Major Themes

  • The rejection of world leadership, but not isolationism

  • National Neutrality Neurosis:US Response to Aggression

  • The social, economic and political causes of World War II

  • Women and minorities receive an opportunity

  • Wartime Diplomacy and the formation of the United Nations

  • Home Front Developments and regulations

DP Themes

As the world order deteriorated in the late 1930s, resulting in the outbreak of war in Europe, the countries of the region reacted in different ways to the challenges presented. This section focuses on the changing policies of the countries in the region as a result of growing political and diplomatic tensions preceding and during the Second World War. It also examines the impact of the war upon the Americas.

  • Hemispheric reactions to the events in Europe; inter-American diplomacy; cooperation and neutrality; Franklin D Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy, its application and effects

  • The diplomatic and/or military role of TWO countries in the Second World War

  • Social impact of the Second World War on: African Americans, Native Americans, women and minorities; conscription

  • Treatment of Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians

  • Reaction to the Holocaust in the Americas

  • Impact of technological developments and the beginnings of the atomic age

  • Economic and diplomatic effects of the Second World War in ONE country of the Americas

 
 

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