Module 5 Discussion

The discussion questions listed below are directly related to Module Learning Objectives (MLOs) for this Module and to Course Learning Objectives (CLOs).  Discussion Question Response posts must develop an argument that answers the questions posed, relate it to the course material [lecture materials, primary sources and textbook readings] as evidence, engage with your peers’ answer and reasoning, and meet the expectations for spelling, grammar, length, and citations. 

All citations in history use Turabian Manual of StyleLinks to an external site., the Chicago citation quick guide for student research papers. The Author-Date citations are sufficient for discussion questions. Please be sure to use the Discussion Board Rubric as you craft your responses to the questions and to your two (2) classmates.  This rubric 

will be used to grade your responses.

Discussion Questions:

What factors after 1939 led to U.S. involvement in World War II?

How did government, business, and labor work together to promote wartime production, and how did the war affect each group?

How did a war fought to bring “essential human freedoms” to the world fail to protect the home-front liberties of Blacks, Indians, Japanese Americans and Mexican Americans?

Describe how the Bretton Woods conference in 1944 created the framework for postwar U.S. economic and foreign policy.