you believe are most
Effective/Persuasive—what is the message of each and why did you
select each.
Japanese Internment:
Watch the Video Presentation:
1. What was Executive Order 9066?
2. Explain the US Government’s Rationale
for Internment.
3. Cite two reasons Japanese and
Japanese-Americans were targeted specifically while people of
Italian and German descent experienced minimal problems in
comparison.
4. What was the outcome of Korematsu v.
United States?
5. In the Upper Right Corner, Select
Japanese Internment vs. September 11th look at the two
presentations:
A. View the Internment Video and B.
President Bush’s Speech on Islam.
Now CAREFULLY ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS (you
will need more space than provided below):
Compare the racial climate on the West Coast
of the United States during World War II to the climate throughout
the United States after the 2001 terrorist attacks. Why do you
think the United States did not intern all Americans of Middle
Eastern descent following the terrorist actions?
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