Dedication |
|
1 | (1) |
Introduction |
|
2 | (7) |
|
|
2 | (1) |
|
2 How you will be assessed |
|
|
3 | (3) |
|
|
6 | (3) |
|
Chapter 1 The Americas from peace to the Depression 1919-32 |
|
|
9 | (8) |
|
1 US involvement and isolation |
|
|
9 | (3) |
|
2 The USA and the global economy in the 1920s |
|
|
12 | (5) |
|
|
16 | (1) |
|
Chapter 2 Hemispheric reactions to the events in Europe and Asia 1933-41 |
|
|
17 | (35) |
|
1 US foreign policy in the 1930s: the `Good Neighbor' policy |
|
|
17 | (5) |
|
2 The USA's policy of neutrality |
|
|
22 | (7) |
|
3 The USA and Japan in the 1930s |
|
|
29 | (4) |
|
4 Key debate: To what extent was Roosevelt's foreign policy isolationist during the 1930s? |
|
|
33 | (2) |
|
5 The US response to the European war 1939-40 |
|
|
35 | (4) |
|
6 The 1940 presidential election |
|
|
39 | (7) |
|
|
46 | (6) |
|
|
49 | (2) |
|
|
51 | (1) |
|
Chapter 3 The military role of the USA during the Second World War |
|
|
52 | (33) |
|
1 The USA and Japan 1939-41 |
|
|
52 | (6) |
|
2 The USA and the Pacific War |
|
|
58 | (7) |
|
3 Key debate: Why did President Truman decide to use the atomic bomb? |
|
|
65 | (4) |
|
4 The USA and the war against Hitler |
|
|
69 | (16) |
|
|
82 | (2) |
|
|
84 | (1) |
|
Chapter 4 The diplomatic role of the USA in the Second World War 1941-5 |
|
|
85 | (25) |
|
1 The first Allied conferences: Washington 1941 to Quebec 1943 |
|
|
85 | (6) |
|
2 The Tehran Conference and its aftermath |
|
|
91 | (4) |
|
3 The Yalta Conference, 4-11 February 1945 |
|
|
95 | (5) |
|
4 The Potsdam Conference, 17 July to 2 August 1945 |
|
|
100 | (4) |
|
5 US-Latin American relations during the Second World War |
|
|
104 | (6) |
|
|
106 | (3) |
|
|
109 | (1) |
|
Chapter 5 The military and diplomatic role of Canada and Brazil in the Second World War |
|
|
110 | (17) |
|
1 Canada's military role in the Second World War |
|
|
110 | (7) |
|
2 Canada's diplomatic role in the Second World War |
|
|
117 | (4) |
|
3 Brazil, Mexico and Argentina's role in the Second World War |
|
|
121 | (6) |
|
|
126 | (1) |
|
Chapter 6 The social impact of the Second World War on the USA |
|
|
127 | (32) |
|
1 The impact of the war on Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians |
|
|
127 | (7) |
|
2 The impact of the war on other minority groups |
|
|
134 | (4) |
|
3 The impact of the war on women |
|
|
138 | (4) |
|
4 The impact of the war on African Americans |
|
|
142 | (7) |
|
5 The impact of the war on civil rights |
|
|
149 | (3) |
|
6 The impact of the war on everyday life |
|
|
152 | (7) |
|
|
155 | (3) |
|
|
158 | (1) |
|
Chapter 7 Reaction to the Holocaust in the Americas |
|
|
159 | (26) |
|
1 The US reaction to Nazi anti-Jewish policies during the 1930s |
|
|
159 | (5) |
|
|
164 | (2) |
|
3 The US reaction to Nazi policies during the war |
|
|
166 | (10) |
|
4 Key debate: To what extent did Roosevelt attempt to save European Jews during the Second World War? |
|
|
176 | (3) |
|
5 Latin America, Canada and the Holocaust |
|
|
179 | (6) |
|
|
184 | (1) |
|
Chapter 8 Technological developments and the beginning of the atomic age |
|
|
185 | (16) |
|
1 The impact of the war on military technology |
|
|
185 | (9) |
|
2 The war and changes in US industry and technology |
|
|
194 | (4) |
|
|
198 | (3) |
|
|
200 | (1) |
|
Chapter 9 The economic and diplomatic effects of the Second World War on the Americas |
|
|
201 | (26) |
|
1 The economic effects of the Second World War on the USA |
|
|
201 | (6) |
|
2 The problems of the US economy after 1945 |
|
|
207 | (4) |
|
3 US and Soviet relations during the war |
|
|
211 | (5) |
|
4 Brazil and the Second World War |
|
|
216 | (3) |
|
5 Canada and the Second World War |
|
|
219 | (8) |
|
|
224 | (2) |
|
|
226 | (1) |
Timeline |
|
227 | (2) |
Glossary |
|
229 | (6) |
Further reading |
|
235 | (4) |
Internal assessment |
|
239 | (2) |
Index |
|
241 | |