AP US History Essential Questions
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Essential Questions
1. Explain in what way (a) the fall of France, (b) Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union, and
(c) the attack on Pearl Harbor mark the most important turning points in American
foreign policy between 1935 and 1942.
2. It is a common observation that American foreign policy often reflects domestic politics.
In what way did domestic considerations influence the Roosevelt administration’s a)
recognition of the Soviet Union? b) adoption of a Good Neighbor policy? and c)
extension of independence to the Philippines?
3. Assess President Roosevelt’s conduct of American foreign policy after 1935. When and
why did he move from isolationism to interventionism in the European war? Why wasn’t
he more candid with the American people about what he was doing?
4. To what extent did American diplomacy and economic policy provoke war with Japan?
5. Summarize the grand strategy of the Big Three allies in World War II.
6. In what ways did the United States emerge from World War II fundamentally changed?
7. How did World War II affect a) the role of the national government in American life? b)
the relationship between government and the economy? c) minority groups in America?
8. Analyze the arguments for and against using the A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in
1945. Had it been your decision, what would you have done? why?
AP US History Essential Questions
Chapter 35/36
ID’s – 35
1. Cordell Hull
2. Stalin
3. Mussolini
4. Hitler
5. Franco
6. Churchill
7. London Economic Conference
8. Good Neighbor Policy
9. Neutrality Acts 1935,36,37
10. Spanish Civil War 1936-9
11. Quarantine Speech
12. Russo-German Non-Aggression Pact
13. the phony war
14. Dunkirk
15. Battle of Britain
16. the phony war
ID’s 36
1. Henry J. Kaiser
2. A. Phillip Randolph
3. Douglas MacArthur
4. Chester W. Nimitz
5. Dwight D. Eisenhower
6. George S. Patton
7. Thomas E. Dewey
8. Harry S. Truman
9. Albert Einstein
10. War Production Board
11. Office of Price Administration
12. War Labor Board
13. Smith – Connally Act
14. Braceros
15. Fair Employment Practices Commission
16. Casablanca Conference
17. Second front
18. Tehran Conference
19. D Day
20. V-E Day
21. Potsdam Conference
22. V-J Day