Identify Patterns

What was Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy?

Summarize the effects of the Crusades.

Do you think the U.S. military made the right decision or the wrong decision when they decided not to bomb railway lines leading to the death camps?

Which three of the following would be most relevant for an essay about whether wars increase or decrease acts of prejudice?

1. Korematsu v. United States

2. Smith v. Allwright

3. Four Freedoms speech

4. zoot suit riots

Infer Why do you think Alexander the Great and his generals founded so many new cities?

Summarize how the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars affected Greece.

"[T]his announcement of unconditional surrender was very deeply deliberated .

. . . It was a true statement of Roosevelt's considered policy and he refused all suggestions that he retract the statement or soften it and continued refusal to the day of his death .... What Roosevelt was saying was that there would be no negotiated peace, no compromise with Nazism and Fascism, no 'escape clauses' provided by another Fourteen Points which could lead to another Hitler. (The ghost of Woodrow Wilson was again at his shoulder.) ... He wanted to ensure that when the war was won it would stay won."

-Robert A. Sherwood, writer, Roosevelt and Hopkins, $1948$

Using the excerpt, answer a, b, and c.

a) Briefly explain Sherwood's point of view on unconditional surrender.

b) Briefly explain ONE criticism of the policy of unconditional surrender.

c) Briefly explain the reference to the "ghost of Woodrow Wilson."

Generate Explanations

How were Hitler's racial ideas and policies connected to his concept of extreme nationalism?

"Part of the myth about the first Americans is that all of them ... had one cul­- ture ... the white man turned everything upside down. Three elements were important in the early influence: the dislodgement of eastern tribes, the intro­- duction of the horse, and metal tools and firearms.

"The British invaders of the New World, and to lesser degree the French, came to colonize. They came in thousands to occupy the land. They were, therefore, in direct competition with the Indians and acted accordingly, despite their verbal adherence to fine principles of justice and fair dealing. The Spanish came quite frankly to conquer, to Christianize .... They came in small num­ bers .... and the Indian labor force was essential to their aims. Therefore they did not dislodge or exterminate the Indians ....

"The Spanish, then did not set populations in motion. That was done chiefly from the east. The great Spanish contribution was the horse."

-Oliver LaFarge, anthropologist, "Myths That Hide the American Indian," The American Indian: Past and Present, $1971$

Which of the following best describes something Europeans introduced in the Americas that helped American Indians survive colonization?

(A) European introduced new farming methods, which enabled Ameri­- can Indians to maintain their agricultural heritage

(B) Europeans introduced metal tools, which led to increased trade and better relationships with Europeans

(C ) Europeans introduced horses, which transformed the cultures of American Indians on the Great Plains

(D) Europeans introduced Christianity, which brought unity among American Indians

Based on Document C, how might youths who were not of noble birth advance themselves? A. by marrying into a noble family B. by training in the best schools C. by a stroke of good fortune D. by pursuing a career in trade

Why do you think the authors write that "Germany faced a hopeless two-front war" after D-Day? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

What steps did the United States take to increase its role in the postwar world?

Connect

How are the Holocaust and the creation of Israel connected?

How did the monarchy in Spain emerge, and what were its distinctive political developments?