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Print this worksheet out and watch the video.Answer these questions as you do. Then return them to me for a grade.
1. Which of McCarther's parents doted on him the most and would become the guiding influence in his life? How did he feel about his other parent?
2. Where was his father stationed, ironically the same place General McCarther would be stationed during the beginning of WWII?
3. What high ranking job did McCarther take at the request of the person in #1 and what post-WWI task did he have to order soldiers like Patton to perform in Washington D.C.?
4. McCarther, like Patton, liked to break and bend rules. Unlike Patton, McCarther seemed to be able to get away with the act. What were some of the rules he broke during WWI, WWII, and the Korean War? Ultimately what happened during the Korean War when he broke the rules for the last time?
5. What was McCarther's quote on breaking rules...given during the narration of the video?
6. How successful was McCarther in the Pacific theater of war? Why?
7. When McCarther finally came home to America he had a famous line that he stated at the United Nations. What was that line and why was it important to him?
8. During the Japanese attack on the Philippines, McCarther was forced to leave. Upon his departure, fleeing from Japanese forces, he states, "I shall return." What does this line say about the man?
9. In the video there is a famous moment when McCarther is doing something on board the famous Battleship Missouri--"The Mighty Mo". What is he doing and why is that one of the capstones of his career?
10. The video talks about how McCarther changed things in Japan. Discuss these changes and why he seemed to be allowed to get away with them, while Patton tried to run things his way in American held Germany after the war and was slapped on the hand continously for his perceived mistakes.
