1. Discuss the reactions of the American public and the U.S. government in the 1930s to the rise of aggressive fascist regimes in Germany and Italy. How do you explain these reactions?
2. Discuss the conflicts between the United States and Japan that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
3. Discuss the effects of World War II on American business, labor, and government.
4. Discuss the effects of World War II on African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Native Americans, and Japanese-Americans.
5. Discuss the impact of World War II on American women, marriage, and the family.
6. Discuss the formation of and strains in the Grand Alliance of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union during World War II. How was the second-front controversy related to those strains?
7. Why did the United States drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? What explanations have been offered? Do you feel the United States' actions were justified? Why or why not?