Access to History for the IB Diploma: The Second World War and the Americas 1933-1945 Second Edition

by John Wright

Overview

A new edition for HL Option 2, History of the Americas, Topic 13: The Second World War and the Americas 1933-1945. The renowned IB Diploma History series, combining compelling narratives with academic rigor. An authoritative and engaging narrative, with the widest variety of sources at this level, helping students to develop their knowledge and analytical skills. This second edition provides: - Reliable, clear and in-depth content from topic experts - Analysis of the historiography surrounding key debates - Dedicated exam practice with model answers and practice questions - TOK support and Historical Investigation questions to help with all aspects of the Diploma

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781471841286
Publisher:	Hodder Education Group
Publication date:	04/29/2016
Series:	Access to History for the IB Diploma
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

John Wright was an experienced A Level History teacher and has written in the Access to History for the IB Diploma and GCSE Modern World History series.

Table of Contents

Dedication 1

Introduction 2

1 What you will study 2

2 How you will be assessed 3

3 About this book 6

Chapter 1 The Americas from peace to the Depression 1919-32 9

1 US involvement and isolation 9

2 The USA and the global economy in the 1920s 12

Examination practice 16

Chapter 2 Hemispheric reactions to the events in Europe and Asia 1933-41 17

1 US foreign policy in the 1930s: the 'Good Neighbor' policy 17

2 The USA's policy of neutrality 22

3 The USA and Japan in the 1930s 29

4 Key debate: To what extent was Roosevelt's foreign policy isolationist during the 1930s? 33

5 The US response to the European war 1939-40 35

6 The 1940 presidential election 39

7 The US Navy 46

Examination advice 49

Examination practice 51

Chapter 3 The military role of the USA during the Second World War 52

1 The USA and Japan 1939-41 52

2 The USA and the Pacific War 58

3 Key debate: Why did President Truman decide to use the atomic bomb? 65

4 The USA and the war against Hitler 69

Examination advice 82

Examination practice 84

Chapter 4 The diplomatic role of the USA in the Second World War 1941-5 85

1 The first Allied conferences: Washington 1941 to Quebec 1943 85

2 The Tehran Conference and its aftermath 91

3 The Yalta Conference, 4-11 February 1945 95

4 The Potsdam Conference, 17 July to 2 August 1945 100

5 US-Latin American relations during the Second World War 104

Examination advice 106

Examination practice 109

Chapter 5 The military and diplomatic role of Canada and Brazil in the Second World War 110

1 Canada's military role in the Second World War I 110

2 Canada's diplomatic role in the Second World War I 117

3 Brazil, Mexico and Argentina's role in the Second World War 121

Examination practice 126

Chapter 6 The social impact of the Second World War on the USA 127

1 The impact of the war on Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians 127

2 The impact of the war on other minority groups 134

3 The impact of the war on women 140

4 The impact of the war on African Americans 144

5 The impact of the war on civil rights 151

6 The impact of the war on everyday life 154

Examination advice 157

Examination practice 160

Chapter 7 Reaction to the Holocaust in the Americas 161

1 The US reaction to Nazi anti-Jewish policies during the 1930s 161

2 The SS St Louis case 166

3 The US reaction to Nazi policies during the war 168

4 Key debate: To what extent did Roosevelt attempt to save European Jews during the Second World War? 178

5 Latin America, Canada and the Holocaust 181

Examination practice 186

Chapter 8 Technological developments and the beginning of the atomic age 187

1 The impact of the war on military technology 187

2 The war and changes in US industry and technology 196

3 Medicine and the war 200

Examination practice 202

Chapter 9 The economic and diplomatic effects of the Second World War on the Americas 203

1 The economic effects of the Second World War on the USA 203

2 The problems of the US economy after 1945 209

3 US and Soviet relations during the war 213

4 Brazil and the Second World War 218

5 Canada and the Second World War 221

Examination advice 226

Examination practice 228

Timeline 229

Glossary 231

Further reading 237

Internal assessment 240

Index 241