1. How confident are you that you understand the main point of “Mobilizing for War”? Are you very confident, confident, somewhat confident, or not at all confident?
2. What do you think is the main point or historical argument the author makes in this section?
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3. Which of the following pieces of evidence does the author use to support his argument that the war incited U.S. government worries about espionage and internal subversion?
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4. Which of the following pieces of evidence does the author use to support his point that World War II facilitated the United States’ full economic recovery from the depression?
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5. To which of the following factors does the author attribute the armed forces’ new willingness to permit black Americans to serve in combat positions in 1944?
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6. According to the author, which of the following factors accounted for Hawai’ians’ toleration of people of Japanese ancestry during World War II?
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7. Are you convinced of the author’s argument that, fully committed to the Allies, the Roosevelt administration finally achieved economic recovery and full employment by mobilizing the nation’s industrial and human resources to support a two-front war in Europe and Asia? Would you answer “yes,” “not sure,” or “no”?
8. If your response to the preceding question was “yes,” please explain why. If you responded “no” or “not sure,” what would convince you? What evidence would you need to be convinced that, fully committed to the Allies, the Roosevelt administration finally achieved economic recovery and full employment by mobilizing the nation’s industrial and human resources to support a two-front war in Europe and Asia?
9. What did you wonder about when you read this section? What more do you want to know?