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watch the video below and read the article to answer the questions, No additional source is needed. Also please cite your source in each answer. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKo7OxZl1mc&feature=youtu.be article: http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnpeopleswar.html Questions:  1. What were the international issues that led the U.S. to join World War 2? Do you think our involvement was necessary? Should we have gotten involved earlier? 2. How did America change for various groups of people during the World War 2 years? Were these changes good? 3. Do you think that it was necessary and/or justified for the U.S. to use atomic weapons against Japan? If you think so, explain why. If you don’t think so, explain why. Either way, explain the argument that is opposite of yours (so if you think it was necessary, explain why some people argue that it wasn’t. And if you think it wasn’t necessary, explain why some people argue that it was). Basically, explain the facts that support both sides of the argument. 4. Many people remember World War 2 as “The Good War” because it brought America out of the Great Depression and because we were the good guys, fighting against the racist Germans and Japanese.  Howard Zinn (author of “A People’s History of the United States”) has an interesting perspective on this.  Does he agree that WW2 was a good war or “A People’s War”?  Why or why not?  Explain his perspective.  Do you agree with him?