DP History Questionbank

Description

As the world order deteriorated in the late 1930s, resulting in the outbreak of war in Europe, the countries of the region reacted in different ways to the challenges presented. This section focuses on the changing policies of the countries in the region as a result of growing political and diplomatic tensions preceding and during the Second World War. It also examines the impact of the war upon the Americas.

• Hemispheric reactions to the events in Europe: inter-American diplomacy; cooperation and neutrality; Franklin D Roosevelt’s Good Neighbour policy, its application and effects

• The diplomatic and/or military role of two countries in the Second World War

• Social impact of the Second World War on: African Americans, Native Americans, women and minorities; conscription

• Treatment of Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians

• Reaction to the Holocaust in the Americas

• Impact of technological developments and the beginning of the atomic age

• Economic and diplomatic effects of the Second World War in one country of the Americas

Directly related questions

• 16N.3op2.HL.TZ0.15:

  To what extent was hemispheric cooperation between countries in the Americas successful between 1933 and 1945?

• 16N.3op2.HL.TZ0.16:

  Examine the social impact of the Second World War on two of the following groups: African Americans, Native Americans, women, minorities.