American Horizons book 10 multiple choice questions, history homework help

“American Horizons book second edition book by Michael Schiller”  answer 10 multiple choice questions and from the lecture the World War ll and the American Culture.

Luce, and
historians in general for that matter, would say World War II starts even earlier
than that, and that it did
not start in
Europe, but in China.  The year it begins
in today’s
narrative
is 1931,
simultaneous to the events we have been discussing in the past two weeks.

The
conflict starts in
Manchuria, aregion
of northern China
rich in resources.  This is
where it all begins for the Japanese. 

There
are many reasons for starting here, and geography and mineral deposits have
much to with it.  Japan is an
island.  The country wanted to build
ships, but it doesn’t have the raw materials to build them.

The
militarists—believing that spending on armaments would lift Japan out of the
worldwide depression–wanted to build airplanes, but they didn’t have
the fuel deposits to get them off the ground. 

Everything
the country needed to build an offensive war machine, which would be steel,
oil, coal, rubber–the
same resources that fueled America’s economic growth at the beginning of the 20th century–needed to be
imported.

Japan
needed
a resource rich area to exploit in order to build its war machine.  It was not just Japan, but also the Germans
who recognized that China was resource rich.

The
Germans
offered to give the Chinese Army military training and advisors in exchange for
natural resources from China, specifically, the mineral tungsten.

During
the war, there was a worldwide shortage because China’s economy was
disrupted.  The country was home to over
half the world’s supply, but the destruction wrought by the Japanese put
production to a standstill.

In
the 20th century, mankind had created many modern marvels of technology that
were good for killing people.

We
talked about how automobiles changed American lift.  But new weapons changed the face of warfare,
making it productive on an industrial scale.

Submarines
had been perfected, mounted with torpedoes, and could sink enemy ships in
stealth.

Airplanes,
meant to transport humans, were mounted with cannons, bombs, and rockets, and
fought in the air, but could also drop bombs on cities and people on the
ground.

Machine
guns could not be handheld.  Tanks, the
distant overbearing cousin of the farm tractor, would be mounted with heavy
cannons and shielded by inches of armor plate.

This
is
where Tungsten came in.  It was used to
create armor piercing shells that could shatter heavy armor, specifically that
of tanks.  How would this destroy a tank?  ILLUSTRATE WITH LASER POINTER

Why
did I take the time to illustrate this? 
What is the point?

The
slow
building up of the forces of the Axis powers, and the eventual unleashing of
their war machines upon the world, was supported with
the ores and natural resources
from China and other regions for a decade prior before the United States got
involved militarily.

Today
we are going to discuss World War II and American
culture.  How did the war impact people’s
lives?  How did American culture change
because of it?  How were women impacted?

Let’s pick up with the
American century.  Luce
obviously wants people to get involved in it. 
The whole thing has a serious tone… but at least on
February 17, 1941, it’s a hollywood party!!!

Luce is
absolutely correct in his article, the United States is untouched by war but in
the war.  He argues the United States has
interests in shaping the war’s outcome if American values are going to
ultimately prevail. 

They
need to prevail according to him.

His
article did not make the United States go to war.  Luce probably would say a higher power
drew the United States into war after a decade of isolationism.

You
see, conflicts had broken out across the world.

Usually, the
dates given for World War II are between 1939-1941.  For the United States, the war begins in 1941
when the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.  For
Great Britain and France, it begins in 1939.

Some
people
say it starts in 1937
when the
Italians invade Ethiopia.  Others would
say it begins when the Germans march through Europe and annex Austria and
Czechoslovakia.

Luce
would probably say that the war started even earlier then that.  Where would he start it?

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Question 210 pts

When did Japan seize Manchuria?