Date: _______________________
American History in Film
Chapter 17
Name:_____________________________________
The United States in World War II
Pages 768-805
Section One - Mobilizing for Defense
List five ways that America prepared for World War II.
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What made the Hull 440 so unusual?
What event caused President Roosevelt to issue an executive order calling on employers and labor unions “to provide for the
full and equitable participation of all workers in defense industries, without discrimination because of race, creed, color, or
national origin”?
What contribution did “Hollywood” make toward the war effort?
What achievements were made by the Office of Scientific Research and Development?
How did the government regulations impact the lives of citizens?
What is the message of the World War II poster and WHY was it IMPORTANT?
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Directions: Match the policies below with the agency or law which administered it.
A. Office of Price Administration
B. National War Labor Board
C. War Production Board
D. Department of the Treasury
E. Revenue Act of 1942
F. Smith-Connally Act
___ 1. Raised the top personal-income tax rate to 88%; added lower
and-middle-income Americans to the tax rolls.
___ 2. Limited wage increases; allowed negotiated benefits such as
vacation, pensions and medical insurance; kept unions stable by
forbidding workers to change unions.
___ 3. Fought inflation by freezing wages, prices, and rents; rationed coffee, sugar, vegetables, cheese, butter and meat.
___ 4. Issued war bonds to raise money for the war.
___ 5. Limited the right to strike in industries crucial to the war effort; gave president the power to take over striking plants
___ 6. Rationed fuel and materials vital to the war effort, such as gasoline, heating oil, metals, rubber, and plastics.
Section Two - The War for Europe and North Africa
Directions: Matching
___ 1. The largest amphibious operation in history also known as D-Day.
___ 2. The battle in which Allied troops were almost overran by the German troops in
Belgium.
___ 3. The official end to the war in Europe.
___ 4. The turning point in the war on the European Theater.
___ 5. Members of underground resistance movements.
___ 6. Groups of merchant ships, troop carriers, and protective escort ships sailing across the
North Atlantic.
A. Ireland
B. Partisans
C. Poland
D. Convoy
E. Battle of the Bulge
F. Operation Overlord
G. V-E Day
H. Battle of Stalingrad
I. Operation Torch
J. Bloody Anzio
K. Metal Toy Cricket
___ 7. Neutral nation during World War II.
___ 8. An invasion of North Africa by Allied troops.
___ 9. This 18 month battle was the hardest fighting encountered in Europe by the Allies.
___ 10. Signaling device used by American paratroopers on D-Day.
Do you agree with the decision made by Roosevelt and Churchill to require unconditional surrender by the Axis powers?
WHY or WHY NOT?
Key Terms & People to Know
Dwight D. Eisenhower
D Day
Omar Bradley
George Patton
Battle of the Bulge
V-E Day
Harry S. Truman
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Section Three - The War in the Pacific
Directions: Describe the significance of key military actions in the Pacific during World War II.
Doolittle’s raid
Midway
Lete Gulf
Okinawa
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Answer the following using the map on pg. 786
Which island served as a jumping off point for several Pacific battles?
How do you think the distances between the Pacific islands affected U. S. naval strategy?
POINT - COUNTERPOINT
“The only way to end the war against Japan was to bomb the
Japanese mainland”
“Japan’s staggering losses were enough to force Japan’s
surrender”
Do you think the U.S. was justified in using the bomb against the Japanese? EXPLAIN WHY.
Key Terms & People to Know
Island Hopping
Kamikaze
Manhattan Project
Atomic bob
Big Three
Iwo Jima
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Section Four - The Home Front
What gains were made by each of the following groups?
Industrial Workers
Farmers
Women
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Different experiences of each group during World War II
African Americans
Mexican Americans
Japanese Americans
Similarities
Key Terms & People to Know
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
“Zoot Suit Riot” Executive Order 9066
J Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)?
Internment
Korematsu v United States
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Casablanca
Name_______________________ Period______
Date___________________ Score_______
Listening Skills Activity
Directions: The details listed below occur in the video. They are listed here in the order
that you will hear them. Each detail is described so that you will easily recognize it
when you hear it. You need to listen to the entire film to get all the answers. Before
listening to the film, go over this sheet carefully so that you know what you are listening
for. When you hear a detail, write the answer in the blank quickly, and then
immediately begin listening for the next detail.
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Where does the story begin? ___________________________________________________
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What are the police searching for? _______________________________________________
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Why does everyone stop and stare at the plane? ____________________________________
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Who is the man in the white suit sitting alone? _____________________________________
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What does the little man ask Rick to hide for him? __________________________________
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Where does Rick stash what the little man asked him to hide? _________________________
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Who does Rick meet outside the club? ___________________________________________
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Who is Louie looking for? _____________________________________________________
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What makes Victor allow the man to sit down? ____________________________________
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What happens when Sam plays the song As Time Goes By for Ilsa? ____________________
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What does Rick do once the club is closed for the night? _____________________________
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In Rick’s flashback what happened between him and Ilsa? ___________________________
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Who comes in as Sam finished playing As Time Goes By for Rick? ____________________
14.
What does Major Strasser ask Mr. Laszlo for? _____________________________________
15.
What does Mr. Ferrari propose to Rick? __________________________________________
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Who is Victor Laszlo to Ilsa? ___________________________________________________
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What does Ferrari offer to Victor and Ilsa? ________________________________________
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What does Ferrari tell Victor and Ilsa about Rick? __________________________________
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What does the young woman ask Rick? __________________________________________
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20.
Why does Rick help the young man at the roulette table? _____________________________
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What does Rick tell Victor to do? _______________________________________________
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What does Major Strasser ask Captain Renault to do? _______________________________
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What does Major Strasser tell Ilsa? ______________________________________________
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Where does Ilsa go when Victor goes to the Underground meeting? ____________________
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What is the only cause Rick says he is interested in? ________________________________
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What does Ilsa do when Rick refuses to give her the letters? __________________________
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What does Victor ask Rick to do? _______________________________________________
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What does Rick do when Captain Renault comes to arrest Victor? _____________________
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What happens to Major Strasser? _______________________________________________
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What is the message of the film? ________________________________________________
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THEMES AND CONCEPTS: Teacher may initiate discussion from the areas listed
below contingent upon learner interest.
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What did you notice in the movie that was an example of propaganda?
What is the difference between propaganda and prejudice?
What makes a war a World War? How many have there been?
What does isolationism mean?
Rick is very cynical. Why do you think he is? What, in the movie, makes him change?
Who is the most powerful person in Casablanca? Why?
Why would American audiences be drawn to the setting in Casablanca, Morocco? In what
ways is it quintessential “Hollywood "? How much of Casablanca do we actually see?
8. Like most studio films, particularly those set on foreign shores, Casablanca relies a great
deal on national/ethnic stereotypes for its characters. Discuss some of these stereotypes.
9. Casablanca is in many ways a study in American heroism, and one could argue that Bogart
serves as a model for what a man should be in our society. Discuss this.
10. Now do the same for Ilsa as a model for a woman should be.
11. One of the film's most memorable aspects is the relationship between Rick and
Renault. What does Renault bring to the film?
12. How is "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem, used in the film?
13. Why is this film such a classic? Why are audiences drawn to it again and again? In what
ways does it capture central myths about America, about ourselves as we like to see ourselves
and our place in the world?
14. How do you feel about those myths?
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