World War II Sway Lesson

 

 

1) What is problematic about the idea that WWII was primarily a war of the Western democracies (i.e. U.S. and Britain) against the Nazis? In other words, why is that claim too simplistic? Discuss at least two examples to support your answer.

2) What did Executive Order 9066 do? What was life like in internment camps? What did the Supreme Court, in 1944, rule in Korematsu v. United States? What were the “lessons” of Japanese Interment according to the Council on Foreign Relations’ Jim Lindsay?

 

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