1. What were the major military and diplomatic decisions made at the Casablanca Conference in 1943?

1. What did the Big Three agree to at the Tehran Conference regarding the liberation of France and the war against Germany and Japan?

1. What were the key agreements made at Yalta regarding the division of Germany and the fate of Eastern Europe?

2. What concessions did the Soviet Union receive at Yalta in exchange for entering the war against Japan?

3. Why did critics later accuse Roosevelt of 'giving away' Eastern Europe, and what was Roosevelt's position at the time?

1. How did Roosevelt's death in April 1945 affect the continuity of American foreign policy and leadership?

1. What were the main decisions made at the Potsdam Conference and how did the composition of leaders differ from previous conferences?

2. What evidence emerged at Potsdam that the Grand Alliance was beginning to fracture?

1. What were the human costs of World War II in terms of deaths and American casualties?

2. How did the economic position of the United States after World War II compare to that of Europe and Japan?

1. How did American attitudes toward international organizations differ after World War II compared to after World War I?

2. What was the process for establishing the United Nations and when did it officially come into existence?

1. What were American hopes for the postwar world, and what concerns threatened to undermine those expectations?

2. How did Soviet actions regarding Eastern Europe and atomic weapons lead to the Cold War?