PSYC 2000 Chapter : Ch6 Memory Retrieval Class
Document Summary
Conceptions of the good war : the good war, fdr explains the war to the people and helps generate support, pearl harbor was another way to help promote the war as a good vs. 1930"s, yet we did nothing: because of immigration quotas in us many couldn"t flee to america instead of bombing the death camps we focused on defeating. We never told to soviet union we had this weapon: the second bomb is more problematic, we didn"t wait to see what japan would do, these issues cloud the good war perception because many. Americans don"t want to view these issues only focusing on the positive: we were very fortunate in wwii. We only lost 400,000 troops and immediately get involved in the cold war. Impact of war at home: african americans, 1. Employment: a. phillip randolph- wants to organized a march to d. c, fdr creates the fepc (fair employment practices.
