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Discuss the events in Europe and Asia that led to the start of the war; Identify the early steps taken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to increase American aid to nations fighting totalitarianism while maintaining neutrality
The Japanese amassed a vast new empire with a defensive perimeter that ranged from western Alaska to the Solomon Islands. In the southwest Pacific, Japan threatened American supply lines to Australia, complicating US plans to use Australia as a staging ground for offensive action.
Aug 2, 2016 · While the Nazis took control of Germany and planned for war in Europe, Japan aggressively expanded its control of territory in east Asia by invading Manchuria in 1931 and China in 1937. In 1940, Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, creating World War II’s Axis powers.
Before World War II, American highway policy had focused on reshaping the country’s landscapes by bringing the extensive national road system up to basic minimum standards.
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The post-World War II era was a period of economic prosperity and growth in America. The automobile came to be a symbol for postwar wealth, and the dream of the open road was joined with the constr...While technological advances such as the automobile and television had the capability to bring people together, they were also new products that facilitated individual, rather than communal, experi...George Tooker’s Highwaypresents a dystopian vision, with a dehumanized, unnatural landscape populated with menacing machines and isolated people. He blocks the viewer’s vision, instead confronting...This painting at the Terra Foundation for American Art Read more about postwar suburbanization Read about the dark side of postwar suburbanization The cultural impact of the Interstate Highway System Read George Tooker’s obituary in the New York Times, which contains an extensive biography Hear conceptual artist Josephine Meckseper discuss George T...
The video discussion of George Tooker’s Highwaydescribes anxieties around how American culture following World War II became centered around individual rather than community experiences. How would you compare those anxieties to concerns about modern American culture? What might today’s version of this painting look like?
Aug 27, 2020 · September 2, 1945, is recognized in many American history books as the day World War II formally ended in Asia. But according to Stanford sociologist Gi-Wook Shin, the conflict was never fully resolved in the region, leading to strains in diplomatic relations today.
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Summarize American-Japanese relations during the late 1930s up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Explain how events in Asia influenced America’s changing orientation toward Japan. Asian historians typically cite the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 as the start of World War II.
