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Traditions and Encounters Book Cover
Traditions and Encounters, 2/e
Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i

NEW CONFLAGRATIONS: WORLD WAR II

Essay Quiz



1

What factors led to the American decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? What were the results of this decision, both long- and short-term?
2

How did Nazi policies toward the Jews change over the course of the war? What does the statement by Heinrich Himmler (page 1058) reveal about Nazi attitudes toward the extermination of the Jewish people?
3

How did U.S.-Soviet relations change over the course of the war, from the lend-lease program in 1941 to the Potsdam Conference in 1945? What were the sources of tensions between the two allies?