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World War II: Mobilization and the Home Front

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-OK-SS

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Analyze U.S. transition from isolationism to global war, domestic industrial mobilization, and civil liberties challenges on the home front.

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us-okUSH.5.1Oklahoma Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe the transformations in American society and government policy as the nation mobilized for entry into World War II. A. Examine the roles of appeasement and isolationism in the United States’ reluctance to respond to Fascist military aggression in Europe and Asia including the Neutrality Acts and the Lend-Lease program. B. Evaluate the industrial mobilization for war and the psychological preparation for war as reflected in President Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech. C. Examine President Franklin Roosevelt’s Day Which Will Live in Infamy speech and America’s conduct of the war, including the role of women and minorities in the war effort, rationing, the internment of Americans of Japanese descent, and the treatment of Americans of German, and Italian descent, including the Korematsu v. United States decision.