Zinn Questions

Chapter 16 “A People’s War”

 

 

1. How do standard American History textbooks explain FDR’s reluctance to stop Japanese and German aggression? How does Zinn? Which interpretation do you find most persuasive, and why?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. If an economic motive could be attributed to the signing of Executive Order 9066 what might it be?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Why were most American blacks unenthusiastic and even unsupportive of the United States’ participation in WWII?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. If the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary to force Japan to surrender, why was it done?